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# 7.6 Summary

While FreeBSD is popular among ISPs for its performance and stability, it is quite ready for day-to-day use as a desktop. With several thousand applications available as packages or ports, you can build a perfect desktop that suits all your needs.

Here is a quick review of all the desktop applications covered in this chapter:

Application Name | Package Name | Ports Name
--- | --- | ---
Opera | `opera` | `www/opera`
Firefox | `firefox` | `www/firefox`
Chromium | `chromium` | `www/chromium`
KOffice | `koffice` | `editors/koffice-kde3`
AbiWord | `abiword` | `editors/abiword`
The GIMP | `gimp` | `graphics/gimp`
OpenOffice.org | `openoffice` | `editors/openoffice.org-3`
LibreOffice | `libreoffice` | `editors/libreoffice`
Acrobat Reader® | `acroread` | `print/acroread8`
gv | `gv` | `print/gv`
Xpdf | `xpdf` | `graphics/xpdf`
GQview | `gqview` | `graphics/gqview`
GnuCash | `gnucash` | `finance/gnucash`
Gnumeric | `gnumeric` | `math/gnumeric`
Abacus | `abacus` | `deskutils/abacus`
KMyMoney | `kmymoney2` | `finance/kmymoney2`

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