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<article id="internet" status="complete">
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<title>The Internet</title>
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This chapter contains information on the applications used in order to connect
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to the Internet. For the purpose of this guide, the term
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<emphasis>Internet</emphasis> will refer to Web browsers, Email clients, chat
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clients, and BitTorrent clients.
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<sect1 id="browsers" status="complete">
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<title>Web Browsers</title>
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The default web browser for Kubuntu is <application>Konqueror</application>. To
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read more about <application>Konqueror</application>, please review the <ulink
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type="help" url="help:/konqueror">Konqueror Handbook</ulink>.
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There are many different types of web browsers located in the Ubuntu
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repositories. From text based browsers to the famous
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<application>Firefox</application> and <application>Opera</application>
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browsers, Kubuntu has you covered.
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<sect2 id="browsers-konqi" status="complete">
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<title>Konqueror</title>
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<!-- KONQUEROR BOOKMARKS -->
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<sect3 id="browsers-konqi-bookmarks" status="complete">
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<title>Bookmarks</title>
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<title>Importing</title>
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Open <application>Konqueror</application> by going to &menukonqi;.
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Open the <application>Bookmark Editor</application> by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit
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Bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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In <application>Bookmark Editor</application> go to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
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<title>Import Options</title>
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You can import IE, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, KDE2/KDE3, Galeon, as well as All
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Crash Session bookmarks by selecting the corresponding choice in the
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<guilabel>Import</guilabel> menu.
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Select the import option that best suits your setup and then close the
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<application>Bookmark Editor</application>.
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<title>Exporting</title>
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Open <application>Konqueror</application> by going to &menukonqi;.
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Open the <application>Bookmark Editor</application> by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit
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Bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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In <application>Bookmark Editor</application> go to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
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<title>Export Options</title>
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You can export to IE, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, or HTML bookmarks by selecting
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the corresponding choice in the <guilabel>Export</guilabel> menu.
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Select the export option that best suits your setup and then close the
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<application>Bookmark Editor</application>.
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<!-- END KONQUEROR -->
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<sect2 id="browsers-ff" status="complete">
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<title>Firefox</title>
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<subtitle>&menuff;</subtitle>
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<application>Firefox</application> 2 is the second generation award-winning Web
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browser created by Mozilla. <application>Firefox</application> is not installed
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by default on your Kubuntu system. Please follow the directions below in order
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to install <application>Firefox</application>.
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<!-- FIREFOX INSTALLATION -->
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<sect3 id="browsers-ff-install" status="complete">
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<title>Installing</title>
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Open <application>Add/Remove Programs</application> by going to &menuar;.
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When prompted for your password, enter your user password and press
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
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To the right of the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> box is a drop down selection.
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Select <guilabel>Any Suite</guilabel>.
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In the left hand window select <guilabel>Internet</guilabel>.
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In the main window select <guilabel>Firefox Web Browser</guilabel> and then
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press the <guibutton>Apply Changes</guibutton> button.
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Once installation is complete press the <guibutton>Quit</guibutton> button to
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close <application>Add/Remove Programs</application>.
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To access <application>Firefox</application>, go to &menuff;.
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<!-- FIREFOX BOOKMARKS -->
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<sect3 id="browsers-ff-bookmarks" status="complete">
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<title>Bookmarks</title>
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<title>Importing</title>
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Open <application>Firefox</application> by going to &menuff;.
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Open the <application>Bookmarks Manager</application> by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Organize
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Bookmarks...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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Open the <application>Import Wizard</application> by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import...</guimenuitem>
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Under the <guilabel>Import Bookmarks from</guilabel> section select either
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<guilabel>Opera</guilabel> if you are using <application>Opera</application> or
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<guilabel>From File</guilabel> to import from other browsers. Once you have
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selected press <guibutton>Next</guibutton>
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You should have been presented the <guilabel>Import Complete</guilabel> step of
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the <application>Import Wizard</application>. Press the
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<guibutton>Finish</guibutton> to complete the import.
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Close the <application>Bookmarks Manager</application> application.
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Access your <application>Opera</application> imports by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guisubmenu>From
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Opera</guisubmenu></menuchoice> and select a bookmark.
