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| Short guide to the software which is included in your Kubuntu installation.
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| === Games ===
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| KDE Games includes an incredible array of board and logic games, as well as arcade and strategy games. Fun and educational games for kids are also included.
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| See the [http://games.kde.org/ KDE Games website] to see screenshots of games and even play some online. All of the KDE Games are available in the repositories, a couple of clicks away.
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| Games such as those offered through Steam and Humble Bundles can be installed and played in Kubuntu as well. Please see [[Special:myLanguage/Kubuntu/Software/Games/Steam|Steam]] page for instructions.
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| You can find your installed games in <menuchoice>KickOff->Applications->Games</menuchoice>
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KPat|KPat]]: (aka KPatience) is a relaxing card-sorting game, installed by default. To win, a player arranges a single deck of cards in certain order amongst each other. Included are Aces Up, Forty & Eight, Freecell, Golf, Grandfather, Grandfather's Clock, Gypsy, Klondike, Mod3, Simple Simon, Spider, and Yukon. Alternate card decks and themes are available, and statistics.
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| The following games can be installed with three clicks in [[Special:myLanguage/Kubuntu/Advanced#muon | Muon]] Discover, select the <menuchoice>Games</menuchoice> tile and then select the type '''''eg. Arcade''''' then hover your mouse over your desired game and click <menuchoice>install</menuchoice> button.
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| ==== Arcade ====
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KBounce|KBounce]]: is a single player puzzle arcade game.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KBreakout|KBreakout]]: Destroy as many bricks as possible without losing the ball.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KDiamond|KDiamond]]: is a single player puzzle game; build lines of three similar diamonds.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KGoldrunner|KGoldrunner]]: Hundreds of levels of maze, hunting pieces of gold, with enemies in hot pursuit.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KLines|KLines]]: Inspired by Color Lines, simple and addictive. Online demo version of this game available.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#Kolf|Kolf]]: Miniature golf game with 2D top-down view. Courses are dynamic, and up to 10 people can play at once in competition. Kolf comes equipped with a variety of playgrounds and tutorial courses.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#Kollision|Kollision]]: A simple ball dodging game.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KSame|KSame]]: is a simple, yet challenging color matching game modeled after !SameGame. Clear board filled with multicolored marbles.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KSpaceduel|KSpaceduel]]: Each of two players controls a satellite spaceship orbiting the sun, in order to eliminate the opponent’s spacecraft.
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| ==== Board ====
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#Bovo|Bovo]]: is a Gomoku (from Japanese 五目並べ - lit. "five points") like game for two players, where the opponents alternate in placing their respective pictogram on the game board. (Also known as Connect Five, Five in a row, X and O, Naughts and Crosses)
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KBattleship|KBattleship]]: Ships are placed on a board (the sea). Players try to hit each others ships in turns without knowing where they are placed. The first player to destroy all ships wins the game.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KMahjongg|KMahjongg]]: in this game the tiles are scrambled and staked on top of each other to resemble a certain shape. The player then is expected to remove all the tiles off the game board by locating each tile’s matching pair.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KReversi|KReversi]]: is a simple one-player strategy game played against the computer. If a player's piece is captured by an opposing player, that piece is turned over to reveal the color of that player. A winner is declared when one player has more pieces of her own color on the board and there are no more possible moves.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KShisen|KShisen]]: is a solitaire-like game played using the standard set of Mahjongg tiles. Unlike Mahjongg however, KShisen has only one layer of scrambled tiles.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KFourInLine|KFourInLine]]: Game for two players based on Connect-Four. Build up a row of four pieces using different strategies.
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| ==== Card ====
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#LsKat (Lieutenant Skat)|LsKat]]: Lieutnant Skat (from German "Offiziersskat") is a fun and engaging card game for two players, where the second player is either live opponent, or built-in artificial intelligence. You can also play and test an online demo version of this game.
