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<section id="web-apps" status="review">
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<title>Internet Applications</title>
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<para>This section provides information on using common Internet applications, such as web browsers and email clients.</para>
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<section id="web-browsing" status="review">
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<title>Web Browsing with Firefox</title>
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<para>The powerful and secure <trademark class="registered">Mozilla</trademark> <application>Firefox Web Browser</application> is included in
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Xubuntu. <application>Firefox</application> features tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, built-in search, and
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live bookmarks. Also supported are popular plug-ins such as <trademark class="registered">Java</trademark>, Flash, and RealPlayer.</para>
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<para><application>Firefox</application> can be launched by clicking &firefox;.</para>
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<section id="web-browsing-addons" status="review">
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<title>Get Addons for Your Firefox</title>
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<para>Addons extend <application>Firefox's</application> capabilities, such as automatically removing adverts or altering
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the behaviour of menus.</para>
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<para>To view a list of currently-installed plugins in the <application>Firefox Web Browser</application>,
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click &firefox; and click <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add-ons</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
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<section id="web-browsing-addons-commonrestricted" status="review">
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<title>Quickly Install Common Plugins</title>
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<para>It is possible to install a whole set of commonly-used restricted plugins at once, by installing the <ulink url='apt:xubuntu-restricted-extras'>Xubuntu restricted extras</ulink> package.</para>
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<warning><para><emphasis>Restricted plugins</emphasis> are those that cannot be distributed with Xubuntu because of legal issues surrounding their use in some countries. Check that you are allowed to use this software before installing it. See the <ulink url='http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/licensing'>Ubuntu website</ulink> for more information on restricted software.</para></warning>
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<step><para>Open <application>Ubuntu Software Center</application> by clicking &software-center;.</para></step>
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<step><para>Type <userinput>Xubuntu</userinput> in the search field located in the upper
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right and select the search result for <application>Xubuntu restricted extras</application>.</para>
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<note><para>The <application>Xubuntu restricted extras</application>
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package is located in the <quote>Multiverse</quote> repository and access
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to it is not enabled by default. Click <guibutton>More Info</guibutton> next to the
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package you want to install, then click <guibutton>Use This Source</guibutton> to
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enable access to this repository so that you can continue with the installion
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process. If access to the repository has already enabled, the
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<guibutton>Install</guibutton> button will be present and you can proceed to the
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next step. For more information regarding repositories and adding them, see the
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<link linkend="extra-repositories">Software Repositories</link> section.</para></note>
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<step><para>Click <guibutton>Install</guibutton>.</para></step>
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<step><para>You will be prompted to enter your password, then the packages will be
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downloaded and installed.</para></step>
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<para>The following is a sampling of the various plugins, multimedia codecs, a set of Windows fonts
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and other packages that will be installed by the <application>Xubuntu restricted
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extras</application> package:</para>
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<listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-pitfdll</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>libavcodec-extra-52</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>ttf-mscorefonts-installer</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>flashplugin-installer</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>unrar</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>libmp3lame0</application></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><application>libdvdread4</application></para></listitem>
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<para>If you do not want to install all of the packages that come within the
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<application>Xubuntu restricted extras</application> package, but only want to install one or a few
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packages such as the <guilabel>Adobe Flash plugin</guilabel>, <guilabel>Sun Java 6.0
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Plugin</guilabel>, or the <guilabel>GStreamer multimedia framework</guilabel>, you can search for
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and install the package using the <application>Ubuntu Software Center</application>.</para>
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<section id="web-browsing-addons-audiovideo" status="review">
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<title>Audio and video plugins</title>
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<para>Many different multimedia formats are used on the Internet and you may find that you are unable to play some audio and video files without installing an appropriate plugin.</para>
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<para>Quicktime, Real, WMV and many others are available.</para>
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<listitem><para>Open &software-center;.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Type gstreamer.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Apply Changes</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You are asked for a password, then the plugin is downloaded.</para></listitem>
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<section id="web-browsing-addons-flash" status="review">
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<title>Flash multimedia plugin</title>
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<listitem><para>Open &gnome-app-install;.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Select <guilabel>All Available Applications</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Show:</guilabel> drop down.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Tick <guilabel>Macromedia Flash Player</guilabel>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>A warning appears which you must agree to to install, click <guibutton>Enable</guibutton> or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Apply Changes</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You are asked for a password, then the plugin is downloaded.</para></listitem>
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<section id="web-browsing-addons-java" status="review">
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<title>Java browser plugin</title>
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<para>Some websites use small <application>Java</application> programs, which require a Java plugin to be installed in order to run.</para>
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<listitem><para>Open &gnome-app-install;.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Select <guilabel>All Available Applications</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Show:</guilabel> drop down.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Tick <guilabel>Sun Java 6.0 Plugin</guilabel>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>A warning appears which you must agree to to install, click <guibutton>Enable</guibutton> or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Apply Changes</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You are asked for a password, then the plugin is downloaded.</para></listitem>
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<section id="web-browsing-fontsize" status="review">
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<title>Changing the Default Font Size</title>
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<para>If you find that the size of text in Firefox is too small to read
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comfortably, you can increase the default font size.</para>
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<listitem><para>Press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem>
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<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select the
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<guilabel>Content</guilabel> tab</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Under <guilabel>Fonts & Colors</guilabel>,
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change the <guilabel>Size</guilabel> to a larger number (around
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20 tends to be quite comfortable to read)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Text on web pages should immediately look larger.
