Using a new operating system can be intimidating at first. So we've compiled a list of popular software available for GALAX-E to make you feel right at home.
Popular Software
Adobe Flash Player
Audacity
Dropbox
Gmail-Notifier
Google Chrome
Google Earth
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
Opera
Oracle VM VirtualBox
Skype
Spotify (Preview)
VLC Media Player
VMWare Workstation
Yahoo! Messenger
Default Browser
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The Adobe Flash Player is freeware software for viewing multimedia, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming video and audio, content created on the Adobe Flash platform.
Audacity is a free open source digital audio editor and recording computer software application, available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other operating systems.
Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on each of their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents) regardless of which computer is used to view it.
Gmail Notifier is a Linux alternative for the notifier program released by Google, it is written in Python and provides an attractive and simple way to check for new mail messages.
Google Chrome browser is an open source program for accessing the World Wide Web and running Web-based applications.The Google Chrome Web browser is based on the open source Chromium project. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, operating systems.
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and geographic information system (GIS) 3D globe.
Mozilla Firefox (known simply as Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed for Windows, OS X, and Linux, with a mobile version for Android, by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform email, news, and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation.Thunderbird is an email, newsgroup, news feed, and chat client.Thunderbird can manage multiple email, newsgroup, and news feed accounts and supports multiple identities within accounts.
Opera is a web browser developed by Opera Software.Opera includes built-in tabbed browsing, ad blocking, fraud protection, a download manager and BitTorrent client, a search bar, and a web feed aggregator. Opera also comes with an e-mail client called Opera Mail and an IRC chat client built in.
Skype is a service that offers free calling between subscribers and low-cost calling to people who don't use the service. In addition to standard telephone calls, Skype enables file transfers, texting, video chat and videoconferencing.
VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. It extends the capabilities of your existing computer so that it can run multiple operating systems (inside multiple virtual machines) at the same time.
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service providing digital rights management-restricted content from record labels including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group and Universal.
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.
VMware Workstationenables users to set up multiple virtual machines (VMs) and use them simultaneously along with the actual machine. Each virtual machine can execute its own operating system, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux or BSD variants.
Yahoo Messenger is an instant messaging client provided by Yahoo.Yahoo Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo ID" which also allows access to other Yahoo services.
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