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Productivity tools

Ubuntu supports a lot of types of email programs. For personal use, you can use your favourite webmail applications like Gmail or Yahoo mail. For business, you might prefer to use the fully-supported Evolution Mail program that is included with Ubuntu. Evolution is a fully-featured email, calendar, task and contact sharing program that even integrates with your on-desktop clock to make sure you don't miss any must attend meetings.

Email. All the standard email features you need to successfully integrate Evolution into your business. Auto-fill from contact lists, back-up email and filter email – all of the productivity tasks you are familiar with.

Filter Email.

Calendar. Organise your own time and synch with colleagues' diaries. View by day and by week and easily associate critical information to make the meeting valuable. And what's more, have it pop up on your desktop if required.

Calendar Alerts.

Contacts. Import lists from files and other email programs easily and completely. Freely add individuals and add them to companies. Record details that will help you maintain the customer relationship.

Import Contacts.

Tasks. Record tasks and expand them to include as much or as little detail as required and share your tasks across for group involvement.

Add Tasks.

Instant messaging

Pidgin IM is the extremely popular open source messaging tool. It has all the basic functions you know and love but with a growing list of plug-ins to make you the most efficient IMer around. This is an increasingly important business tool but Pidgin also allows you to integrate with private IM channels so you can keep in contact with the people who really matter.

Multiple Accounts.

Plugins.