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   From: Michael Fierro    
   Subject: Re: Recommended Apps for a Newbie   
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:31:41 -0700   
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   Phil Grimshaw ranted on about:    
      
   > Now the contentious question - what are your favourite / recommended   
   > applications; I would like to settle on a core of applications so that I   
   >   can clear up that k-menu and remove the temptation to meddle instead   
   > of work!   
      
   I dunno that I would do much work on the K Menu. Debian-based distros like   
   to manage that themselves, so that the package manager can add/remove   
   launchers as it add/removes programs. But I digress.   
      
   I have settled on and am quite happy with the following apps:   
      
   Web browser: Firefox   
   Email: Kontact (Kmail) or mutt   
   Calendar/addressbook: Kontact   
   Feed reader: Kontact (Akregator)   
   Newsgroups: Kontact (Knode)   
   Music library: Amarok   
   Photo manager: Digikam   
   Video player: VLC   
   IM Client: Kopete   
   Word Processor/Office suite: OpenOffice.org   
      
      
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