Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop

Chapter 6. Using the Internet Applications

Java Desktop System bundles an excellent set of applications for managing email, contacts (address book), and calendar events, as well as web browsing and instant messaging. The most popular Internet tools, Email and Calendar, and Web Browser, are grouped together at the top of the menu that you see when you click on the Launch button, as shown in Figure 6-1. The other application covered in this chapter, Instant Messenger, is located under Launch → Applications → Internet → Instant Messenger.

Figure 6-1. The Launch menu

Table 6-1 summarizes the functions you can perform with each application and the name of the actual program that is running.

Table 6-1. The Internet applications

JDS menu item	Program name	Function
Email and Calendar	Evolution	Email, calendar, address book, tasks, news, and weather summary links.
Instant Messenger	gaim	Chat with colleagues on the AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, IRC, and Jabber networks.
Web Browser	Mozilla	Browse the Web, open HTML files, and manage files.

Email and Calendar

The JDS Email and Calendar program is located at the top of the Lunch menu, under Launch → Email and Calendar. (See Figure 6-2.) The program that offers all these features, called Evolution, presents five modes or dimensions of functionality, adding up to a full-fledged Personal Information Management (PIM) program:

Inbox (email) ...