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<title>Exporting</title>
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Open <application>Firefox</application> by going to &menuff;.
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Open the <application>Bookmarks Manager</application> by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Organize
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Bookmarks...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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Start the export by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Export...</guimenuitem>
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Select the directory you want to save the <filename>bookmarks.html</filename>
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and press the <guibutton>Save</guibutton> button.
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<sect1 id="email" status="complete">
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<title>Email Clients</title>
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Options are endless when it comes to email clients for Linux systems. With
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Kubuntu you are presented with <application>KMail</application> by default
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either as a standalone or a part of the <application>Kontact</application>
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personal information manager. Other popular Linux clients include
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<application>Mozilla Thunderbird</application>,
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<application>Evolution</application>, <application>Mailody</application>, and
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even <application>Mutt</application> the command line client.
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<sect2 id="email-kmail" status="complete">
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<subtitle>&menukontact;</subtitle>
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<application>KMail</application> is the email component of
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<application>Kontact</application>, the KDE personal information manager.
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<application>KMail</application> by itself is similar in functionality to the
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Microsoft Outlook Express application whereas <application>Kontact</application>
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is as full featured as Microsoft Outlook. The following are just some of the
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features of <application>KMail</application>.
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<acronym>IMAP</acronym>, <acronym>POP3</acronym> and <acronym>SMTP</acronym>
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<acronym>SSL</acronym>, <acronym>TLS</acronym>, and DIGEST-MD5 secure logon
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<acronym>PGP</acronym> and <acronym>GnuPG</acronym> signatures and encryption
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<acronym>HTML</acronym> reading, spam filtering, internal character sets,
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search and filter functions, spell checking, and more.
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More information on <application>KMail</application> and configuration can be
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located in <ulink type="help" url="help:/kmail">The KMail Handbook</ulink>. If
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you plan on using <application>KMail</application> within
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<application>Kontact</application> also refer to <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kontact">The Kontact Handbook</ulink>.
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<!-- CHAT CLIENTS -->
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<sect1 id="chat" status="draft">
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<title>Chat Clients</title>
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Chatting with friends and family is one of the more popular uses of the
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Internet. Kubuntu provides you with the necessary applications in order to do
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so. There are two main chat clients in Kubuntu;
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<application>Kopete</application> for all of your instant messaging needs and
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<application>Konversation</application> for chatting on <acronym>IRC</acronym>
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(Internet Relay Chat).
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<sect2 id="chat-kopete" status="draft">
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<title>Kopete</title>
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<subtitle>&menukopete;</subtitle>
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<application>Kopete</application> is the KDE instant messaging
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(<acronym>IM</acronym>) client. It provides you all of the functionality
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similar to that of other popular <acronym>IM</acronym> clients today. With
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<application>Kopete</application> you can setup accounts for:
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<listitem><para><acronym>AIM</acronym> (AOL Instant Messenger)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Gadu-Gadu</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>GroupWise</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><acronym>ICQ</acronym></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><acronym>IRC</acronym> (Internet Relay Chat)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Jabber</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Meanwhile</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>MSN Messenger</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Yahoo</para></listitem>
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More help is available in the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kopete">Kopete
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<sect2 id="chat-konversation" status="draft">
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<title>Konversation</title>
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<subtitle>&menukonv;</subtitle>
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<application>Konversation</application> is the KDE <acronym>IRC</acronym>
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(Internet Relay Chat) client for KDE. It provides you a lot of the
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functionality similar to that of other popular <acronym>IRC</acronym> clients
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today. Some of the included functionality of
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<application>Konversation</application> is:
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User-friendly tabbed interface
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Customizable Quick Buttons for often-used commands
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Visual and auditory notification for a wide variety of events
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On-screen display (<acronym>OSD</acronym>) of messages
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More help is available in the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/konversation">Konversation Handbook</ulink>.
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<sect1 id="torrent" status="complete">
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<title>BitTorrent Clients</title>
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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,
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<application>Azureus</application>, <application>BitTornado</application>,
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<application>BitTorrent</application> and more.