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| ==== Dice ====
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#Kiriki|Kiriki]]: is an addictive and fun dice game for KDE, designed to be played by as many as six players. Participants have to collect points by rolling five dice for up to three times per single turn.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KJumpingcube|KJumpingcube]]: Conquer all squares on a board either by occupying an empty square or conquering your opponent's. A maxed out square will distribute its points around it, causing empty squares to be occupied. Watch out for chain reactions!
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| ==== Logic ====
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KAtomic|KAtomic]]: is both fun and educational game built around molecular geometry. It employs simplistic two-dimensional looks at different chemical elements. You can also play an online demo version of this game.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KBlackbox|KBlackbox]]: is a game of hide and seek played on a grid of boxes where the computer has hidden several balls.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KMines|KMines]] is the classic Minesweeper game. The idea is to uncover all the squares without blowing up any mines. When a mine is blown up, the game is over.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KNetwalk|KNetwalk]]: is a single player logic game. Construct the network, connecting all the terminals to the server in the fewest turns possible.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KSquares|KSquares]]: is a fun and exciting game for desktop environment. The game is modeled after the well-known pen and paper based game of Dots and Boxes.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KSudoku|KSudoku]]: is a logic-based symbol placement puzzle. The player has to fill a grid so that each column, row as well as each square block on the game field contains only one instance of each symbol.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#Picmi|Picmi]]: is a single player logic-based puzzle game. The goal is to color cells according to numbers given at the side of the board in order to uncover a hidden pattern or picture.
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| ==== Strategy ====
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#Konquest|Konquest]]: is the KDE version of Gnu-Lactic Konquest. Players conquer other planets by sending ships to them. The goal is to build an interstellar empire and ultimately conquer all other player's planets.
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KsirK|KsirK]]: is a computerized version of a well known strategy board game. KsirK is a multi-player network-playable game with an AI. The goal of the game is to conquer the world by attacking your neighbors with your armies.
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| ==== Toy ====
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Applications/Games#KTuberling|KTuberling]]: a simple constructor game suitable for children and adults alike. The idea of the game is based around a once popular doll making concept.
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| Some basic graphics applications are installed in '''Kubuntu''' by default, allowing you to create, view, scan, and manipulate images. The following applications are installed by default: | | Some basic graphics applications are installed in '''Kubuntu''' by default, which allow you to create, view, scan, and manipulate images. The following applications are installed by default: |
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| * [[Special:myLanguage/Krita|Krita]] is a popular new painting and drawing application, available by itself or as part of the Calligra Suite. | | *[[Special:myLanguage/Okular|Okular]] is a universal document viewer for many kinds of documents including PDF, Postscript, !DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub, etc. |
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| *[[Special:myLanguage/Okular|Okular]] is a universal document viewer for many kinds of documents: PDF, Postscript, !DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub and others.
| | *[http://www.libreoffice.org/features/draw/ LibreOffice Draw] is an all-purpose diagramming and charting tool which lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to use graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much more. |
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| *[http://www.libreoffice.org/features/draw/ LibreOffice Draw] is an all-purpose diagramming and charting tool which lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is a an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much else. | |
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| *[[Special:myLanguage/Skanlite|Skanlite]] is a simple image scanning application. | | *[[Special:myLanguage/Skanlite|Skanlite]] is a simple image scanning application. |
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| *[[Special:MyLanguage/Kamoso|Kamoso]] is a webcam recorder from the KDE community. | | *[[Special:MyLanguage/Kamoso|Kamoso]] is a webcam recorder from the KDE community. |
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| *[[Special:MyLanguage/KSnapshot|KSnapshot]] is the best at desktop screenshots, simple and sweet. | | *[[Special:MyLanguage/KSnapshot|KSnapshot]] is the best for desktop screenshots. |
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| === Other Popular Graphics Software === | | === Internet === |
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| More specialized programs for painting, drawing, vector graphics, and photo retouching with three clicks in [[Special:myLanguage/Kubuntu/Advanced#muon | Muon]] Discover, select the <menuchoice>Graphics</menuchoice> tile and then select the type '''''eg. Drawing''''' then hover your mouse over your desired program and click <menuchoice>install</menuchoice> button.
