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- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+56Very nice. I don't want to steal the show from linuxeq, but the Big Poppa is here:
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
HUGE list. - RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -7/+48Here is a list of things I so far have found no linux equivalent for:
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/security_response/threatexplorer/index.jsp - ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29I want to find out why there's an exclamation point at the end of your question.
- Phocion55, on 10/12/2007, -38/+55Did he used "stability" and "Windows" in the same sentence?
- nocircleno, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23The Gimp !== Photoshop
- mooninite, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19@kingp, learn HTML properly. Please don't tell me you make money by using Dreamweaver for websites. I will throw up.
I make websites from the ground up using only HTML code - no GUI interface help. It's like saying you need Visual BASIC to write a program... pathetic. - archlich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11^ maybe you need to choose another distribution
- archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10No, I think you were dugg down for saying something as obviously false as "some people just don't like entering 75,000 commands into the terminal just so I they can play solitaire."
Solitaire is available from the game submenu in the main menu. You don't have to enter a single command line command to start it. Even if you did want to use the command line, all you'd have to enter would be a single command (the application name).
Why are you surprised to be dugg down when you come and post blatant lies on a forum filled with people who are educated in the subject at hand? - gaijin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@ billlyboobs34
"Many of these "replacements" have nowhere near the functionality nor stability of the Windows apps."
I won't argue about the "functionality" in your statement, in fact, I'll give you an example: Gimp as replacement for Photoshop. No, it won't do everything that Photoshop will and when you first use it, it undoubtedly feels a little kludgy. However, it DOES do everything that I (and many thousands of others) NEED it to do.
If I were in the position that I needed those functions that Photoshop has, then it would be worth it to pay the money. As it is, I get a great piece of software that for me (and my many thousands of brethren and cistern) is a PERFECT replacement and we don't have to pony up hundreds of dollars to get it. As functional? No. Functional for my uses? Yes, and then some.
As far as stability goes, the only problems I have with Gimp is running the Windows version (and not often, then). Nary a glitch on my Linux boxen. - pdeco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11If your looking for a solid Dreamweaver equivalent look into Aptana.
http://www.aptana.com/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Ever try Ubuntu? Stop acting like Linux is what Jurassic Park ran on.
- digitalrift, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14be a man and use vi
- Altotus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Kontact and Evolution can both do most of what Outlook can (more, if you learn how to use them). They support group calendaring, e-mail, mail lists, news groups, news feeds, public bulletin boards, various directory services, instant messaging, etc. If you have to, you can even have Evolution connect natively to MS Exchange. There are also several proprietary Outlook knock-offs that are very nearly identical and you could also run actual MS Outlook too, but then you're just running the same product on a different platform (which isn't an "equivalent", is it?).
OpenOffice does not have all the features of MS Office -- particularly in the spreadsheet, though the the presentation application is better than PowerPoint. OO Writer is a pretty fair equivalent of Word 97 with much better graphics/frame support and internationalization. KOffice is less feature-rich, but it's much faster and smaller than OO or MS Office and is sufficiently complete that the casual user won't notice a difference. KOffice is also far more stable than Word (at least up to 2003, I haven't tried 2007) with large and complex documents (actually, OO beats it there too).
DirectX 9 is available for Linux natively, of course, it's just that virtually nobody uses it. Native Linux games tend to use OpenGL. That's a trend you see a lot more in games today, generally, even on the MS platform. Unlike DirectX, OpenGL is available on a wide variety of platforms, including consoles and handheld devices. OpenGL-based game engines (upon which the actual game is built) are now more common than DirectX and that trend is likely to continue so long as there are [non-Microsoft] consoles to support, and a demand for technical 3D graphics (where OpenGL is used almost exclusively).
I think you missed the major point with lists such as these. They provide a resource indicating which functionality is provided by which applications that you can download and use. Certainly not all of them are 1-to-1 identical -- God help us if they were. However, if you needed a word processor, there are a number to choose from (albeit , the provided list is not very complete, I can think of at least 3 open source word processors and 8 commercial ones for Linux just off the top of my head). - fearofcorners, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14What can outlook do that thunderbird can't? All I can think of are things thunderbird can do that outlook can't.
Really I'm more worried about these ***** windows replacements for gnu apps like cmd.exe and IIS. - Dakana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Should have used an Interrobang (‽) in place of your "!?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang
To actually contribute to the discussion of the article, this is an excellent list that answered a few questions of mine: especially finding a vector graphics program for Linux. - sremick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Dia:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
Kivio:
http://www.koffice.org/kivio/ - dattaway, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Good format. Helpful, but very short and could use a wiki interface as many more magnitudes of great linux software is out there.
- digitalrift, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7nifty! This will make porting over to linux a hell of a lot easier. +digg and massive kudos to the submitter.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -38/+44Many of these "replacements" have nowhere near the functionality nor stability of the Windows apps.
- kingp, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16I'm sorry, but I have to object. Neither Bluefish, nor Nvu, nor Quanta Plus can even come close to Dreamweaver. Of the 3 (and I've used all of them), I would put Nvu as the closest but they are not an equivalent program IMHO.
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6and far more expensive. Infinitely more expensive actually.
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Stop acting like Linux is what Jurassic Park ran on."
