Ditch Microsoft - Alternative Software thread.

WendyWang

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KouAnKyuuKa & BaLto... peace please! :)

Tolerance doesn't mean agreeing with each other, rather not descending into the typical flame wars existing in CAL, etc.

I have used closed source & open source, paid & "free" softwares. One thing's for certain, in the rural areas, my trusty Linux LiveCD boots up those ancient PCs for me to be productive! =:p

Anyways, I am Wendy & How do you do? :o
 

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ov2rey said:
where proof??

ov2rey, if you have read closely on the above post, it's a misinterpretation of word.
Perhaps I didn't state it clearly in my last reply there. Dr.Vijay. is referring to my post.
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showpost.php?p=23710321&postcount=20
And due to misinterpretation, it is thought that Dr.Vijay. had sent me warning, and I have posted reply back to Dr.Vijay. which obviously is not the case.

This problem is already ended no point dragging thanks.
 

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Full list of Windows Software equivalents for Linux

3D Studio Max
K-3D (http://www.k-3d.org/)
Wings 3D (http://www.wings3d.com/)
Art of Illusion (http://www.artofillusion.org/)
Blender (http://www.blender.org/)

ACDSee
KuickShow (http://kuickshow.sourceforge.net/)
ShowImg (http://www.jalix.org/projects/showimg/)
Gwenview (http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/)
GQview (http://gqview.sourceforge.net/)
Eye of GNOME (http://www.gnome.org/projects/eog/)

Adobe Acrobat Reader
okular (http://kpdf.kde.org/okular/)
Xpdf (http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/)
Evince (http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/)
ePDFView (http://trac.emma-soft.com/epdfview/)
KPDF (http://kpdf.kde.org/)

Adobe Audition
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)

Adobe Illustrator
Skencil (http://www.skencil.org/)
Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/)
Karbon14 (http://www.koffice.org/karbon/)
Xara Xtreme for Linux (http://www.xaraxtreme.org/)

Adobe PageMaker
Scribus (http://www.scribus.net/)

Adobe PhotoAlbum
F-Spot (http://f-spot.org/Main_Page)

KPhotoAlbum (http://www.kphotoalbum.org/)
digiKam (http://www.digikam.org/)

Adobe Photoshop
CinePaint (http://www.cinepaint.org/)
Krita (http://www.koffice.org/krita/)
GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/)

Adobe Premier
PiTiVi (http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page)
LiVES (http://lives.sourceforge.net/)
Kino (http://www.kinodv.org/)
Cinelerra (http://cvs.cinelerra.org/)
kdenlive (http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/)
Jahshaka (http://www.jahshaka.org/)

Ant Movie Catalog
Moviefly (https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lmc/)

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
Kopete (http://kopete.kde.org/)
Pidgin (http://pidgin.im)

APC PowerChute
Network UPS Tools (http://www.networkupstools.org/)
Apcupsd (http://www.apcupsd.com/)
PowerD (http://power.sourceforge.net/)

CDex
Sound Juicer (http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer)
Rubyripper (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Rubyripper)
ripperX (http://ripperx.sourceforge.net/)
Grip (http://nostatic.org/grip/)
KAudioCreator (http://www.icefox.net/programs/?program=KAudioCreator)

Collectorz
aviManager (http://avimanager.sourceforge.net/)
GCstar (http://www.gcstar.org/)
Tellico (http://periapsis.org/tellico/)
Alexandria (http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/)
Griffith (http://griffith.vasconunes.net/)
vMovieDB (http://vmoviedb.sourceforge.net/)
Katalog (http://salvaste.altervista.org/)

Dreamweaver
Quanta Plus (http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/)
Geany (http://geany.uvena.de)
Nvu (http://www.nvu.com)
Screem (http://www.screem.org/)
KompoZer (http://www.kompozer.net/)
Bluefish (http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html)

DVDShrink
k9copy (http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/)
OGMRip (http://ogmrip.sourceforge.net/)
Thoggen (http://thoggen.net/)
xdvdshrink (http://dvdshrink.sourceforge.net/)
DVD Rip-O-Matic (http://dvdripomatic.sourceforge.net)
qVamps (http://vamps.sourceforge.net/)
dvd::rip (http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/)
AcidRip (http://untrepid.com/acidrip/)

Everest
HardInfo (http://hardinfo.berlios.de/web/HomePage)

Finale
Lilypond (http://www.lilypond.org)
Denemo (http://denemo.sourceforge.net/index.html)
Rosegarden (http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/)
NoteEdit (http://noteedit.berlios.de/)
Brahms (http://brahms.sourceforge.net/)

Flash
F4L (http://f4l.sourceforge.net/)

Forte Agent
Pan (http://pan.rebelbase.com/)

FruityLoops
LMMS (http://lmms.sourceforge.net/)
Hydrogen (http://www.hydrogen-music.org/)
Google Desktop Search
Google Desktop (http://desktop.google.com/linux/index.html)
Beagle (http://beagle-project.org/)

