Instant messaging is a way of chatting with other people in real time. It’s as if you were having a phone conversation, but you’re typing instead of speaking. You can talk to one other person or a whole group of people and sometimes share files with them. The instant messaging program under Ubuntu, Empathy, offers … Read more
The Memos and Tasks modes are the simplest components within Evolution. Memos mode allows you to jot down simple notes, and Tasks mode allows you to create a to-do list. In both modes, which can be selected by clicking their buttons at the bottom left of the screen, the program window consists simply of an … Read more
The Calendars mode of Evolution allows you to keep an appointments diary. Entries can be added in half-hour increments to the working day, and you can easily add events to days that are weeks, months, or even years in advance. Viewing a day’s appointments is as simple as clicking its entry in the month view … Read more
Evolution includes a powerful contact manager component that can catalog information about individuals. At its most basic, the contact manager stores e-mail addresses for use within the e-mail component of Evolution, but you can enter significant additional data about each individual, including addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and even a photograph for easy identification. This … Read more
Evolution offers several features that can help you to organize your e-mail. You can create new folders, as well as filter, sort, and search through your messages. Creating New Folders If you want to better organize your e-mail, you can create your own folders, which will then appear in the list on the left side … Read more
Evolution’s e-mail functionality is arguably the heart of the program. Although it offers many features, it is quite simple to use. If you’ve ever used any other mainstream e-mail client, such as Microsoft Outlook, you have a head start. Configuring E-Mail Access Before starting, you’ll need to find out the addresses of the mail servers … Read more
Many additional applications might prove useful on a day-to-day basis. Here we review some of the more common ones. Calculator The GNOME Calculator (also known as Gcalctool) can be found on the Applications menu. In its default mode, it shouldn’t present any challenges to anyone who has ever used a real-life calculator. Figure. GNOME Calculator … Read more
Keep in mind that Ubuntu doesn’t aim to be an exact clone of other operating systems. Some of the programs will work in a similar way to what you’re used to, but that’s not true of all of them. Because of this, it’s easy to get frustrated early on when programs don’t seem to work … Read more
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Nobody knows the true number of viruses affecting Linux, but it is probably less than 1,000, and that’s the total since Linux was created back in the early 1990s! At the time of this writing, there are relatively few Linux viruses in the wild, which is to say, actively infecting computers. However, there can be … Read more