[Vip3rousmango]

EDIT: This thread is a merger between two different threads made on the same day. -DarkED

One commonly asked question is "Does Linux have an alternative application to Windows application X?" This is for the Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu system, but almost all can be used on most Linux distros. This is by far not a complete list, and there are larger ones on the internet which I can post / gather links for as well. If you know of more please don't hesitate to add them!

Windows || Linux
----------------

MS Office || OpenOffice / KOffice
WinZip || Ark
WinRar || Ark
Adobe Photoshop || The GIMP / Krita
Windows Media Player (Video) || Kaffiene / mplayer / VLC Media Player / gxine
Windows Media Player (Music) || Amarok / Rhythmbox / Juk
Nero CD/DVD Burning Software || K3B / Gnomeburn / cdrecord
3D Studio Max || Blender
Internet Explorer || Firefox / Konqueror / Opera
IM Client / Trillian || Kopete / Gaim / Pidgin
BitTorrent / uTorrent || BitTorrent / Ktorrent
Notepad / Text Editor || Kate / Gedit / VIM / nano
Address Book / PIM || Kontact / KPIM
Control Panel || SystemSettings (KDE) / Administration Panel (GNOME)
Partition Magic || QtParted (KDE) / GParted (GNOME) / Parted
Winamp || XMMS / Beep Media Player (Thanks Electrohacker, I kinda forgot about these)
Limewire / Kazaa || Frostware / GTK-Gnutella
CuteFTP / SmartFTP / WS_FTP || KFTPGrabber
Microsoft Frontpage / Adobe Dreamweaver || Nvu / KompoZer (Thanks Pirate-M.Lifnen)

Windows to Linux Conversion:
In Windows --------- In Ubuntu

Internet Explorer --------- Firefox

Microsoft Office --------- OpenOffice.org

Winamp -------- Xmms

Photoshop --------- Gimp

AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, IRC instant messaging --------- Gaim

Word Pad (or notepad) --------- Gedit

Windows Media Player --------- Totem

iTunes --------- -for playing music:
-----------------------------Rhythmbox
----------------------for iPod Syncing
--------------------------------Gtkpod

ID3 tag editor ----------------------- easytag

MIRC -------- Xchat / Konversation

Premiere (Movie Editing) --------- kino

Bittorado --------- Bittorado
(don't you love
native ports)

Dreamweaver --------- Nvu

CDex ---------- Sound Juicer

Nero -------- Gnomebaker

Outlook Express --------- Evolution, Thunderbird

Snood ---------- Frozen-bubble

Partition Magic --------- Gparted

eMule ----------- aMule
Soulseek ------------- Nicotine
DC++ -------------- Valknut
any multitorrent client ------------ Azureus
any download manager --------------- D4X or Gwget
regedit -------------------- gconf

Adobe Illustrator ------------ Inkscape

Remote Desktop Connection ------------ Terminal Server Client

Windows Explorer ------------- Nautilus

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer ------------ Image Viewer (Eye of GNOME)

Paint ------------- Jdraw

This link has a much larger, and more complete list for those who didn't find what they were looking for.
The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. (Official site of the table)

Those are just a few examples of alternative software you can use. There are many more examples, too many to list. Linux has at least one alternative application for every Windows application.

[Electrohacker]

winamp || XMMS

[DarkED]

Hey, check this out:
http://www.pspmod.com/forums/general...omparison.html



Great minds think alike. Want to combine the lists?

[Pirate-M.Lifnen]

Microsoft Frontpage/Micro. Expression/ Adobe Dreamweaver || Nvu/KompoZer

[Vip3rousmango]

Ahaha great minds do i guess. Yeah man, combine the lists and see what we left out / forgot and we'll scower the net for more! muhaha.. the link I got there is pretty good, it has a shitload.

[urineanus]

are you not the linux mod Darked? Shenanigans.

[DarkED]

Originally Posted by Vip3rousmango

Ahaha great minds do i guess. Yeah man, combine the lists and see what we left out / forgot and we'll scower the net for more! muhaha.. the link I got there is pretty good, it has a shitload.

I'll combine em' when I can. I guess it would be better to have it in this section, so yeah.

I gotta link somewhere like the link you posted. Long long lists

Originally Posted by urineanus

are you not the linux mod Darked? Shenanigans.

No, not yet, but I was asked. This stuff just takes a little time. Be patient

[bender123]

Cool theres a linux section. This will be popular.
The GIMP is inferior to Photoshop so its not a fair comparison.

[DarkED]

Originally Posted by bender123

The GIMP is inferior to Photoshop so its not a fair comparison.

Sorry, but that's far from accurate. The GIMP can do everything Photoshop can do, it just has a different interface. I've been using both for years and I've never found something Photoshop could do that the GIMP couldn't.

[canadianbacon]

For cd burning programs you forgot about Infra Recorder..

[Canada2113]

I cant live without Photoshop, so i dont spend alot of time in Ubuntu. Is CS2 able to be installed via Wine? If it is, does it run slower or faster or just the same. If i can get CS2 on my Ubuntu partition i dont think i will ever leave.
Also, i use Musikcube on my XP partition, which is a really simple media player/library. I love the program because its kinda a like iTunes, but without all of the useless shit. Is there a good media library program for linux. I've seen lots of media players, but no decent libraries/organizers that can see my ntfs drive. I heard of Songbird, but havent yet tried it. Any ideas?

[Vip3rousmango]

Originally Posted by Canada2113

I cant live without Photoshop, so i dont spend alot of time in Ubuntu. Is CS2 able to be installed via Wine? If it is, does it run slower or faster or just the same. If i can get CS2 on my Ubuntu partition i dont think i will ever leave.
Also, i use Musikcube on my XP partition, which is a really simple media player/library. I love the program because its kinda a like iTunes, but without all of the useless shit. Is there a good media library program for Linux. I've seen lots of media players, but no decent libraries/organizers that can see my ntfs drive. I heard of Songbird, but haven't yet tried it. Any ideas?

You can install Photoshop CS2 in wine. You might be better off using VMware. I have CS2 installed on my laptop (1.7gh/z, 512mb DDR, 100gig) and it's as fast as it would be running XP Pro. Personally though GIMP with some brush/stroke packages and effect add-ons can do wonders. *BUT* Don't try CS3 though, that will just freeze 7.04 (Fiesty) with Wine v9.4.1. Also, there are several good itunes-type music players for ubuntu, browse through the add/remove section, even if you're running Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu desktop they all integrate. For getting ubuntu to read/write to NTFS file-format you need to install a plugin. You can go to the #ubuntu channel via IRC. \

Hope that helps

[Canada2113]

My Ubuntu partition can read/wire to ntfs, but a few of the music library programs i found didnt support that i guess. When i get my computer back together i'll install cs2 in wine. I have a 1.8ghz with 768mb ram, so i should be alright. Thanks for the help.

[JeffFromHell]

Limewire || Limewire
some of you haven't been to the Limewire download page in a while. They have a linux download option.

[Dahab]

Limewire || Frostwire/Limewire