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2.Click the plus next to New Applications to expand that section of themenu. 3.Browse through the categories. 4.When you find a program you want to install, click the Install Productlink next to it. The Install Software dialog box appears. 5.Click OK in the dialog box to download and install the program. You may be asked to enter your root (Administrator s) password. Then, the software is downloaded and added to your machine. No muss, nofuss! When the update is complete, the Updating System dialog boxstays open. 6.Click Close to close the Updating System dialog box. 7.If you want to add more software, return to Step 3. If you re finished, choose File.Quit. Adding the software in this bookMany of the programs discussed in this book are either already installed(such as the Flash and Java plugins) or aren t offered through XandrosNetworks. You can find Kmail by choosing Internet.KDE Mail in the NewApplications section. To add more software to your system, see the section Finding More Software. Finding More SoftwareWhat if you can t find what you re looking for through the official (and not soofficial) sources discussed in the previous section? Those aren t your onlyoptions. While I can t anticipate every situation you might find yourself in, Ican at least give you some tips for how to find extra software and how toinstall much of it. The general steps for finding new software involve1.Find out what you want by opening your favorite Web search engineand searching on a feature and the word linux. For example, maybe you want something comparable to the programirfanview from the Windows world, so you would search on irfanviewlinux. 2.Sort through the search results and see whether a particular programis suggested. If not, then add the word equivalentto your search andsearch again. 261Chapter 12: Adding Software to Linux18_