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    Revision as of 22:06, 3 February 2010

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    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 software connects you to the world.

    Browsing

    Konqueror
    A file manager, web browser, universal file viewer, and more!
    rekonq
    A lightweight Web Browser from KDE based on WebKit.

    Communication

    ChoqoK
    ChoqoK is a microblogging client for the social networking sites like Twitter and Identica.
    KMess
    KMess is an alternative Live/MSN Messenger chat client for Linux.

     See footnote

    Kopete
    An Instant Messaging client that supports Jabber, Yahoo, MSN, AIM, and other protocols.
    Konversation
    A no-nonsense, dedicated IRC client.
    Quassel
    A modern, cross-platform, distributed 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 from KDE, supporting SSL encryption and multiple FTP sessions.
    KMLDonkey
    A Graphical User Interface (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.
    Blogilo
    Blogilo is a blogging client, focused on simplicity and usability.

    Networking

    Krdc
    The Remote Desktop Connection client, allowing you to view and even control another machine running a compatible server, such as Krfb.
    Krfb
    The Desktop Sharing server from KDE, allowing you to share your session with others who can connect using a VNC client like KRDC.
    KVpnc
    A GUI for various Virtual Private Network (VPN) clients.

     See footnote

    Connection Managers

    Kwlan
    A manager for wireless networks.
    KPPP
    A dialer for PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol).
    KNemo
    The KDE Network Monitor.
    KNetworkManager
    A GUI for NetworkManager and supports both wired and wireless devices.
    Kbluetooth
    The Bluetooth framework for KDE SC 4.
    Kdebluetooth

    The KDE3 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