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| '''Painting & Editing'''
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| * [http://www.gimp.org/GIMP GIMP] is an excellent image manipulation application if you need more than !mageMagick.
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| * [http://inkscape.org/ Inkscape] is a vector graphics editor that uses the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
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| '''Photography'''
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| * [http://www.digikam.org/ DigiKam] is an advanced digital photo management application.
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| * [http://www.darktable.org/ Darktable] is a sophisticated program to work with digital negatives and RAW images.
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| '''Publishing'''
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| * [http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus Scribus] is a desktop publishing program with many features.
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| Bring images to life with '''KDE''' See [[Special:MyLanguage/Applications/Graphics|Graphics & Imaging]] for more information.
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| === Internet ===
| | '''Firefox''' is the default browser shipped with '''Kubuntu''', the most popular open-source browser in the world. For more information on how to use Firefox see the [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox Firefox Help Page]. |
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| '''Kubuntu''' is set up to get you online; to the Internet, via chat protocols, and even voice (VOIP) and other new voice applications. This page describes software installed by default, and the best and most popular available alternatives.
| | ===== Export your bookmarks ===== |
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| ==== Browsers ====
| | To export your bookmarks from '''Firefox''': |
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| This is the default browser shipped with '''Kubuntu''', with a minimal look and advanced features; pre-installed. For more information see [http://rekonq.kde.org/ Rekonq site] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Rekonq/Manual| Rekonq Manual]].
| | # Select <menuchoice>Show All Bookmarks</menuchoice> or <keycap>Ctrl+Shift+O</keycap> |
| | # A new window will appear. Select <menuchoice>Import and Backup</menuchoice> |
| | # Note where you save your bookmarks (by default in ~/yourfoldername) |
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| {{Note|Kubuntu will be shipping with Firefox as the default browser starting in version 14.04}}
| | ===== Import your bookmarks into Firefox ===== |
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| | A guide can be found here: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-html-file Importing your bookmarks into Firefox]. |
| Installing Firefox is made easy with the Kubuntu-Firefox-Installer.
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| {{Tip|<menuchoice>Kickoff -> Kubuntu-Firefox-Installer -> Follow the instructions</menuchoice>}}
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| For more infomation on how to use Firefox see [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-install-firefox-and-get-started Firefox Getting Started].
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| Chrome is a freeware browser developed by Google; all Chrome releases have been based on the open source version called Chromium. For more information see [https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/features.html Features] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome Chrome on Wikipedia].
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| ==== Email Clients ==== | | ==== Email Clients ==== |
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| There are many options when it comes to email clients. In '''Kubuntu''', '''Kmail''' is default email client, either as a stand-alone client or as part of the '''Kontact''' personal information manager (PIM). | | There are many options when it comes to email clients. In '''Kubuntu''', '''Kmail''' is the default email client, either as a stand-alone client or as part of the '''Kontact''' personal information manager (PIM). |
| '''Kmail''' is the email component of '''Kontact''', the '''KDE''' personal information manager (PIM). '''Kmail''' by itself is similar in functionality to other popular email programs, while '''Kontact''' is as full-featured as the fanciest personal information managers (PIMs), as it can be configured with calendars, address books, notes, an RSS reader, time tracking, journals and simple project planning. The following are just some of the features of '''Kmail''': | | '''Kmail''' is the email component of '''Kontact''', the '''KDE''' personal information manager (PIM). '''Kmail''' by itself is similar in functionality to other popular email programs, while '''Kontact''' is as full-featured as the fanciest personal information managers (PIMs), as it can be configured with calendars, address books, notes, an RSS reader, time tracking, journals and simple project planning. The following are just some of the features of '''Kmail''': |