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<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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<sect2 id="torrent-ktorrent" status="complete">
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<title>KTorrent</title>
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<subtitle>&menuktorrent;</subtitle>
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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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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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<sect1 id="plugins" status="draft">
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<title>Plugin Installation</title>
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<sect2 id="plugins-java" status="draft">
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<sect3 id="plugins-java-konqi" status="draft">
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<title>Konqueror</title>
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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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Close <application>Konqueror</application> if it is open.
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Install the <application>sun-java6-jre</application> package. For help with
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installation, please review the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation.
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Start up <application>Konqueror</application> and enjoy.
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<sect3 id="plugins-java-ff" status="draft">
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<title>Firefox</title>
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<sect4 id="plugins-java-ff-32" status="draft">
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<title>32-bit</title>
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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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If you are unsure which processor architecture you are using, simply open
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<application>Konsole</application> by going to &menukonsole;, and then typing
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at the prompt <command>uname -a</command> followed by pressing the
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<keycap>Enter</keycap> key. You should see an output similar to the following:
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Linux konqi 2.6.22-9-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 3 00:50:37 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
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The <acronym>i686</acronym> towards the end of the line means that you are
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using a 32-bit processor. If you see <acronym>x86_64</acronym>
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instead, then you are using a 64-bit operating system and should see <xref
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linkend="plugins-java-ff-64" />.
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Close <application>Konqueror</application> if it is open.
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Install the <application>sun-java6-plugin</application> package. For help with
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installation, please review the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation.
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Start up <application>Firefox</application> and enjoy.
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<sect4 id="plugins-java-ff-64" status="draft">
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<title>64-bit</title>
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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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If you are unsure which installation architecture you are using, simply open
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<application>Konsole</application> by going to &menukonsole;, and then typing
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at the prompt <command>uname -a</command> followed by pressing the
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<keycap>Enter</keycap> key. You should see an output similar to the following:
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Linux konqi 2.6.22-9-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 3 00:50:37 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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The <acronym>x86_64</acronym> towards the end of the line means that you are
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using a 64-bit install. If you see <acronym>i686</acronym>
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instead, then you are using a 32-bit operating system and should see <xref
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linkend="plugins-java-ff-32" />.
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<note><title>64-bit systems with Firefox and Java</title>
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Unfortunately at this time, the only way to install the Java plugin for
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<application>Firefox</application> is to first install a 32-bit edition of
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<application>Firefox</application>. It is recommended that you follow the
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instructions located at <ulink type="http"
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url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AMD64/FirefoxAndPlugins" />.
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<sect2 id="plugins-flash" status="draft">
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The <productname>Adobe Flash Player</productname> can easily be installed for
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use with <application>Konqueror</application> and/or
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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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with installation, please review the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation.
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<note><title>Konqueror's extra step</title>
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Instead of rebooting in order to get <application>Konqueror</application> to
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see the newly installed plugin, simple restart
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<application>Konqueror</application> and then go into its configuration
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(&menukonqi;). Scroll down in the left panel until you see the
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<guilabel>Plugins</guilabel> icon. In the configuration dialog, press the
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<guibutton>Scan for New Plugins</guibutton> button. When finished, press the
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.
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<sect2 id="plugins-gnash" status="draft">
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<application>Gnash</application> is the free software version of the
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<productname>Adobe Flash Player</productname>. It is currently in a
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<emphasis>beta</emphasis> condition and still has issues with many sites who
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<title>Install Gnash for Konqueror</title>
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To use the <application>Gnash</application> for Konqueror, simply install the
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<application>konqueror-plugin-gnash</application> package. For help
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with installation, please review the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation.
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After the installation is complete simply start
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<application>Konqueror</application> by going to &menukonqi;.
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<sect3 id="plugins-gnash-ff" status="draft">
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<title>Install Gnash for Firefox</title>
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To use <application>Gnash</application> for <application>Firefox</application>,
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simply install the <application>mozilla-plugin-gnash</application> package. For
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help with installation, please review the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation.
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After the installation is complete, simply start
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<application>Firefox</application> by going to &menuff;.
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