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    <title id="common-tasks">Common Tasks</title>

                    <para>

                        To start <application>KaudioCreator</application> manually, choose

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu>

                            <guimenuitem>KAudioCreator (CD Ripper)</guimenuitem>

                        </menuchoice> 

                        from the desktop menu system.

                    </para>

                    <para>

                        When you are done ripping your CD tracks, press the <guibutton>eject</guibutton> button to eject your CD-Rom.

                    </para>

                <para>Install the <application>libstdc++5</application> package (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).</para>

                <para>Download the Realplayer package from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/pool/main/r/realplay/realplayer_10.0.6-0.0_i386.deb">here</ulink> only if you have a <emphasis>i386</emphasis> machine. Debian packages are not available for <emphasis>PowerPC</emphasis> or <emphasis>AMD64</emphasis> architectures. However, you can try to see if a player is available on the <ulink url="https://player.helixcommunity.org/">Helix Player</ulink> Community Site.</para>

            </step>

            <step>

                <para>Install the package you have downloaded (see <xref linkend="install-deb"/>).</para>

            </step>

            <step>

                <para>To run <application>Real Player 10</application>, choose

                    <menuchoice>

                        <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                        <guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu>

                        <guimenuitem>RealPlayer 10 (Media Player)</guimenuitem>

                    </menuchoice>.

                </para>

        <title>Video Editing</title>

        <para><application>Kino</application> is an advanced video editor. It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 (Firewire) for capture, VTR control, and recording back of the camera. It captures video to disk in Raw DV and AVI format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encoding. For more information, see <ulink url="http://www.kinodv.org/article/static/2">the Kino website</ulink>. To use it:</para>

                <para>Install the <application>kino</application> package (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).</para>

                <para>To run <application>Kino</application>, choose

                    <menuchoice>

                        <guimenu>Applications</guimenu>

                        <guisubmenu>Sound &amp; Video</guisubmenu>

                        <guimenuitem>Kino Video Editor</guimenuitem>

                    </menuchoice>.

                </para>

    <title>Multimedia Codecs</title>

    <title>Rip a DVD with K3B</title>

            <para>

                Install the following packages

                <simplelist>

                    <member>transcode</member>

                    <member>libxvidcore4</member>

                    <member>sox</member>

                    <member>mjpegtools</member>

                    <member>toolame</member>

                    <member>libdvdread</member>

                </simplelist> 

            from the <emphasis>Universe</emphasis> and <emphasis>Multiverse</emphasis> repository (see <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).

            </para>

        <step><para>Follow the <ulink url="http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/extragear-multimedia/k3b/howtos.html#videointroduction">steps to Rip a DVD and Encode it </ulink> (<ulink url="help:/k3b/howtos.html#videointroduction">Offline Help</ulink>) in the K3B handbook.

            </para>

            <title>Generate MD5 Checksum files</title>

        <title>Connecting to the Internet</title>

        <para>To connect to the Internet, do the following:</para>

            <step><para>If you have a Modem or ADSL connection, read <xref linkend="modems"/> first.</para></step>

                        <guimenuitem>Network Settings</guimenuitem>

                <para>Select the <guilabel>Network Interfaces</guilabel> tab. Select the interface to configure from the list, then click the <guibutton>Configure Interface...</guibutton> button. </para></step>

                <para> 

                    Enter the relevant details of the connection like DHCP or Static IP address, or the wireless network name (in case of a wireless connection). Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to accept the settings. 

                </para>

                <para>Sometimes it may be necessary to configure the DNS settings. If needed, select the <guibutton>Domain Name System</guibutton> tab to add edit or delete DNS Servers in the <guilabel>DNS

                        Servers</guilabel> list.</para>

        <para>To activate or deactivate network connections, do the following:</para>

                        <guimenuitem>Network Settings</guimenuitem>

                <para>Select the <guilabel>Network Interfaces</guilabel> tab. Select the interface to enable/disable from the list, then click the <guibutton>Enable Interface</guibutton> or the <guibutton> Disable Interface</guibutton> button. </para></step>

        <para>

            Alternatively, the powerful and secure <application>Mozilla

                Firefox</application> web browser may be obtained in addition

            to Konqueror. <application>Mozilla Firefox</application> features

            tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, in-built search facilities, live

            bookmarks and more. Also supported are popular plug-ins such as

            Java, Macromedia Flash, and Real Player just

            to name a few. <application>Mozilla Firefox</application> is not

            installed in Kubuntu by default. <application>Mozilla

                Firefox</application> can be obtained by installing the

              <application>firefox</application> package (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).