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| * HTML reading, spam filtering, internal character sets, search and filter functions, spell checking, and | | * HTML reading, spam filtering, internal character sets, search and filter functions, spell checking, and |
| robust searching. More information on Kmail can be found in the [[Special:myLanguage/KMail|KMail]] documentation. | | robust searching. More information on Kmail can be found in the [[Special:myLanguage/KMail|KMail]] documentation. |
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| *[https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/geary/ Geary]
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| *[http://www.claws-mail.org/ Claws Mail]
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| *[http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ Sylpheed]
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| ==== Chat Clients ==== | | ==== Chat Clients ==== |
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| Chatting with friends and family is a popular use of the internet, and '''Kubuntu''' provides the necessary applications. | | Chatting with friends and family is a popular use of the internet, and '''Kubuntu''' provides the necessary applications. |
| There are two default chat clients installed in '''Kubuntu''' - KDE Telepathy for instant messaging, and Quassel for chatting on IRC (Internet Relay Chat). | | There are two default chat clients installed in '''Kubuntu''' - '''KDE Telepathy''' for instant messaging, and '''Quassel''' for chatting on IRC (Internet Relay Chat). |
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| '''KDE''' [[Special:MyLanguage/Telepathy|Telepathy]] is in active development, and already works well for daily use. You will find it already installed and ready to configure. | |
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| [[Special:MyLanguage/Quassel|Quassel]] is the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client pre-installed in '''Kubuntu'''. Not only does it provide functions similar to those of other popular IRC clients such as '''Konversation''', or '''X-chat''', its design emphasizes ease of use. '''Quassel''' includes tabbed browsing and notification of messages and other events. Also, it can be connected to a Quassel-core for storage and search of IRC channel logs.
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| [[Special:MyLanguage/Konversation|Konversation]] is '''KDE''''s IRC client; very user-friendly with the advanced features you'd expect.
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| *[http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete]
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| ==== Voice over IP (VOIP) ====
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| Voice applications are not installed by default. However, not only the well-known (but not libre) Skype, there are other great free and open choices as well.
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| * [http://www.qutecom.org/ QuteCom] (formerly !WengoPhone)is a free software SIP* compliant (VoIP) client.
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| * [http://www.ekiga.org/ Ekiga] (formerly !GnomeMeeting) is an open source VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME. Ekiga uses both the H.323 and SIP protocols.
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| * [http://www.linphone.org/ Linphone] is a web phone: with voice, video, and text instant messaging; SIP-compatible. | | *'''KDE''' [[Special:MyLanguage/Telepathy|Telepathy]] is already installed and ready to configure. |
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| * [http://mumble.sourceforge.net/ Mumble] is a low-latency, high quality voice chat software. | | *[[Special:MyLanguage/Konversation|Konversation]] is the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client pre-installed in '''Kubuntu'''. Not only does it provide functions similar to those of other popular IRC clients such as ''''X-chat''', its design emphasizes ease of use. '''Konversation''' includes tabbed browsing and notification of messages and other events. |
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| * Skype, while not open source, is free, and can be installed. See [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype Skype on Ubuntu] for more information.