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Press <guibutton>Close</guibutton></para></listitem>
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<para>To temporarily increase the size of text on a web page, press
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<menuchoice><guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Text
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Size</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Increase</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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Alternatively, hold down the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key and scroll down with
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your mouse's scroll wheel, or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>+</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
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<para>To return the text to its normal size, press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem>
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<guimenuitem>Text Size</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Normal</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
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<section id="email" status="review">
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<title>Send and Receive Emails</title>
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<para>Email is one of the most popular ways to communicate over the Internet.
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Xubuntu includes all of the tools that you need to send, receive and organize
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email messages.</para>
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<para><application>Mozilla Thunderbird Mail/News</application> is the default
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email client in Xubuntu, and can handle all of your email, contact lists,
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task-tracking and calendar needs.</para>
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<para><application>Thunderbird</application> can be launched by pressing
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&thunderbird;.</para>
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<section id="email-spam" status="review">
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<title>Junk Mail Filtering</title>
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<para>Thunderbird classifies mail as junk mail (also known as <emphasis>spam</emphasis>)
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by analysing the message statistically, and can learn from selections made by the user.
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The technique is known as Bayesian filtering; you can find more details on this here:</para>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html">http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html">http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html</ulink></para></listitem>
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<para>Thunderbird is automatically configured to use scan your email for junk mail. To
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view or change Thunderbird's junk mail settings, perform the following tasks:</para>
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<listitem><para>Open &thunderbird;.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenu>Preferences</guimenu>
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<guimenu>Privacy</guimenu><guimenu>Junk</guimenu></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
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<para>Thunderbird will start to learn what is spam, based on the messages you mark.
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To mark a message as spam, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenu>Mark</guimenu>
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<guimenu>As Junk</guimenu></menuchoice>.</para>
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<section id="email-alternative" status="review">
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<title>Alternative Email Applications</title>
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<para>You can also use <application>Evolution</application> for email. To install it, <ulink url="apt:evolution">install the <application>evolution</application> package</ulink>.</para>
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<para>To start <application>Evolution</application>, choose &evolution-mail;.</para>
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<para>To change your preferred email client to <application>Evolution</application>:</para>
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<para>Choose &preferred-applications;</para>
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<para>Click on the <guibutton>Mail Reader</guibutton> drop down menu,
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and select the <guilabel>Other...</guilabel> option.</para>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Command</guilabel> text box, type
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<screen><command>evolution %s</command></screen></para> <para>then
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close the dialog.</para>
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<section id="internet-instant-messaging" status="review">
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<title>Instant Messaging</title>
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<para>Instant messaging (IM) is a way of communicating with friends and family by
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sending messages to one another over the Internet. Instant messaging happens in
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real-time, and there is no delay between you typing a message and the other person
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<section id="internet-instant-messaging-pidgin" status="review">
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<title>Pidgin Internet Messenger</title>
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<para><application>Pidgin Internet Messenger</application> is the default
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instant messenger client in Xubuntu, and was formerly known as <application>Gaim</application>.
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With <application>Pidgin Internet Messenger</application> you can talk to
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people who use AIM/ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, GroupWise, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Napster,
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Bonjour and Yahoo, and list all your buddies in a single window.</para>
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<para>To start <application>Pidgin Internet Messenger</application>, click &pidgin;.</para>
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<para>There are several extra packages available for <application>Pidgin
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Internet Messenger</application> that add extra features and allow you to
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change the way <application>Pidgin Internet Messenger</application> looks. You
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can find these in the <application>Synaptic Package Manager</application>.</para>
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<section id="internet-instant-messaging-ekiga" status="review">
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<title>Ekiga Softphone</title>
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<para><application>Ekiga</application> is an Internet telephony (VoIP) application,
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and can be installed in Xubuntu. It lets you make audio and video calls over the
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Internet to people who have hardware or software that follows the SIP or H.323
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standards, and also features basic instant messaging. It is compatible with Windows
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Messenger and most VoIP applications. However, <application>Ekiga</application> can not
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communicate with Skype because the latter uses proprietary technology. If you have
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the right SIP provider, you can also use <application>Ekiga</application> to place
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calls to any normal phone line.</para>
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<para>To install it, <ulink url="apt:ekiga">install the <application>Ekiga</application>
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package</ulink>.</para>
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<para>To start <application>Ekiga</application>, click &ekiga;.</para>
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<para>See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:ekiga">Ekiga Manual</ulink> for help on using <application>Ekiga</application>.</para>
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<section id="internet-instant-messaging-irc" status="review">
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<title>IRC Instant Messaging</title>
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<para>For users of IRC instant messaging services, an alternative to <application>Pidgin
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Internet Messenger</application> is <application>XChat</application>. Its features include
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advanced scripting support (Perl and Python) and a clean, easy to use interface.</para>
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<para>To start <application>XChat-IRC</application>, choose &xchat;.</para>