Guitar Pro
TuxGuitar (http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/home.html)

iTunes
Banshee (http://banshee-project.org/Main_Page)
aTunes (http://www.atunes.org/)
Quod Libet (http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet)
SongBird (http://www.songbirdnest.com)
Exaile (http://www.exaile.org/)
Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/)
Listen (http://listengnome.free.fr/)
Rhythmbox (http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/)
gtkpod (http://www.gtkpod.org/)

Legacy Family Tree
GRAMPS (http://gramps-project.org/)

LimeWire
FrostWire (http://www.frostwire.com/)

Meal Master
krecipe (http://krecipes.sourceforge.net/)
Gourmet Recipe Manager (http://grecipe-manager.sourceforge.net/)

Microsoft Access
Kexi (http://www.koffice.org/kexi/)
GNOME-DB (http://www.gnome-db.org/)

Microsoft Excel
KSpread (http://www.koffice.org/kspread/)
Open Calc (http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html)
Gnumeric (http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/)

Microsoft Frontpage
Quanta Plus (http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/)
Nvu (http://www.nvu.com)
KompoZer (http://www.kompozer.net/)
Bluefish (http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html)

Microsoft HyperTerminal
minicom (http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/)
GtkTerm (http://freshmeat.net/projects/gtkterm/)

Microsoft Internet Explorer
Epiphany (http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/)
Opera (http://www.opera.com/download/)
Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/)
Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org/)

Microsoft Money
KMyMoney (http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/)
GNUcash (http://www.gnucash.org/ )
Gnofin (http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/)
Grisbi (http://www.grisbi.org/)

Microsoft Office
GNOME Office (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/)
KOffice (http://www.koffice.org/)
OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/)

Microsoft Outlook (Express)
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/)
Evolution (http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/)

Microsoft Powerpoint
Open Office Impress (http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html)
KPresenter (http://www.koffice.org/kpresenter/)

Microsoft Project
KPlato (http://www.koffice.org/kplato/)
OpenProj (http://openproj.org/openproj)
GanttProject (http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/)
Planner (http://live.gnome.org/Planner)
TaskJuggler (http://www.taskjuggler.org/)

Microsoft Visio
Dia (http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/)
Kivio (http://www.koffice.org/kivio/)

Microsoft Windows Media Center
Freevo (http://freevo.sourceforge.net/)
Elisa Media Center (http://www.fluendo.com/elisa/)
MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org)
LinuxMCE (http://www.linuxmce.com/)

Microsoft Word
Open Office Writer (http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html)
AbiWord (http://www.abisource.com/)
Kword (http://www.koffice.org/kword/)

mIRC
Konversation (http://konversation.kde.org/)
KVIrc (http://www.kvirc.net/)
BitchX (http://www.bitchx.org/)
Xchat (http://www.xchat.org/)
ChatZilla! (http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/)
irssi (http://www.irssi.org/)
Pidgin (http://pidgin.im)

Mp3tag
Kid3 (http://kid3.sourceforge.net/)
Musicbrainz (http://musicbrainz.org/)
Pinkytagger (http://pinkytagger.sourceforge.net/)
EasyTAG (http://easytag.sourceforge.net/)
Cowbell (http://more-cowbell.org/)
Audio Tag Tool (http://pwp.netcabo.pt/paol/tagtool/)

MSN messenger
Mercury Messenger (http://www.mercury.to/)
Kopete (http://kopete.kde.org/)
aMSN (http://amsn-project.net/)
Pidgin (http://pidgin.im)

Mudbox
SharpConstruct (http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net)

Nero Burning Rom
X-CD-Roast (http://www.xcdroast.org/)
Brasero (http://perso.orange.fr/bonfire/index.htm)
GnomeBaker (http://gnomebaker.sourceforge.net/)
Graveman! (http://graveman.tuxfamily.org/)
K3b (http://www.k3b.org/)

NetMeeting
Ekiga (http://www.gnomemeeting.org/)

NetStumbler
Kismet (http://www.kismetwireless.net/)
SWScanner (http://www.swscanner.org/)

Notepad
leafpad (http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/)
NEdit (http://www.nedit.org/)
jEdit (http://www.jedit.org/)
Kate (http://kate-editor.org/)
gedit (http://www.gnome.org/projects/gedit/)
Scribes (http://scribes.sourceforge.net/)
tpad (http://tclpad.sourceforge.net/)

OrangeCD Catalog
GWhere (http://www.gwhere.org)

Origin
SciGraphica (http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/)
 

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Partition Magic
GParted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/)
QtParted (http://qtparted.sourceforge.net)

Picasa
F-Spot (http://f-spot.org/Main_Page)
KPhotoAlbum (http://www.kphotoalbum.org/)
digiKam (http://www.digikam.org/)

Pro Tools
Ardour (http://www.ardour.org)

Quicken
KMyMoney (http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/)
GNUcash (http://www.gnucash.org/ )
Gnofin (http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/)
Grisbi (http://www.grisbi.org/)

SoulSeek
Nicotine (http://nicotine.thegraveyard.org/)
Nicotine-Plus (http://nicotine-plus.sourceforge.net/)

SoundForge
ReZound (http://rezound.sourceforge.net/)