| | '''KDE''' software connects you to the world. See [[Special:MyLanguage/Applications/Internet|Internet, Networking, & Communication]] for more information. |
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| The best in multimedia is installed when you open your new '''Kubuntu''' installation. If you get an error message about "missing codecs" please install <code>kubuntu-restricted-extras</code>. You can find your Multimedia applications through | | The best in multimedia is installed when you open your new '''Kubuntu''' installation. If you get an error message about "missing codecs" please install <code>kubuntu-restricted-extras</code>. You can find your Multimedia applications through <menuchoice>Kickoff->Applications->Multimedia</menuchoice>. |
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| *Pulseaudio | | *[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio Pulseaudio] keeps all your sound and video inputs and outputs working in harmony. If you need to direct your audio or video output to other devices, install the pavucontrol package, launch it by pressing <keycap>Alt + F2</keycap>, then type <code>pavucontrol</code>. |
| [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio Pulseaudio] keeps all your sound and video inputs and outputs working together. If you need to direct your audio or video output to other devices, install the pavucontrol package, launch it by pressing <keycap>Alt + F2</keycap>, then type <code>pavucontrol</code>. | |
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| *Amarok | | *Exploring your music in '''Kubuntu''' is exciting with the pre-installed '''Amarok''' music player. For more about how to use and customize it see [[Special:MyLanguage/Amarok|Amarok]]. |
| Exploring your music in '''Kubuntu''' is exciting with the pre-installed '''Amarok''' music player. For more about how to use and customize it see [[Special:MyLanguage/Amarok|Amarok]]. | |
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| *K3b | | *[[Special:MyLanguage/K3b|K3b]] is a simple, powerful and highly-configurable graphical optical disk burning application for audio, video, data projects. |
| [[Special:MyLanguage/K3b|K3b]] is a simple, powerful and highly-configurable graphical optical disk burning application for audio, video, data projects. | |
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| *Kmix | | *[[Special:MyLanguage/KMix|Kmix]] controls all your audio channels. |
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| *Dragon Player | | *[[Special:MyLanguage/Dragon_Player|Dragon Player]] is a simple interface for playing your movies, TV shows, and music. |
| [[Special:MyLanguage/Dragon_Player|Dragon Player]] is a simple interface for playing your movies, TV shows, and music. | |
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| * [http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity] audio recording and editing
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| * [http://kid3.sourceforge.net/ Kid3] tag editor which can generate tags from files or vice-versa, import tags from databases, browse cover arts and lyrics from online resources, drag and drop cover art to a file, export tags, etc.
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| * [http://musicbrainz.org/doc/PicardTagger MusicBrainz Picard] will identify track and CD information by matching digital thumbprints with the [http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] database.
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| * [http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php recordMyDesktop] is a simple, friendly movie recording software, which allows you to easily create high-quality, impressive animations of your desktop.
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| * [http://www.kdenlive.org/ Kdenlive] is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor.
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| * [http://www.tomahawk-player.org/ Tomahawk] lets you lay music for many different offline and
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| * [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] is a player and framework that can handle most audio and video formats you'd want to use, and it also works with DVDs, audio CDs, and much more.
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| * [http://kaffeine.kde.org/ Kaffeine] is a KDE media player that lets you play DVDs, video and audio CDs, and it has support for DVB devices as well. Whether you want to watch a movie on DVD, play a few songs, or tune into a show on digital TV, Kaffeine is a good choice for KDE users.
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| * [http://banshee-project.org/ Banshee] has many fans, as it was standard on Ubuntu desktops.
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| * [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Rhythmbox Rhythmbox] is GNOME’s default music player, and now standard in the Unity Ubuntu desktop.
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| * [http://www.getmiro.com/ Miro] plays video, but also provides the Miro Guide, which hosts all kinds of channels with content from broadcast and cable TV via Hulu. Also offered are podcasts, a video and audio library, and has built-in !BitTorrent to grab content from sites like !LegalTorrents, giving you video, audiobooks, comics, audio and more.
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| * [http://www.mythtv.org/ MythTV] is a very nice, robust media center solution. Heavy users of MythTV might consider installing [http://www.mythbuntu.org/ Mythbuntu] on a dedicated media center box.
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| * [http://xbmc.org/ XBMC] is a media center with a clean interface and easy-to-use controls.
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| * [http://www.blender.org/ Blender] is 3D content creation software that has created numerous open source video games and movies. This can be found in [[Special:myLanguage/Kubuntu/Advanced#muon | Muon]] Discover <menuchoice>Graphics->3D</menuchoice>.