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<section id="internet-instant-messaging-irchelp" status="review">
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<title>Getting Help Using IRC Instant Messaging</title>
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<para>One excellent way to get help with Xubuntu or to introduce yourself to IRC is to
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join Xubuntu's official support channel on &irc-network;.</para>
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<para>Start <application>XChat-IRC</application> as above.</para>
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<para>When you start <application>XChat-IRC</application> for the first
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time, it will ask you for an IRC Nickname & your real name. Pick
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anything you want for your nick (first initial & your last name is
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good, or be more creative), put your real name or part of it, and press
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Networks List</guilabel> window that opens next,
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select <emphasis>Ubuntu Servers</emphasis> from the list of servers toward
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the bottom of the window, and press <guibutton>Connect</guibutton>.</para>
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<para>A window will pop up stating that the connection to Ubuntu Server was
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completed, select the <guilabel>Join this channel</guilabel> option and type
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<userinput>xubuntu</userinput> after the # (pound sign).</para>
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<para>Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
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<section id="internet-otherapps" status="review">
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<title>Other Internet applications</title>
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<para>The Internet has much more to offer besides web browsing, email and instant messaging. Xubuntu
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provides a selection of other applications to help you get the most out of the Internet.</para>
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<section id="internet-otherapps-p2p" status="review">
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<title>Peer-to-Peer Networks</title>
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<para>Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are a way of sharing files, music and videos between people
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from all around the world.</para>
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<para>A popular P2P service is <emphasis>BitTorrent</emphasis>, and BitTorrent capability is
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included in Xubuntu by default.</para>
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<para>To use BitTorrent:</para>
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<step><para>Locate a <filename class="extension">.torrent</filename> file online using
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<application>Firefox Web Browser</application>, for example <ulink url="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-1/natty-alternate-i386.iso.torrent"><filename>natty-alternate-i386.iso.torrent</filename></ulink>.</para></step>
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<step><para>Click on the link for the torrent file and a window will pop up
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asking you what do you want <application>Firefox</application> to do with the
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<filename class="extension">.torrent</filename> file.</para></step>
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<step><para>Choose <guilabel>Open with Transmission (default)</guilabel> and
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click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para></step>
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<step><para><application>Transmission</application> should start automatically
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and will begin to download the file.</para></step>
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<para>To restart a download from a <filename class="extension">.torrent</filename> file that
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is already on your computer, double-click on it.</para>
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<para>An alternative P2P application is the <application>aMule File Sharing Client</application>.</para>
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<para><ulink url="apt:amule">Install the <application>aMule</application> package</ulink>.</para>
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<para>To open <application>aMule</application>, click &amule;.</para>
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<section id="internet-otherapps-newsreaders" status="review">
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<title>News Readers</title>
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<para>You can automatically receive news updates from the Internet. There are several different
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types of news service to choose from:</para>
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<para><emphasis>Usenet</emphasis> is one of the oldest and allows you to discuss
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news and other topics with people from all around the world. <application>Pan
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Newsreader</application> is a news reader that works with Usenet.</para>
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<para><ulink url="apt:pan">Install the <application>pan</application> package</ulink>
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and then click &pan; to start using <application>Pan</application>.
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<para><emphasis>RSS feeds</emphasis> are a popular way of automatically receiving
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regular news updates and articles. <application>Liferea Feed Reader</application>
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is an RSS feed reader with many useful features.</para>
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<para><ulink url="apt:liferea">Install the <application>liferea</application>
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package</ulink> and then choose &liferea; to start using <application>Liferea</application>.</para>
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<section id="internet-other-apps-newreaders-liferea-create-feeds" status="review">
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<title>Create News Feeds with Liferea</title>
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<para>This section will cover a basic procedure to add news feeds to <application>Liferea</application>.
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Start <application>Liferea</application> by selecting &liferea;</para>
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<step><para>If you're behind a proxy, select <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Tools</guimenuitem>
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<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Proxy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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and fill in your proxy details and click on the <guibutton>Close</guibutton>
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button,</para></step>
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<step><para>Press <guibutton>New Subscription</guibutton> on the Liferea toolbar,</para></step>
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<step><para>Press the <guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> button,</para></step>
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<step><para>Enter the address of the RSS feed in the <guilabel>Source</guilabel> box,</para></step>
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<step><para>Select the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to complete the procedure.</para></step>
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<step><para>Once you have create the news feed, click on the <guibutton>Update
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All</guibutton> toolbar button to update all your news feeds.</para></step>
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<section id="web-design" status="review">
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<title>Design Web Pages</title>
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<para>Xubuntu includes a wide selection of tools to help you design and develop web pages.</para>
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<para><emphasis role='strong'><application>Bluefish</application></emphasis> is a
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powerful editor for web designers and programmers.</para>
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<para><application>Bluefish</application> supports many programming and markup
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languages, and includes many utilities for designers and programmers.</para>
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<listitem><para>For more information, see the <ulink url="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/">Bluefish website</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="apt:bluefish">Install the <application>bluefish</application> package</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>To start Bluefish, press &bluefish;.</para></listitem>
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