The Internet

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.


Web Browsers

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.

rekonq

rekonq can be launched from Kickoff Application LauncherApplicationsInternetWeb Browser (rekonq).

Konqueror

Bookmarks

Procedure 1. Importing

  1. Open Konqueror by going to Kickoff Application LauncherApplicationsInternetWeb Browser.

  2. Open the Bookmark Editor by going to BookmarksEdits Bookmarks.

  3. In Bookmark Editor, go to FileImport.

    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.

  4. Select the import option that best suits the situation and then close the Bookmark Editor.

Procedure 2. Exporting

  1. Open Konqueror by going to Kickoff Application LauncherApplicationsInternetWeb Browser.

  2. Open the Bookmark Editor by going to BookmarksEdit Bookmarks.

  3. In Bookmark Editor, go to FileExport.

    Export Options

    IE, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, or HTML bookmarks can be exported by selecting the corresponding choice in the Export menu.

  4. Select the export option that best suits the situation and then close the Bookmark Editor.

Firefox

Kickoff Application LauncherApplicationsInternetWeb Browser

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

Installing Firefox was made easier by the use of the Kubuntu Firefox Installer.

  1. Open Kubuntu Firefox Installer by going to Kickoff Application LauncherApplicationsInternetKubuntu Firefox Installer.

  2. Follow the on screen instructions to install Firefox.

Bookmarks

Procedure 3. Importing

  1. Open Firefox by going to Kickoff Application LauncherApplicationsInternetWeb Browser.

  2. Open the Bookmarks Manager by going to BookmarksOrganize Bookmarks....

  3. Press the Import and Backup button and select Import HTML... from the drop-down menu.

  4. 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 Next button.

  5. Select the location of your bookmarks HTML file and then press the Open button.

  6. If there are no error messages, then the import of the bookmarks was successful.

  7. Close the Bookmarks Manager application.

Procedure 4. Exporting

  1. Open Firefox by going to Kickoff Application LauncherApplicationsInternetWeb Browser.

  2. Open the Bookmarks Manager by going to BookmarksOrganize Bookmarks....

  3. Press the Import and Backup button and select Export HTML... from the drop-down menu.

  4. Select the directory where bookmarks.html should be saved, and press the Save button.