        </para>

        <para>

            After installation, it can be launched from 

            <menuchoice>

                <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>

                <guimenuitem>Firefox Web Browser</guimenuitem>

            </menuchoice> from the desktop menu system.

        </para>

          <para>

            <application>Mozilla Firefox</application> has many <emphasis>Extensions</emphasis> available. <application>Konqueror</application>, on the other, is much more tightly integrated into <application>KDE</application>.

          </para>

                     <para>Verified by asking in #kubuntu-offtopic</para>

                <para>

                    The following instructions are only for <emphasis>i386</emphasis> computers.

                </para>

                <step>

                    <para>To view flash graphics from the Konqueror web

                        browser, you need to install the

                        <application>flashplugin-nonfree</application> package

                        from the <emphasis>Multiverse</emphasis> repository

                        (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).

                    </para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>To download and install the plugin, enter the following command in a terminal:<screen>sudo update-flashplugin</screen></para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>The plug-in will be available the next time you start <application>Konqueror</application>.</para>

            <title>How do I change Konqueror back to the default KDE profiles?</title>

            <para>

            Kubuntu comes with a simplified Konqueror profile to make things

            more user friendly compared to default KDE. To get back to the

            default KDE profiles:

        </para>

                <para>

                    Open a terminal by choosing 

                    <menuchoice>

                        <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                        <guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu>

                        <guimenuitem>Konsole (Terminal Program)</guimenuitem>

                    </menuchoice>

                    from the desktop menu system.

                </para>

                <para>

                Execute the following commands

                <screen>

</screen>

                </para>

        <para>The <application>Kontact</application> groupware suite can handle all your email, contacts, calendar events, todo lists, newsgroups, notes and RSS/Atom feeds. <application>Kontact</application> can be launched by clicking

            <menuchoice>

                <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                <guisubmenu>Office</guisubmenu>

                <guimenuitem>Personal Information Manager (Kontact) </guimenuitem>

            </menuchoice> 

            from the desktop menu system.</para>

        <para>Alternatively, the <application>Mozilla Thunderbird</application> email

          client is available. To install this popular email client, install the <application>mozilla-thunderbird</application> package (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).</para>

        <para>To start <application>Thunderbird</application>, choose

            <menuchoice>

                <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>

                <guimenuitem>Thunderbird Mail Client</guimenuitem>

            </menuchoice> from the desktop menu system.

        </para>

            <title>Change the preferred email client to

                <application>Mozilla Thunderbird</application></title>

                    <para>Choose 

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>System Settings</guisubmenu>

                            <guisubmenu>User Account</guisubmenu>

                        </menuchoice>.

                    </para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>

                        In the <guilabel> User Account, </guilabel>click the <guimenuitem>Preferred Applications</guimenuitem> and click the <guibutton> Email Client</guibutton> and select the <guilabel>Use a different email client</guilabel> option. 

                    </para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>In the <guilabel>Use a different email client</guilabel> text box, type

                        <userinput>

                            <command>mozilla-thunderbird %s</command></userinput>, then click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to save your settings. 

                    </para>

        <title>News Readers</title>

            <title>Akregator Feed Reader</title>

            <para>

                <application>Akregator</application> is a fast and intuitive feed reader program which is installed by default in Kubuntu. <application>Akregator</application> can be launched as a standalone application by choosing

                <menuchoice>

                    <guimenu>K-menu</guimenu>

                    <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>

                    <guimenuitem>Akregator (RSS Feed Reader)</guimenuitem>

                </menuchoice> from the Desktop Menu System.