Total Commander
GNOME Commander (http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/)
xfe (http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/)
Tux Commander (http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/)
Midnight Commander (http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/)
Krusader (http://krusader.sourceforge.net/)

Traktor DJ
Mixxx (http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/)

Videora
thin liquid film (http://thinliquidfilm.org/)

Winamp
Audacious (http://audacious-media-player.org/Main_Page)
Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/)
XMMS (http://www.xmms.org/)

Windows Media Player
KPlayer (http://kplayer.sourceforge.net/)
VideoLAN (http://www.videolan.org/)
xine (http://xinehq.de/)
mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html)

Windows Movie Maker
PiTiVi (http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page)
LiVES (http://lives.sourceforge.net/)
Avidemux (http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/)
Cinelerra (http://cvs.cinelerra.org/)
kdenlive (http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/)

WinIso
ISO Master (http://littlesvr.ca/isomaster/)
KIso (http://kiso.sourceforge.net/)

WinMerge
Meld (http://meld.sourceforge.net/)
xxdiff (http://furius.ca/xxdiff/)

WinTV
XdTV (http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/)
tvtime (http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/)

WS_FTP
gFTP (http://gftp.seul.org/)
FireFTP (http://fireftp.mozdev.org/)

Zbrush
SharpConstruct (http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net)

ZoneAlarm
Guarddog (http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/)
Firestarter (http://www.fs-security.com/)


From : http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/11/22/windows-software-linux-software/
 

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MiniLinux

Here's some suggestions in order of their size (as a compressed image rather than install or memory requirements). Most run on x86 hardware and are graphical.

Not Linux but worth mentioning
(<2Mb?) Contiki
(<2Mb) QNX Floppy demo
(<2Mb) KolibriOS (based on MenuetOS) a GUI OS
(~4Mb) Blueflops - 2 floppy graphical web browser
(~11Mb) FreeDOS + OpenGEM - DOS compatible GUI
(~23Mb) ReactOS - Windows compatible but still in alpha
(~30Mb) KolibriOS CD version (based on MenuetOS) a GUI OS

Under 50Mb
Distros under 50Mb fit onto a MiniCD.

(~3Mb) Mungkie - (aka 2diskXwin)
(12Mb) Grey Cat Linux - Slackware based with IceWM
(<15Mb) SliTaz with JWM
(<50Mb) DamnSmallLinux - based on Knoppix, but with Fluxbox
(44Mb) Jinx - with Opera 9, Flash, Textmaker and Planmaker.
(<50Mb) Austrumi - A business card size bootable live CD Linux distribution based on Slackware.
(<50Mb) MeanPup -A live distro based on Puppy
(<50Mb) Mitrax -A live distro based on Slackware
(<50Mb) Luit - XFCE and ROXFile

Under 128Mb

(<100Mb) NimbleX sub100 - Slackware based with KDE
(<100Mb) Puppy Linux - live with IceWM (see also eBoxPup, IcePup, LitePup, MiniPup, PizzaPup, SafePup and XPuppyPro)
(84Mb) DamnSmallLinux-Not - distro using Knoppix hardware recognition with Abiword and Gnumeric.
(<128Mb) DeLi - Desktop Light
(<128Mb) SLAX Popcorn Edition- A smaller version of SLAX with Xfce
(<128Mb) FeatherLinux - Knoppix based distro with Fluxbox

Under 256Mb

(177Mb) TinyMe - based on pcLinuxOS, but with Openbox
(182Mb) Kurumin 6 Light - Knoppix based, with KDE
(~200Mb) PUD - based on Ubuntu
(~200Mb) Slax - Distro based on Slackware using KDE
(223Mb) TinyFlux - based on TinyMe, with Fluxbox
(230Mb) Kanotix CpxMini, Kanotix, but with Fluxbox
(241Mb) Wolvix Cub
(<250Mb) Featherweight- based on Feather Linux, but with KDE
(<256Mb) Flash Linux- Gentoo-based, initially designed to run off of a 256Mb USB key.

Under 700Mb
Distros under 700Mb fit onto most CD-Rs. These should still run in 128Mb RAM on a Pentium III level machine.

(278Mb) AliXe - Slax based with Xfce
(300Mb) Fluxbuntu - Ubuntu 7.10 based with Fluxbox
(410Mb) AntiX - MEPIS based with Fluxbox
(551Mb) Kanotix Lite with KDE
(614Mb) SaxenOS 1 - with EDE
(626Mb) MEPISLite - MEPIS based with KDE
(662Mb) eLive - Debian based with Enlightenment
(699Mb) SAM - A LiveCD based on PCLinuxOS, but with Xfce.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575456
 

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3.0 multimedia
-VLC (for linux)

9.0 scripting and programming languages
-java (now open source)
-python
-PERL

15.0 Printing
-CUPS

16.0 Proxy Server
-SQUID

17.0 Media Server software
-mt-daapd (for iTunes streaming)
-firefly (also for iTunes streaming)

can someone contriubute for uPnP server streaming software? thanks
 

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bumpz for this thread.

it has been quite a while. any updates?
 
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