
Copyright © 2011 Canonical Ltd. and members of the Ubuntu Documentation Project
This document contains information on the applications used to connect to the Internet. For the purpose of this guide, the term Internet will relate to Web browsers, Email clients, chat clients, and BitTorrent clients.
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The default web browser for Kubuntu is rekonq. To read more about rekonq, please review the rekonq Handbook.
There are many different types of web browsers located in the Ubuntu repositories. From text-based browsers to the famous Firefox and Opera browsers, Kubuntu has browsing covered.
Procedure 1. Importing
Open Konqueror by going to → → → .
Open the Bookmark Editor by going to → .
In Bookmark Editor, go to → .
Import Options
Bookmarks can be imported from Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, KDE2/KDE3, Galeon, as well as All Crash Session bookmarks by selecting the corresponding choice in the Import menu.
Select the import option that best suits the situation and then close the Bookmark Editor.
Procedure 2. Exporting
Open Konqueror by going to → → → .
Open the Bookmark Editor by going to → .
In Bookmark Editor, go to → .
Export Options
IE, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, or HTML bookmarks can be exported by selecting the corresponding choice in the Export menu.
Select the export option that best suits the situation and then close the Bookmark Editor.
Firefox 3 is the third generation award-winning Web browser created by Mozilla. Firefox is not installed by default on a Kubuntu system. Please follow the directions below to install Firefox.
Installing Firefox was made easier by the use of the Kubuntu Firefox Installer.
Open Kubuntu Firefox Installer by going to → → → .
Follow the on screen instructions to install Firefox.
Procedure 3. Importing
Open Firefox by going to → → → .
Open the Bookmarks Manager by going to → .
Press the button and select from the drop-down menu.
Next, if there is another browser installed such as Opera, bookmarks can be imported from there. If not, select From an HTML file, and press the button.
Select the location of your bookmarks HTML file and then press the button.
If there are no error messages, then the import of the bookmarks was successful.
Close the Bookmarks Manager application.