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==Email==
 
==Email==
  
Thunderbird, mutt, sylpheed
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Thunderbird, Mozilla Mail, mutt, sylpheed, pine
  
 
==Multimedia==
 
==Multimedia==
 
Note that to get sound working under FreeBSD, you'll need to enable your [[sound card]]
 
Note that to get sound working under FreeBSD, you'll need to enable your [[sound card]]
  
beep-media-player, xmms, [[Mplayer]], helix, realplayer
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beep-media-player, xmms, [[Mplayer]], helix, realplayer, VLC
  
 
==CD burning==
 
==CD burning==
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==Productivity==
 
==Productivity==
  
OpenOffice.org
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OpenOffice.org, AbiWord (No Java Required)
  
  
  
 
[[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
 
[[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]

Revision as of 15:25, 20 August 2005

Contents

Setting up a workstation

See our Complete_Workstation write-up on how to get a desktop system up and running.

Installation

You can get these by Installing ports or by Installing packages

Web Browsing

Firefox, Mozilla, links, lynx

Email

Thunderbird, Mozilla Mail, mutt, sylpheed, pine

Multimedia

Note that to get sound working under FreeBSD, you'll need to enable your sound card

beep-media-player, xmms, Mplayer, helix, realplayer, VLC

CD burning

X-CDRoast, cdrtools [burncd]

K3b - CD/DVD Kreator for KDE. GPL 2 licensed. Features include:

  • Supports CD-R(W), DVD-R(W), and DVD+R(W)
  • Creating data, audio, mixed mode, CD-i, and Video CDs -- DVD data projects, too.
  • CD/DVD ripping and cloning
  • Supports image burning (ISO and CUE/BIN) to CD or DVD recordable media.
  • Optional verification of written data for any and all burn modes, projects, and supported recordable media.
  • DCOP interface, allowing K3b to be controlled from another program or script. (not yet available in the stable branch as of 22 May 2005)
  • More details on the project's About page.

Productivity

OpenOffice.org, AbiWord (No Java Required)

Personal tools