This chapter is an introduction to the applications available under Mandrake Linux such as file managers and external devices.
First, we explore the office suite domain, starting with OpenOffice.org, which provides a word processor (the section called “Word Processors”), a spreadsheet (the section called “Spreadsheets”) and a presentation application (the section called “Presentations”).
In the section called “File Managers: Konqueror and Nautilus” we discuss Konqueror's different uses, as a file manager, a file sharing tool and even as a web browser. Then we guide you through basic printing operations in the section called “Printing and Faxing from Applications”.
Multimedia applications are a must for any OS to be considered as a personal workstation. We introduce you to XMMS which is a multiple format audio player (the section called “Audio Applications” as well as the best open-source movie applications such as Xine and MPlayer (the section called “Movie Applications”).
You most probably use many devices with your computer everyday. The next chapter covers precisely those, digital camera software with GTKam (the section called “Digital Photo Cameras”), scanning with ScannerDrake (the section called “Installing and Using Scanners”), CD burning with K3b (the section called “CD Burning”), as well as videoconferencing with GnomeMeeting (the section called “Webcams And Video Conferencing”), which is compatible with NetMeeting.
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