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| The default office suite installed in '''Kubuntu''' is [http://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice]. It includes Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, Base and Writer. This suite is the open source equivalent of the Microsoft Office suite and each application corresponds to a similar product in that line. | | The default office suite installed in '''Kubuntu''' is [http://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice]. It includes Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, Base and Writer. This suite is the open source equivalent of the Microsoft Office suite and each application corresponds to a similar product in that line. |
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| '''LibreOffice''' works well with the files created by their Microsoft counterparts, with the exception of Microsoft Access files. | | '''LibreOffice''' works well with the files created by their Microsoft counterparts, with the exception of Microsoft Access files. |
| For more information see [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOffice LibreOffice]. | | For more information see [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOffice LibreOffice]. |
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| New to the suite is Author, an e-book authoring application with ePUB export. Besides Words, Sheets, Stage, and Kexi, included are the award-winning '''Krita''', digital painting and drawing; Braindump, a notetaking and mindmapping application; Plan, a project management application that can create Gantt charts; Karbon, a vector graphics editor; and Flow, a programmable flowchart drawing program with dynamically loadable stencils.
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| The Bourne shell (sh) was one of the major shells used in early versions of the Unix operating system and became a de facto standard. Every Unix-like system has at least one shell compatible with the Bourne shell. The Bourne shell program name is sh and it is typically located in the Unix file system hierarchy at /bin/sh. The Bourne shell is usually used as fallback for Bash or another shell. The features of the Bourne shell are quite limited if compared to something like Bash.
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| Bash stands for "Bourne again shell", a bit of a play on words. For many Linux distribution Bash is the default shell. The Bash command syntax is a superset of the Bourne shell command syntax. Among the features of Bash are: command line editing, command history, the directory stack, the $RANDOM and $PPID variables, and POSIX command substitution syntax $(..)/ When used as an interactive command shell and pressing the tab key, Bash automatically uses command line completion to match partly typed program names, filenames and variable names. Bash syntax simplifies I/O redirection in ways that are not possible in the traditional Bourne shell. For example Bash can redirect standard output (stdout) and standard error (stderr) at the same time using the &> operator. | | '''Bash''' is the default shell in '''Konsole''' and the terminals. Click for more on [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal using the Terminal]. |
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| The Z shell (zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter for shell scripting. Zsh can be thought of as an extended Bourne shell with a large number of improvements, including some features of bash, ksh, and tcsh. Among its features are: programmable command-line completion, sharing of command history among all running shells, spelling correction, theme-able prompts and it is fully customizable.
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| '''Kubuntu''' offers the tools developers need, from simple editors to IDEs, many languages, compilers, and version control systems. Development packages are not included by default, but everything mentioned here is available in the repositories.
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| [[Special:MyLanguage/KDevelop4/Manual|Kdevelop]] is an IDE (integrated development environment) for all those developers who want to integrate the tools they need for developing in a comfortable and simple solution. The focus is on C++ and CMake, but it can be used for other languages such as PHP and Python.
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| [[Category:Kubuntu]] | | [[Category:Kubuntu]] |
Software
This is a short guide to the software that is included in your Kubuntu installation.
Graphics
Some basic graphics applications are installed in Kubuntu by default, which allow you to create, view, scan, and manipulate images. The following applications are installed by default:
- Okular is a universal document viewer for many kinds of documents including PDF, Postscript, !DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub, etc.
- LibreOffice Draw is an all-purpose diagramming and charting tool which lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to use graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much more.
- Skanlite is a simple image scanning application.
- Gwenview is an image viewer with many features.
- Kamoso is a webcam recorder from the KDE community.
- KSnapshot is the best for desktop screenshots.
Internet
Kubuntu will get you online.
Browsers
Firefox is the default browser shipped with Kubuntu, the most popular open-source browser in the world. For more information on how to use Firefox see the Firefox Help Page.
