<application>Quassel</application> is a KDE <acronym>IRC</acronym> (Internet Relay Chat) client for KDE. It provides you a lot of the functionality similar to that of other popular <acronym>IRC</acronym> clients. Quassel has gone through a lot of changes to improve the usability of the application. Quassel includes tabbed browsing and notification of messages and other events.
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<application>Quassel</application> is a KDE <acronym>IRC</acronym>
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(Internet Relay Chat) client. It provides functions similar to those of other
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popular <acronym>IRC</acronym> clients. The Quassel design emphasizes ease of
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use. Quassel includes tabbed browsing and notification of messages and other
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events.
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More help is available in the <ulink type="help" url="help:/quassel">Quassel Handbook</ulink>.
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BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file distribution protocol with a method of
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distributing vast amounts of data without the control of a middle man. There
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are many available BitTorrent clients available for use in Kubuntu, however
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<application>KTorrent</application> is the default application. Other
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applications available as a BitTorrent client include, but are not limited to,
<application>Azureus</application> is one of the more popular BitTorrent
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clients in use today and is created in Java.
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<application>KTorrent</application> is a BitTorrent application designed
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specifically for KDE. Loaded with features, <application>KTorrent</application>
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is a very functional application that is light on the system and fast on the
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Internet. To use <application>KTorrent</application>, simply download a
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<filename>.torrent</filename> file and <application>KTorrent</application> will
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is a well-designed application that is light on the system and fast
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on the Internet. To use <application>KTorrent</application>, simply download a
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<filename>.torrent</filename> file. <application>KTorrent</application> will
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automatically recognize the file and start the download. Using
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<application>KTorrent</application> is very simple and straight forward.
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<application>KTorrent</application> is simple and straightforward.
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<title>Plugin Installation</title>
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You can follow the instructions below for Java and Flash plugin installation, or you can simply install all restricted applications for Kubuntu by installing the package <application>kubuntu-restricted-extras</application>.
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Follow the instructions below to install Java and Flash plugins, or simply
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install them along with other restricted applications for &kubuntu; by
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installing the package <application>kubuntu-restricted-extras</application>.
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This section will briefly explain the procedure for setting up
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<application>Konqueror</application> to utilize <productname>Java</productname>.
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This section will briefly explain the procedure for setting up
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<application>Firefox</application> to utilize <productname>Java</productname>
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<application>Firefox</application> to use <productname>Java</productname>
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The <productname>Adobe Flash Player</productname> can easily be installed for
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<application>Firefox</application> by installing the
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<application>flashplugin-nonfree</application> package. For help
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The <productname>Adobe Flash Player</productname> can be installed for
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<application>Konqueror</application> or <application>Firefox</application> by
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installing the <application>flashplugin-nonfree</application> package. For help
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with installation, please review the <ulink type="help"