Datasheet

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Getting to Know Linux Software
counts on different IM networks and chat on different channels simultane-
ously. Gaim also exists in a Windows version. Find more information about
Gaim at http://gaim.sourceforge.net/about.php.
XChat XChat is an IRC client that runs on most Linux and UNIX platforms as
well as under Windows and MacOS X. Find more information about XChat
at http://www.xchat.org/.
GnomeMeeting GnomeMeeting is the Open Source equivalent of Microsoft’s
NetMeeting. It features LDAP and ILS support for address lookup and inte-
grates with Evolution to share the address data stored there. GnomeMeet-
ing supports PC-to-phone calls, allowing you to call another party with
just your computer, sound card, and microphone without any additional
hardware. Find more information about GnomeMeeting at http://www.
gnomemeeting.org/.
KPhone KPhone is a program to initiate Voice over IP connections across the
Internet. Find more information at http://www.wirlab.net/kphone.
gftp gftp is an FTP client using the Gtk toolkit. Its features include simultaneous
downloads, resume of interrupted file transfers, file transfer queues, down-
load of entire directories, FTP proxy support, remote directory caching, pas-
sive and nonpassive file transfers, and drag and drop support. Find more
information at http://gftp.seul.org.
kbear KBear is a KDE FTP client with the ability to have concurrent connec-
tions to multiple hosts, three separate view modes, support for multi-
ple protocols (like ftp, sftp, etc.), a site manager plug-in, firewall support,
logging capabilities, and much more. Find more information at http:
//kbear.sourceforge.net.
2.3 Multimedia
The following section introduces the most popular multimedia applications for
Linux. Get to know media players, sound editing solutions, and video editing
tools.
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