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Unit 5: Everyday Applications-I

7. The ........................................... bar will simply display useful information while you are Notes
browsing.
8. You can use the Mozilla Firefox ....................................... feature to save all of your favorite
websites for easy viewing at a later date.
9. The Mozilla ....................................... program provides a simple interface for using e-mail in
Red Hat Linux.
10. Gaim is an ....................................... client program that runs in Linux.

5.3 Personal Information Management

Typically, Personal Information Managers (PIMs) are considered as email clients deluxe, however
they generally also include at least an address book, task manager, calendar, and some type of
system for taking notes. Earlier, all of these features would be managed by separate applications.
Evolution is to Linux what Outlook is to Windows: A full-featured Personal and Workgroup
Information Manager. With this outstanding solution you can manage your calendar, contacts,
email, and tasks. The process of managing this kind of information is called personal information
management (PIM).

5.3.1 Evolution

The tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal information becomes easy by the
program known as evolution. This allows you to work and communicate more efficiently with
others. It is a highly evolved groupware program, an integral part of the Internet-connected
desktop. Evolution can help you work in a group by handling e-mail, address, and other contact
information, and one or more calendars. It can do that on one or several computers, connected
directly or over a network, for one person or for large groups.
Most of the common daily tasks can be accomplished with evolution quickly.

Example: It takes only one or two clicks to enter appointment or contact information
sent to you by e-mail, or to send e-mail to a contact or appointment. People who get lots of e-mail
will appreciate advanced features like search folders, which let you save searches as though they
were ordinary e-mail folders.

5.3.2 Starting Evolution for the First Time

Start the Evolution client.

GNOME: Click Applications > Office > Evolution.
KDE: Click the K menu > Office > More Programs > Evolution.
Command Line: Enter evolution.

Using the First-Run Assistant

When we run Evolution first time, it creates a directory evolution in our home directory. All local
data is stored in home directory. Then, it opens a First-Run Assistant to help you set up e-mail
accounts and import data from other applications.
Using the first-run assistant takes two to five minutes. Afterward, if you want to change this
account, or if you want to create a new one, click Edit → Preferences, then click Mail Accounts.
Choose the account you want to change, then click Edit. Or, add a new account by clicking Add.

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