You can open the downloaded files directly from the
Downloads window or from the destination folder. To clean
up the history of downloaded files, click Clean Up.
Configuring Firefox Preferences
To adjust the default download folder or to activate or
modify the pop-up blocking feature, click Edit → Prefer-
ences.
From here you can also configure numerous other settings
such as appearance, language, privacy, and tab options.
Click the icons and set the options on each page according
to your preferences. Click Close to apply the changes.
E-Mailing and Calendaring
For reading and managing your mail and events, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop offers you Novell® Evolution™, a
groupware program that makes it easy to store, organize,
and retrieve your personal information.
Evolution seamlessly combines e-mail, a calendar, an address
book, and a task list in one easy-to-use application. With
its extensive support for communications and data inter-
change standards, Evolution can work with existing corpo-
rate networks and applications, including Microsoft* Ex-
change.
To start Evolution, click Computer → More Applications →
Office → Evolution Mail and Calendar.
The first time you start it, Evolution prompts you with a few
questions as it sets up a mail account and helps you import
mail from your old mail client. It shows you how many new
messages you have and lists upcoming appointments and
tasks, as well as the current weather and news from news
feeds. The calendar, address book, and mail tools are
available in the shortcut bar on the left.
Press
Ctrl
+
N
to open a new item for whatever part of
Evolution you are working in. In mail, this creates a new
message. If you are in the address book,
Ctrl
+
N
creates a
new contact card, and in the calendar, it creates a new ap-
pointment.
For more information on using Evolution, click Help →
Contents in any Evolution window.
Instant Messaging with Pidgin
Pidgin is a multiprotocol instant messaging (IM) client. It is
compatible with AOL* Instant Messenger (AIM), Google
Talk, GroupWise® Messenger, ICQ, IRC, MSN Messenger,
Jabber/XMPP, Yahoo!*, and other networks.
With Pidgin, you can log in to multiple accounts on multiple
IM networks simultaneously. Pidgin also supports many
features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away
messages, and typing notification.
To start Pidgin, click Computer → More Applications → In-
ternet → Pidgin, or press
Alt
+
F2
and enter
pidgin
.
To add an account to Pidgin, select Accounts → Manage
Accounts from the Buddy List. Click Manage Accounts, select
the protocol you want, and type your login information in
the appropriate fields. Activate the account by checking
the Save checkbox in the account list.
Add contacts by clicking Buddies → Add Buddy. An assistant
appears to help with creation. However, you must be online
and connected to the selected messaging service to add a
contact to your list.
To start a chat, double-click the desired contact and type
your message in the lower part of the chatting window.
Press
Enter
to send the message. The upper part of the
window displays the messages you have sent and received.
Starting OpenOffice.org
The OpenOffice.org office suite offers a complete set of
office tools, including word processing, spreadsheet, presen-
tation, vector drawing, and database components. Because
OpenOffice.org is available for a number of operating sys-
tems, you can use the same data across different computing
platforms.
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