            </para>

            <para>

                <application>Akregator</application>  is also available as a Kontact Component.  Launch Kontact by choosing 

                <menuchoice>

                    <guimenu>K-menu</guimenu>

                    <guisubmenu>Office</guisubmenu>

                    <guimenuitem>Kontact (Personal Information Manager)</guimenuitem>

                </menuchoice> from the Desktop Menu System.

                Click the <guilabel>Feeds</guilabel> button on the sidebar at the left to access and configure the News Reader.

            </para>

            <title>Knode News Reader</title>

            <para>The default newsreader for Kubuntu applications is in the <application>Kontact</application> application. It provides the capability to install and download your favorite newsgroups and manage their content. However, the news reader component is not installed by default.</para>

                    <para>Install the <application>knode</application> package from the <emphasis>Universe</emphasis> repository (see <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).</para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>

                        Launch Kontact by choosing 

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Office</guisubmenu>

                            <guimenuitem>Kontact (Personal Information Manager)</guimenuitem>

                        </menuchoice> from the Desktop Menu System.

                    </para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>

                        Click the <guilabel>News</guilabel> button on the sidebar at the left to access and configure the News Reader.

                    </para>

        <title>Web Development</title>

            <para><application>Quanta Plus</application> is a powerful editor for web designers and programmers. <application> Quanta Plus </application>supports many programming and markup languages, and includes many utilities for designers and programmers.

            </para>

                    <para>Install the <application>Quanta Plus</application> package (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).</para>

                <step><para>To start <application>Quanta Plus</application>, choose

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Development</guisubmenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Web Development</guisubmenu>

                            <guimenuitem>Quanta Plus (Web Development Environment)</guimenuitem>

                    </menuchoice></para>

            <title>NVU Web Authoring System</title>

            <para><application>NVU</application> is a <emphasis>WYSIWYG</emphasis> (What You See Is What You Get) graphical web design application, similar to Dreamweaver.</para>

                    <para>Install the <application>nvu</application> package from the <emphasis>Universe</emphasis> repository (see <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).</para>

                    <para>To start <application>Nvu</application>, choose

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Development</guisubmenu>

                            <guimenuitem>Nvu</guimenuitem>

                        </menuchoice> from the desktop menu system.

                    </para>

        <title>Chat</title>

            <para>Kopete is the default instant messenger client in Kubuntu.

                With Kopete you can talk to people who use: AIM/ICQ,

                Gadu-Gadu, Groupwise, IRC, Jabber, MSN, SMS and Yahoo.

                The ability to use one client instead of one per network is a great

                benefit and allows you to have all of your buddies in one

                window. To start <application>Kopete</application>, choose

                <menuchoice>

                    <guimenu>K-menu</guimenu>

                    <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>

                    <guimenuitem>Kopete (Instant Messenger)</guimenuitem>

                </menuchoice> from the desktop menu system.

            </para>

            <para> Konversation is a client for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol. It has a clean and easy to use interface. To start <application>Konversation</application>, choose 

                <menuchoice>

                    <guimenu>K-menu</guimenu>

                    <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>

                    <guimenuitem>Konversation (Instant Messenger)</guimenuitem>

                </menuchoice> from the desktop menu system.

            </para>

        <title>Peer To Peer</title>

            <para>No default bit torrent capability is installed with Kubuntu. However, you may install <application>Ktorrent</application> from the universe repositories. Be sure that the universe repository is enabled and download it via Adept (See <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).

            </para>

            <title>aMule File Sharing Client</title>

                <para> aMule is a peer to peer (P2P) application for the ed2k network, from which you can download a variety of files.</para>

                    <para>Install the <application>amule</application> package from the <emphasis>Universe</emphasis> repository (see <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).</para>

                    <para>To open <application>aMule</application>, choose 

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>

                            <guimenuitem>amule</guimenuitem>

                        </menuchoice> from the desktop menu system.

                    </para>

            <para>

                <application>Apollon</application> is an easy to use peer to peer client for the KDE Desktop. It supports the Gnutella, OpenFT, and FastTrack networks. This makes installing applications like <application>Limewire</application> redundant.

