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<article id="internet">
  <articleinfo>
    <title>The Internet</title>
    &legalnotice;
    <abstract>
     <para>
       This document contains information on the applications used to connect to 
       the internet. For the purpose of this guide, the term 
       <emphasis>internet</emphasis> will relate to web browsers, email clients, 
       chat clients, and &bittorrent; clients.
     </para>
    </abstract>
  </articleinfo>

<!-- WEB BROWSERS -->
<section id="browsers">
  <title>Web Browsers</title>
  <para>
    The default web browser for &kubuntu; is &rekonq;. To read more about 
    &rekonq;, please review the <ulink type="help" 
    url="&help-rekonq-url;">&rekonq; Handbook</ulink>.
  </para>
  <para>
    There are many different types of web browsers located in the &ubuntu; 
    repositories. From text-based browsers to the famous &firefox; and &opera; 
    browsers, &kubuntu; has browsing covered.
  </para>
<section id="browsers-rekonq" status="needs work">
  <title>rekonq</title>
  <para>
    &rekonq; can be launched from &menurekonq;.
  </para>
</section>
<section id="browsers-konqi">
  <title>Konqueror</title>
<section id="browsers-konqi-bookmarks">
  <title>Bookmarks</title>
  <procedure>
    <title>Importing</title>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open &konqueror; by going to &menukonqi;.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open the &bookmark-editor; by going to <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem>
        </menuchoice>.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        In &bookmark-editor;, go to <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
        <guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
      </para>
      <note>
        <title>Import Options</title>
        <para>
          Bookmarks can be imported from &internet-explorer;, &opera;, 
          &mozilla;, &netscape;, &kde;2/&kde;3, &galeon;, as well as 
          <menuchoice><guimenuitem>All Crash Session bookmarks</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice> by selecting the corresponding choice in the 
          <guilabel>Import</guilabel> menu.
        </para>
      </note>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Select the import option that best suits the situation and then close 
        the &bookmark-editor;.
      </para>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>Exporting</title>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open &konqueror; by going to &menukonqi;.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open the &bookmark-editor; by going to <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem>
        </menuchoice>.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        In &bookmark-editor;, go to <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
        <guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
      </para>
      <note>
        <title>Export Options</title>
        <para>
          &ie;, &opera;, &mozilla;, &netscape;, or &html; bookmarks can be 
          exported by selecting the corresponding choice in the 
          <guilabel>Export</guilabel> menu.
        </para>
      </note>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Select the export option that best suits the situation and then close 
        the &bookmark-editor;.
      </para>
    </step>
  </procedure>
</section>
</section>
<section id="browsers-ff">
  <title>Firefox</title>
  <subtitle>&menuff;</subtitle>
  <para>
    &firefox; is an award-winning web browser created by &mozilla;. &firefox; is 
    not installed by default on a &kubuntu; system. Please follow the directions 
    below to install &firefox;.
  </para>
<section id="browsers-ff-install">
  <title>Installing</title>
  <para>
    Installing &firefox; was made easier by the use of the 
    &kubuntu-firefox-installer;.
  </para>
  <procedure>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open &kubuntu-firefox-installer; by going to &menuffinstall;.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Follow the on-screen instructions to install &firefox;.
      </para>
    </step>
  </procedure>
</section>
<section id="browsers-ff-bookmarks">
  <title>Bookmarks</title>
  <procedure>
    <title>Importing</title>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open &firefox; by going to &menuff;.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open the &bookmarks-manager; by going to <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu>
        <guimenuitem>Show All Bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Press the <guibutton>Import and Backup</guibutton> button and select 
        <guimenuitem>Import Bookmarks from HTML...</guimenuitem> from the 
        drop-down menu.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Next, if there is another browser installed, such as &opera;, bookmarks 
        can be imported from there. If not, select <guilabel>From an HTML 
        file</guilabel>, and press the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Select the location of your bookmarks &html; file and then press the 
        <guibutton>Open</guibutton> button.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        If there are no error messages, then the import of the bookmarks was 
        successful.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Close the &bookmarks-manager; application.
      </para>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>Exporting</title>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open &firefox; by going to &menuff;.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Open the &bookmarks-manager; by going to <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu>
        <guimenuitem>Show All Bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Press the <guibutton>Import and Backup</guibutton> button and select 
        <guimenuitem>Export Bookmarks to HTML...</guimenuitem> from the 
        drop-down menu.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Select the directory where &filename-bookmarks-html; should be saved and 
        press the <guibutton>Save</guibutton> button.
      </para>
    </step>
  </procedure>
</section>
</section>
</section>

