This chapter is an introduction to the applications available under Mandrakelinux such as file managers and external devices.
First, we explore the office suite domain. We discuss the basic uses of OpenOffice.org placing emphasis on its word processor (the section called “Word Processor”) and spreadsheet (the section called “Spreadsheet”) components.
The next section (the section called “Managing your Files”) discusses the versatile Konqueror application, which can be used to manage or share files; you can also browse the web with it. Then we guide you through basic printing operations (the section called “Printing and Faxing from Applications”).
Multimedia applications are a must for any OS to be considered as a personal workstation. We introduce you to XMMS which is a multiple format audio player (the section called “Audio Applications”) as well as the best open-source movie applications such as Xine and MPlayer (the section called “Movie Applications”).
We close out this part with a detailed chapter on CD burning. Whether you want to copy audio, data or even mixed data CDs, we guide you in accomplishing those operations using K3b (the section called “CD Burning”).