Export your bookmarks
To export your bookmarks from Firefox:
- Click on the menu item
- Select or Ctrl+Shift+O
- A new window will appear. Select
- Note where you save your bookmarks (by default in ~/yourfoldername)
Import your bookmarks into Firefox
A guide can be found here: Importing your bookmarks into Firefox.
Email Clients
There are many options when it comes to email clients. In Kubuntu, Kmail is the default email client, either as a stand-alone client or as part of the Kontact personal information manager (PIM).
Kmail is the email component of Kontact, the KDE personal information manager (PIM). Kmail by itself is similar in functionality to other popular email programs, while Kontact is as full-featured as the fanciest personal information managers (PIMs), as it can be configured with calendars, address books, notes, an RSS reader, time tracking, journals and simple project planning. The following are just some of the features of Kmail:
- SSL, TLS, and Digest-md5 secure logon support
- PGP and GNUPG signatures and encryption support
- HTML reading, spam filtering, internal character sets, search and filter functions, spell checking, and
robust searching. More information on Kmail can be found in the KMail documentation.
Chat Clients
Chatting with friends and family is a popular use of the internet, and Kubuntu provides the necessary applications.
There are two default chat clients installed in Kubuntu - KDE Telepathy for instant messaging, and Quassel for chatting on IRC (Internet Relay Chat).
- KDE Telepathy is already installed and ready to configure.
- Konversation is the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client pre-installed in Kubuntu. Not only does it provide functions similar to those of other popular IRC clients such as 'X-chat, its design emphasizes ease of use. Konversation includes tabbed browsing and notification of messages and other events.
KDE software connects you to the world. See Internet, Networking, & Communication for more information.
Multimedia
The best in multimedia is installed when you open your new Kubuntu installation. If you get an error message about "missing codecs" please install kubuntu-restricted-extras. You can find your Multimedia applications through .
The following applications are installed by default:
- Pulseaudio keeps all your sound and video inputs and outputs working in harmony. If you need to direct your audio or video output to other devices, install the pavucontrol package, launch it by pressing Alt + F2, then type
pavucontrol.
- Exploring your music in Kubuntu is exciting with the pre-installed Amarok music player. For more about how to use and customize it see Amarok.
- K3b is a simple, powerful and highly-configurable graphical optical disk burning application for audio, video, data projects.
- Kmix controls all your audio channels.
- Dragon Player is a simple interface for playing your movies, TV shows, and music.
Office
The default office suite installed in Kubuntu is LibreOffice. It includes Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, Base and Writer. This suite is the open source equivalent of the Microsoft Office suite and each application corresponds to a similar product in that line.
LibreOffice works well with the files created by their Microsoft counterparts, with the exception of Microsoft Access files.
For more information see LibreOffice.
Personal Information Manager (PIM)
Installed with your system is the KDE Personal Information Manager Kontact. This includes many tools
to help you manage your life.
Please see Kontact for more details and help with this powerful set of tools.
System Settings
Information on adjusting system settings can be found at System Settings.
Utilities
Your newly installed Kubuntu system has some utilities already installed. One of the most useful is not in your menus; just press Alt + F2. Look at the top of your screen; there is one of your most powerful utilities, called Krunner. See more here: Krunner.
The following utility applications are installed by default:
- Kate is the default text editor for KDE. It has many great features for editing plain text or writing code in many different languages.
- Ark is the default tool for handling archives of files such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar and 7z.
- Klipper is a clipboard to hold copied text for later use. Unlike other clipboards it will hold your entire copied text, rather than just one line.
- Knotes is a sticky-note application to post notes on your desktop.
- KCalc offers basic calculator functions and much more.
- Konsole is the KDE terminal emulator, it can be used to run console shells.
Bash
Bash is the default shell in Konsole and the terminals. Click for more on using the Terminal.
Firewall configuration
Ufw is the default commandline configuration tool for the firewall. Ufw stands for Uncomplicated Firewall. It is developed to ease iptables firewall configuration. For more information about ufw see: UFW
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