Revision as of 09:26, 3 August 2009

Internet, Networking, & Communication

KDE makes the exchange of information between computers easy by providing a wide variety of applications for the Internet, networking, and communication. Browse web sites, communicate with others, control another computer, access remote files as if they were in your own hard drive, and more! KDE connects you to the world.

Browsing

Konqueror

A file manager, web browser, universal file viewer, and more!

Communication

	KMess KMess is an alternative MSN Messenger chat client for Linux.
	Kopete An Instant Messaging client that supports Jabber, Yahoo, MSN, AIM, and other protocols.
	Konversation A no-nonsense, dedicated IRC client.

File Transfer

	KGet A download manager and simple bittorrent client.
	KTorrent A specialized bittorrent client with a lot of features and plugin extensions.
	KFTPgrabber A graphical FTP client for KDE, supporting SSL encryption and multiple FTP sessions.
	KMLDonkey A KDE GUI for the MLDonkey P2P file sharing tool.

EMail & News

	KMail A POP3 and IMAP mail client, capable of GpG signing and encryption.
	Akregator A feed reader, supporting RSS and Atom
	KNode An integrated news-reader, allowing signing of messages.
	KNewsTicker A plasmoid that can scroll news feeds on your desktop.

Networking

KRDC

The KDE Remote Desktop Connection client, allowing you to view and even control another machine running a compatible server, such as Krfb.

Krfb

The KDE Desktop Sharing server, allowing you to share your session with others who can connect using a VNC client like KRDC.

KVpnc

A KDE GUI for various Virtual Private Network (VPN) clients.

See footnote

Connection Managers

	Kwlan A manager for wireless networks.
	KPPP A KDE dialer for PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol).
	KNetworkManager A KDE GUI for NetworkManager and supports both wired and wireless devices.
	Kdebluetooth The KDE Bluetooth framework, a set of tools providing easy access to the most common Bluetooth activities.

Related Applications

There are other network-related programs that work under the hood to give you a seamless networking experience

KIO lets you to access any file as though it were on your own computer
Decibel manages all your communication systems, such as Instant Messaging and E-mail, in a unified system.

Support for this application can be found from the project's home page

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