Given the way that movie ended... I'd say it was running Windows. - sremick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I dug you up. I too wasn't aware that all these programs only worked on a Linux-based OS.
/sarcasm - archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Billyboobs, you haven't tried Linux in a while.
Install software --> fire up graphical Rpm/Apt client --> Select App --> Click install --> Use app.
I haven't had a dependency problem in more than 18 months. The Ubuntu repositories have all but the most obscure software packages, which are usually unmaintained anyway.
Seriously, if I was to ask you for five maintained apps that you really need and that aren't in any of the Ubuntu repositories, you'd be hard-pressed to come up with the list. This is what I call a "false problem", or in other words, FUD.
"For anyone who likes to actually DO something they will stick to Windows."
I do plenty of things with my Linux PC, even run some popular Windows applications. More FUD.
(Oh, and "light word processing"? Give me *real*, important features that Word has which OpenOffice lacks. I mean features that people actually use, unlike that AutoSummarize hack...) - archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Only if you want to do professional print work and need CMYK separation and Pantone colors. Otherwise, Gimp is an excellent alternative to Photoshop.
- archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I've actually switched from MS Office to OpenOffice recently, and for what I'm doing (writing a book) it does all that I need, and it's actually more predictable than Word (using Word for more than a decade, I've had my share of Random Word Weirdnesses)...
- chapium, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6All my life in English I have never encountered that beast.
- Wireddd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5if youi want something on linux that is open source and more like photoshop, I would try krita
- DarkDakota, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@nocircleno
No one i know of is saying it's = , so what's your point?? or do you have one? this is a list of alternative's not replacement's. or dident you read that? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6And here I am thinking I'd learn something new.
They don't even have PIXEL listed as a Photoshop equivalent. It's far better than GIMP. - spafbnerf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Looked at LMMS? http://lmms.sf.net
- Slashbunny, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Why was DrSkrud buried? Nicotine is a much better recommendation for the SoulSeek network, but both projects are currently dead (Nicotine is a much more recent). Try Nicotine+, which is still maintained regularly: http://nicotine-plus.sourceforge.net/ It is probably the best choice for SoulSeek users on Linux. Another option is Museek+ (by the same author(s)) but it is not as mature, imo: http://museek-plus.sourceforge.net/
- sembetu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Why is it that these lists always fail to list Aptana as an excellent replacement for Dreamweaver? Because it is based on Eclipse source, the interface is very professional, and it is also quite stable on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It has built in FTP support, and even support for what Dreamweaver calls "snippets": basically little bits of code that you can have organized according to type to make coding a little bit easier. Seems like a no brainer to me, especially with the JavaScript support.
- myfanwy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@cubee
no! no! no! no!
apart from the whole piracy is bad thing, this is a very short-sighted solution to the problem. one of the reasons windows is so dominant is due to MS allowing easy piracy. the tactic has been used by several companies, including discreet, for 3ds max. users can get it for free, so they use it at home/university, learn the system, and request it in other situations.
what you're suggesting does nothing but reduce the competition. it's fine for you, at this point in time, but is a very selfish, narrow-minded way to go about addressing the bigger problem, ie that there are few alternatives to professional, niche-appeal software. not to mention the problems of vendor lock-in, closed standards, proprietary file types, etc, etc. - Dopeskills, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That list was kinda skimpy. What I would like to know is..
Is there a similar program to Microsoft Visio? - yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4He doesn't have a backspace key in his keyboard.
- archlich, on 10/12/2007, -7/+11linux = kernel
Perhaps you're looking for an open source alternative for windows applications?
Yeah, I'll get dugg down for semantics. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7"be a man and compile from source, you pussy."
Unfortunately, not all developers write good enough source that it can be compiled on any machine. Sometimes they also reference obscure libraries and kernel modules that no one has used in years. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It's only like $80 though... better than the triple digit price for Photoshop.
- flappysocks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Lumiras
Some Linux distros take pride in making it very easy to install new software. I like Gentoo for this, but it's not for newbies with no patience. Sure, Linux has a steep learning curve, but then so does Windows if you have never used it before. - Phocion55, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6"I was stating the fact that installing things in Linux is a chore, which is true."
So, based on your own personal experience, you can conclude that installing applications on Linux is a chore in general? That's a really small population sample.
I smell FUD. - archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yes, I agree. They should include non-free alternatives on the table (and label them as such).
- phaed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5linux sucks? have u been smoking crack?
- DarkDakota, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Lumiras,
alternitive NOT replacment. Look if you can't read, then don't reply, go back to your windoze hole and shut up. - ha1f, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3we need a microsoft onenote alternative...
- Phocion55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"Sometimes they also reference obscure libraries and kernel modules that no one has used in years."
That's why Portage uses masks. - Johannesrexx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Fellow Diggers
My hat is off to you. This thread is one of the best in a long time because the information you're sharing is incredibly useful.
Keep up the good work! And thank you. - Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Tried Blender3D? You can do some amazing stuff, and unless you are some 3d modelling professional I bet that would be an equivalent to 3dsmax (of course 3dsm is more powerful).
- motang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Nice find.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6"Did he used "stability" and "Windows" in the same sentence?
Say what you want about MS, you can't say that XP was an instable OS. It was rock solid.
/ubuntu user. -
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