<!-- EMAIL CLIENTS -->
<section id="email">
  <title>Email Clients</title>
  <para>
    There are many options when it comes to email clients for &linux; systems. 
    With &kubuntu;, &kmail; is presented by default, either as a stand-alone 
    client or as part of the &kontact; personal information manager. Other 
    popular &linux; email clients include &mozilla; &thunderbird;, &evolution;, 
    &mailody;, and even &mutt; &mdash; a command line email client.
  </para>
<section id="email-kmail">
  <title>KMail</title>
    <subtitle>&menukontact;</subtitle>
  <para>
    &kmail; is the email component of &kontact; &mdash; the &kde; personal 
    information manager. &kmail; by itself is similar in functionality to other 
    popular email programs, while &kontact; is as full-featured as the fanciest 
    personal information managers, 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;:
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            &imap;, &pop3;, and &smtp; support.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            &ssl;, &tls;, and &digest-md5; secure logon support.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            &pgp; and &gnupg; signatures and encryption support.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            &html; reading, spam filtering, internal character sets, search and 
            filter functions, spell checking, and robust searching.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
  </para>
  <para>
    More information on &kmail; and configuration can be found in <ulink 
    type="help" url="&help-kmail-url;">The &kmail; Handbook</ulink>. For the use 
    of &kmail; within &kontact;, also refer to <ulink type="help" 
    url="&help-kontact-url;">The &kontact; Handbook</ulink>.
  </para>
</section>
</section>

<!-- CHAT CLIENTS -->
<section id="chat">
  <title>Chat Clients</title>
  <para>
    Chatting with friends and family is a popular use of the internet, and 
    &kubuntu; provides the necessary applications. There are two main chat 
    clients in &kubuntu; &mdash; &kopete;, for instant messaging, and &quassel;, 
    for chatting on &irc; (Internet Relay Chat).
  </para>
<section id="chat-kopete">
  <title>Kopete</title>
    <subtitle>&menukopete;</subtitle>
  <para>
    &kopete; is the &kde; instant messaging (&im;) client. It provides all the 
    functionality of other popular &im; clients. With &kopete;, accounts can be 
    set up for:
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            &aim; (&aol; &instant-messenger;)
          </para>
        </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &gadu-gadu;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &groupwise;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &icq;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &jabber;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &meanwhile;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &msn; &messenger;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &yahoo;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </para>
  <para>
    More help is available in the <ulink type="help" 
    url="&help-kopete-url;">&kopete; Handbook</ulink>.
  </para>
</section>
<section id="quassel">
  <title>Quassel</title>
    <subtitle>&menuquassel;</subtitle>
  <para>
    &quassel; is a &kde; &irc; (Internet Relay Chat) client. It provides 
    functions similar to those of other popular &irc; clients. The &quassel; 
    design emphasizes ease of use. &quassel; includes tabbed browsing and 
    notification of messages and other events.
  </para>
  <para>
    More help is available in the <ulink type="help" 
    url="&help-quassel-url;">&quassel; Handbook</ulink>.
  </para>
</section>
</section>

<!-- BITTORRENT CLIENTS -->
<section id="torrent">
  <title>BitTorrent Clients</title>
  <para>
    &bittorrent; is a peer-to-peer file distribution protocol for distributing 
    large amounts of data without centralized control. There are several 
    &bittorrent; clients available for use in &kubuntu;; &ktorrent; is the 
    default application. Other open source &bittorrent; clients include 
    &azureus;, &bittornado;, and &bittorrent; itself. &java;-based &azureus; is 
    one of the more popular &bittorrent; clients.
  </para>
<section id="torrent-ktorrent">
  <title>KTorrent</title>
  <subtitle>&menuktorrent;</subtitle>
  <para>
    &ktorrent; is a &bittorrent; application designed specifically for &kde;. 
    Loaded with features, &ktorrent; is a well-designed application that is 
    light on the system and fast on the internet. To use &ktorrent;, simply 
    download a &filename-dot-torrent; file. &ktorrent; will automatically 
    recognize the file and start the download. Using &ktorrent; is simple and 
    straightforward.
  </para>
</section>
</section>