            </para>

                    <para>Install <application>Apollon</application> and <application>gift</application> packages from the <emphasis>Universe</emphasis> repository (see <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).

                    </para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>

                        Configure the <application>giFT</application> daemon by, opening a <application>Konsole</application> and run the command <screen>gift-setup</screen> and follow the instructions on the screen.

                    </para>

                    <note><para>Make sure you enable the OpenFT and Gnutella plugins by typing <emphasis>OpenFT:Gnutella</emphasis> in the plugin section.</para></note> 

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>

                        See the following files for examples:

                        <orderedlist>

                                <para>

                                    <ulink url="../sample/Gnutella.conf">$HOME/.giFT/Gnutella/Gnutella.conf</ulink>.

                                </para>

                        </orderedlist>

                    </para>

    <title>Office</title>

            <title>OpenOffice.org Suite</title>

            <para>

                OpenOffice.org is a suite of applications to support word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, drawing and complex math documents. The suite is the open source equivalent of the Microsoft Office Suite. For details about the OpenOffice.org, visit the <ulink url="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org homepage</ulink>.

            </para>

                    <para>Install the <application>kmymoney2</application> package from the <emphasis>Universe</emphasis> repository (see <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).</para>

                    <para>To open <application>Kymoney</application>, choose 

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Office</guisubmenu>

                            <guimenuitem>KmyMoney</guimenuitem>

                        </menuchoice> from the Desktop Menu System.

                    </para>

            <title>Kivio Flowchart and Diagram Editor</title>

            <para>

                <application>Kivio</application> is a flowchart and diagram editor for creating and editing organizational charts, flowcharts, ERDs, or other kinds of diagrams. It is analagous to Gnome <application>Dia</application> and Microsoft Visio.

            </para>

                    <para>

                        Install the <application>kivio</application> package using <application>Adept</application> (see <xref linkend="adept"/>). 

                    </para>

                    <para>Launch <application>Kivio</application>, by choosing

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Office</guisubmenu>

                            <guimenuitem>Kivio</guimenuitem>

                        </menuchoice>

                    </para>

        <title>Graphics &amp; Drawing</title>

        <para>Kubuntu has some very powerful, world-class graphics and drawing applications available.</para>

            <para><application>Krita</application> lets you draw, paint, edit images, and much more! Krita

                includes the functionality and plug-ins of other famous image

                editing and processing programs.

            </para>

            <para>Krita is installed in Kubuntu by default. Launch Krita by selecting 

                <menuchoice>

                    <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                    <guisubmenu>Graphics</guisubmenu>

                    <guimenuitem>Krita (Image Manipulation Program)</guimenuitem>

                </menuchoice>

            </para>

            <para>More information is available from the <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/krita/">Krita homepage.</ulink>

            </para>

            <title>Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor</title>

            <para><application>Inkscape</application> is a powerful editor for working with the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format.

            </para>

                    <para>Install the <application>inkscape</application> package (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).

                    </para>

            <title>Blender 3d Modeler</title>

            <para><application>Blender</application> is an integrated 3d suite for modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback (games).

            </para>

                    <para>Install the <application>blender</application> package (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).

                    </para>

                    <para>To start <application>Blender</application>, choose 

                        <menuchoice>

                            <guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu>

                            <guisubmenu>Graphics</guisubmenu>

                            <guimenuitem>Blender 3D Modeler</guimenuitem>

                        </menuchoice>

                    </para>

            <title>Scribus Desktop Publishing Application</title>

                    <para>Install the <application>scribus</application> package (see <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).</para>

        <title>Games</title>

            <para>In <application>Frozen-Bubble</application> you attempt to shoot bubbles into groups of the same color to cause them to pop.

            </para>

            <title>Suggested Games</title> 

                        <para>bzflag - a 3D first person tank battle game

                        </para>

                <para>Remember, these 2 games are text based, which means they MUST be run inside the terminal.

                </para>

            <para>All of these games will install themselves to your KDE menu, but can always run them from the command line by typing in the name of the game, and pressing enter.

