Recommended applications
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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
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)