<!-- PLUGIN INSTALLATION -->
<section id="plugins">
  <title>Plugin Installation</title>
  <para>
    Follow the instructions below to install &java; and &flash; plugins, or 
    simply install them along with other restricted applications for &kubuntu; 
    by installing the &kubuntu-restricted-extras; package.
  </para>
<section id="plugins-java">
  <title>Java</title>
<section id="plugins-java-konqi" status="needs work">
  <title>Konqueror</title>
  <para>
    This section explains the procedure for setting up &konqueror; to utilize 
    &java;.
  </para>
  <procedure>
    <step>
      <para>
        Close &konqueror; if it is open.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Install the &iced-tea-6-plugin; package. For help with installation, 
        please review the <ulink type="help" 
        url="&help-kubuntu-add-applications-url;">Adding Applications</ulink> 
        documentation.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Start up &konqueror; and enjoy.
      </para>
    </step>
  </procedure>
</section>
<section id="plugins-java-ff">
  <title>Firefox</title>
  <para>
    This section explains the procedure for setting up &firefox; to use &java; 
    on 32-bit systems.
  </para>
  <procedure>
    <step>
      <para>
        Close &firefox; if it is open.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Install the &iced-tea-6-plugin; package. For help with installation, 
        please review the <ulink type="help" 
        url="&help-kubuntu-add-applications-url;">Adding Applications</ulink> 
        documentation.
      </para>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>
        Start up &firefox; and enjoy.
      </para>
    </step>
  </procedure>
</section>
</section>
<section id="plugins-flash">
  <title>Flash</title>
  <para>
    The &adobe; &flashplayer; can be installed for &konqueror; or &firefox; by 
    installing the &flashplugin-nonfree; package. For help with installation, 
    please review the <ulink type="help" 
    url="&help-kubuntu-add-applications-url;">Adding Applications</ulink> 
    documentation.
  </para>
  <note>
    <title>Konqueror's extra step</title>
    <para>
      Instead of rebooting in order to get &konqueror; to see the newly 
      installed plugin, simple restart &konqueror; and then go into its 
      configuration (&menukonqi;). Scroll down in the <interface>left 
      panel</interface> to the <guilabel>Plugins</guilabel> 
      <guiicon>icon</guiicon>. In the configuration dialog, press the 
      <guibutton>Scan for New Plugins</guibutton> button. When finished, press 
      the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.
    </para>
  </note>
</section>
<section id="plugins-gnash">
  <title>Gnash</title>
  <para>
    &gnash; is the free and open source software version of the proprietary 
    &adobe; &flashplayer;. It is currently in a <emphasis>beta</emphasis> 
    version and doesn't work properly with many websites that use &flash;.
  </para>

<section id="plugins-gnash-konqi">
  <title>Install Gnash for Konqueror</title>
  <para>
    To use the &gnash; for &konqueror;, install the &konqueror-plugin-gnash; 
    package. For help with installation, please review the <ulink type="help" 
    url="&help-kubuntu-add-applications-url;">Adding Applications</ulink> 
    documentation. After the installation is complete, start &konqueror; by 
    going to &menukonqi;.
  </para>
</section>
<section id="plugins-gnash-ff">
  <title>Install Gnash for Firefox</title>
  <para>
    To use &gnash; for &firefox;, install the &mozilla-plugin-gnash; package. 
    For help with installation, please review the <ulink type="help" 
    url="&help-kubuntu-add-applications-url;">Adding Applications</ulink> 
    documentation. After the installation is complete, start &firefox; by going 
    to &menuff;.
  </para>
</section>
</section>
</section>

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