Ubuntu For Free

I’ve spoke before about the importance of the connection found between Ubuntu and Community. There’s no place where this is more obvious than in the local Ubuntu Community Forum Discussions.  You’ll find me in my local forum, the Dallas Ubuntu Community web site and forums.

Expect to find friends with common interests that are willing to help and share the experience of supporting open source software.

Most have local meetings that are both entertaining and educational.

Install Konqueror in Ubuntu and you’ll get an arguably better file manager. You can easily install it from the command line using:

sudo apt-get install konqueror

If you find a need for a tabbed file manager, Konqueror steps up to the plate.

It also scores a double with the integrated web browser. While the browser’s not always perfect, it’s there as a convenience to me and usually renders quite nicely. Web pages appear on their own tabs.

Another score for Konqueror is the bookmark toolbar.

Konqueror can take it into overtime with the “View Most Visited” feature, found under the View menu.

Additionally, a feature I enjoy is the customized wallpaper for the browser windows. We are able to select any image file.

It also allows us to execute a shell command in the current folder, by using the Control-E key.

It also allows us to miraculously split the view, both vertically and horizontally. TRY IT!

I suggest installing Konqueror if Nautilus leaves you feeling disappointed.