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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 connects you to the world.

Browsing

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

Communication

ChoqoK
ChoqoK is a microblogging client for K Desktop Environment 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.

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.
Blogilo
Blogilo is a blogging client, focused on simplicity and usability.

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.

Kbluetooth
The KDE Bluetooth framework for KDE4

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