Browsing The Web On Linux
“One difference, however, will jump out at users weaned on
Windows machines or the Apple Macintosh: There are more choices
than just Internet Explorer and Netscape.“We tried five Web browsers on a computer running Red Hat Linux
and the KDE graphical user interface, a system similar in
appearance to Windows. They are presented here in order, from our
preferred version to the least-favored browser. In truth, however,
all of the browsers did a similarly good job surfing Web pages and
downloading software, and it doesn’t really matter which one you
use. All of them can be downloaded for free…”
Checking E-Mail On Linux
“Checking e-mail on a Linux operating system offers a variety of
choices, ranging from e-mail clients resembling Windows
applications (such as Outlook) to shell-based clients that don’t
look anything like what you’d find in the world’s most popular
operating system. Of the three e-mail clients we tried, we still
like Pine, the old, all-text standby. But if you want something
more like Microsoft’s Outlook, Ximian’s Evolution is a great
choice.“We used a computer running Red Hat Linux and the KDE graphical
user interface for our e-mail tests. All of the programs listed
below can be downloaded for free…”