            </para>

            <title>Windows Games</title>

            <para>Many games which are available for Windows can be run on Linux through special compatibility layers like <application>Wine</application> and <application>Cedega</application>.</para>

                    <para>For information about Wine, see <ulink url="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Wine">the Ubuntu wiki</ulink>.

                    </para>

                    <para>

                        For information about Cedega, see <ulink url="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cedega">the Ubuntu wiki</ulink>. See the <ulink url="http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=HOWTO%20Cedega%20CVS"> Cedega CVS Howto</ulink> for instructions on compiling and installing Cedega.

                    </para>

        <title>Programming</title>

            <title>Basic Compilers</title>

                <para>In order to be able to compile programs, some extra packages are necessary. These can be installed all in one go, as follows:

                </para>

                    <para>Install the <application>build-essential</application> package (see <xref linkend="add-applications"/>).

                    </para>

            <title>Java Runtime Environment (1.5)</title>

            <note>

                <para>

                    The following instructions are only for <emphasis>i386</emphasis> and <emphasis>amd64</emphasis> computers. For <emphasis>PowerPC</emphasis> machines, please look at the <ulink url="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JavaPPC">Ubuntu Wiki.</ulink>

                </para>

            </note>

            <note>

                <para>At the time of this writing J2SE is at version 5.0 Update 6. This is subject to change. If you do not see this version on Sun's website, download the newest version displayed. 

                </para>

                    <para>Go to <ulink url="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp</ulink> and click on <quote>Download JRE 5.0 Update 6</quote>. Do not choose the link with the NetBeans bundle.

                    </para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>You must first accept the license, then click on <quote>Linux self-extracting file</quote> and Download jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin to your hard drive.

                    </para>

                    <note>

                        <para>

                            If you use the <emphasis>amd64</emphasis> version of Kubuntu, replace <emphasis>jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin</emphasis> with <emphasis>jre-1_5_0_06-linux-amd64.bin</emphasis>.

                        </para> 

                    </note> 

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>Install the <application>java-package</application> package from the <emphasis>Multiverse</emphasis> repository (see <xref linkend="extra-repositories"/>).</para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>Make the downloaded file executable. At the command line, change to the directory where you downloaded the file, and type

                        <screen>chmod +x jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin</screen>

                    </para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>To install JRE, first build an Ubuntu package. Type

                        <screen>fakeroot make-jpkg jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin</screen>

                    </para>

                </step>

                <step>

                    <para>Then install the package you have built:

                        <screen>sudo dpkg -i sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update06_i386.deb</screen>

                    </para>

            <title>Development Tools</title>

                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/designer.html">Qt Designer</ulink> is the User Interface designer for building KDE applications. </para></listitem>

                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.python.org/idle/">IDLE</ulink> is the Python IDE built with the Tkinter GUI toolkit.</para></listitem>

                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.monodevelop.com/Main_Page">MonoDevelop</ulink> is an IDE for writing mono/.net applications in C# and other languages.</para></listitem>

                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.bazaar-ng.org/">Bazaar-NG</ulink> is a distributed version control system used for Ubuntu development.</para></listitem>

                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</ulink> is an IDE for Java and other programming languages. It forms the basis for closed-source programs such as JBuilder.</para></listitem>

                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.netbeans.org/index.html">NetBeans</ulink> is a Java IDE that features support for CVS and a form builder.</para></listitem>

                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html">Bluefish</ulink> is a powerful editor for experienced web designers and programmers.</para></listitem>

            <title>Programming Documentation</title>    

            <para>This is a list of useful documentation for programming with Kubuntu.</para>

                <title>Dive Into Python</title>

                <para><application>Dive Into Python</application> is a book on

                    learning how to program in the preferred Kubuntu language,

                    Python. Aimed at programmers with some previous

                    experience, it comes installed with every Kubuntu

                    installation.

                </para>

                <para>

                    You can read <application>Dive Into Python</application>

                    <ulink url="file:///usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html/toc/index.html">here</ulink>.

                </para>

                <title>Qt3 Documentation</title>