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   Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:43:31 +0000   
   From: Richard Asbridge    
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   Subject: Re: Recommended Apps for a Newbie   
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   Phil Grimshaw wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   Email: Kmail   
   Web browser: Firefox   
   Word processor: Open office writer   
   Spreadsheet: Open office calc   
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   Database: PostgreSQL   
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