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Firefox is a world renowned browser which is threatening to overtake Internet Explorer as the most popular browser. Apart from being a world class browser, it features extensive extensibility (plugins) and security features. It is probably the most configurable browser in the world. Most importantly, Firefox gives you full control of your browsing. It does not engage in discreet activities such as secretive statistics reporting, automatically communicating with mother company's servers without your knowledge and so on. As a result of it's refrainment from all unrequired and dangerous activities, it does not put the unrequired strain on your Internet connection (bandwidth costs money). It is almost impossible to put spyware or malware onto your system through Firefox provided you properly configure it. Since Firefox is an open source program you do not have to believe what they say - the sourcecode is out there for all to see. All its claims can be verified by whoever pleases to do so.
Merits:
- Bleeding edge technology
- Full featureset and scripting support
- Support for client-side technologies like Flash and Java
- Comes pre-installed with most Linux distributions
Demerits:
- Heavy weight browser (due to support and features)
- Starts up slow on older computers
Learn more about Firefox and download it from their website.
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Evolution is a fully loaded high end email client that supports all major mail protocols. It also has the value-added features such as Addressbook, Calander, Task Scheduler, and so on. Moreover, it can import address books from almost any format so that you don't lose all those important contacts.
Merits:
- Has all features of a world class email client
- Good support for addressbook importing / exporting from many formats
- Comes pre-installed with most Linux distributions
Demerits
- May run slow with older computers
Learn more about Evolution and download it from their website.
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gFTP is a basic ftp client. It supports all the File Transfer Protocol variants. It also provides features like adding bookmarks to make navigating file systems faster. Its two-panel interface makes using it pretty easy.
Merits:
- Has almost all features expected from a FTP client program
- Comes pre-installed with most Linux distributions
Demerits
- Its user interface seems to be a work in progress, so it may become unresponsive or crash sometimes (doesn't mess up your data, though).
Learn more about gFTP and download it from their website.
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