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I got this idea after reading this month's copy of PCAuthority Australia, having the same cover title. "Ditch Microsoft".
This thread attempts to show you alternative and tell you on the common pit falls you may have to "alternative software". it should jump start some who are starting out on Linux and this open source evolution on what alternative to use/ look for once their flavour of Linux is installed.
It'll be nice if anyone who has used the following post some feedback like what is compatible/good/nice and what to keep away from. I'll try updating this thread as and when new info is added.
I'll group them up nicely when the thread grows. Thanks for your input.
Update: Grouped them, hope it's good enough, feedback by posting here if you think some programs should be group otherwise. Thanks
Major Groups:
1.0 OSes Alternatives:
2.0 MS Office Alternatives
3.0 Multimedia (MP3 Player, Divx/mpg etcetc players)
4.0 Internet Utilities Alternatives:
4.1 FTP Alternatives
4.2 SSH
4.3 Broswers Alternatives Internet Explorer
4.4 Web Server Software Alternatives
4.5 E-mail client Alternatives
4.6 P2P Softwares Alternatives
5.0 Accessories Alternatives
6.0 Graphics Editing Alternatives
7.0. CD Creation Alternatives
8.0 Windows/ Luna Envirnoment Alternatives
9.0 Scripting/ Programming Language Alternatives
10.0 Database Alternatives
11.0 Visio Vs Dia
12.0 Windows Update Alternatives
13.0 Microsoft Project Vs ??? (contributed by Makando)
14.0 People Alternatives, who you wanna see lead the OS Nations?
1.0 OSes Alternatives:
Windows
Linux! (of course)
Redhat Link to official website
Mandrake Link to official website
2.0 MS Office Alternatives
Openoffice.org - Link to official Website
KOffice (contributed by tangent314)
Abiword (contributed by tangent314)
3.0 Multimedia (MP3 Player, Divx/mpg etcetc players)
Windows Media Player
mplayer (Linux) (contributed by tangent314)
WinDVD/PowerDVD
Xine - http://xinehq.de (contributed by hetfield)
Winamp
XMMS Link to official website
4.0 Internet Utilities Alternatives:
ICQ
Licq - Link to official website
Giam - Link to official website
More on
this thread.
4.1 FTP Alternatives
FTP
proFTPd - Link to official website
gFTP - http://gftp.seul.org/ (contributed by pclinux)
4.2 SSH
Putty - Link to official website
4.3 Broswers Alternatives Internet Explorer
Opera Link to official website
Konqueror (KDE) (contributed by tangent314)
Mozilla and Mozilla Firebird (contributed by tangent314)
4.4 Web Server Software Alternatives
Internet Information Services
Apache - Link to official website
4.5 E-mail client Alternatives
Evolution - Link to official website
Mozilla Mail (contributed by tangent314)
Mozilla Thunderbird (contributed by tangent314)
4.6 P2P Softwares Alternatives
Overnet http://www.overnet.com/download.html (contributed by jiehao85)
5.0 Accessories Alternatives
Notepad
Vim Link to official website
(X)Emacs Offical Website (contributed by tangent314)
Kate (KDE) (contributed by tangent314)
Pico (contributed by tangent314)
Nano (contributed by tangent314)
Joe (contributed by tangent314)
Calculator
6.0 Graphics Editing Alternatives
Photoshop Vs GIMP (contributed by Makando)
http://www.gimp.org/
7.0. CD Creation Alternatives
Nero Burning ROM
K3b - http://k3b.sourceforge.net/ (contributed by pclinux)
8.0 Windows/ Luna Envirnoment Alternatives
KDE - Link to official website
Gnome - Link to official website
9.0 Scripting/ Programming Language Alternatives
ASP
PHP - Link to official website
10.0 Database Alternatives
MySQL - http://www.mysql.com
Oracle - http://www.oracle.com
11.0 Visio Vs Dia (contributed by Makando)
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/
12.0 Windows Update ->
up2date http://rhn.redhat.com (contributed by pclinux)
red-carpet http://www.ximian.com (contributed by pclinux)
13.0 Microsoft Project Vs ??? (contributed by Makando)
14.0 People Alternatives, who you wanna see lead the OS Nations?
Bill Gates Offical Webby @ MS
Linus Torvalds - what's his webpage's URL?
Richard Stallman Link to official website
Anymore? Contribute please.
This thread attempts to show you alternative and tell you on the common pit falls you may have to "alternative software". it should jump start some who are starting out on Linux and this open source evolution on what alternative to use/ look for once their flavour of Linux is installed.
It'll be nice if anyone who has used the following post some feedback like what is compatible/good/nice and what to keep away from. I'll try updating this thread as and when new info is added.
I'll group them up nicely when the thread grows. Thanks for your input.
Update: Grouped them, hope it's good enough, feedback by posting here if you think some programs should be group otherwise. Thanks
Major Groups:
1.0 OSes Alternatives:
2.0 MS Office Alternatives
3.0 Multimedia (MP3 Player, Divx/mpg etcetc players)
4.0 Internet Utilities Alternatives:
4.1 FTP Alternatives
4.2 SSH
4.3 Broswers Alternatives Internet Explorer
4.4 Web Server Software Alternatives
4.5 E-mail client Alternatives
4.6 P2P Softwares Alternatives
5.0 Accessories Alternatives
6.0 Graphics Editing Alternatives
7.0. CD Creation Alternatives
8.0 Windows/ Luna Envirnoment Alternatives
9.0 Scripting/ Programming Language Alternatives
10.0 Database Alternatives
11.0 Visio Vs Dia
12.0 Windows Update Alternatives
13.0 Microsoft Project Vs ??? (contributed by Makando)
14.0 People Alternatives, who you wanna see lead the OS Nations?
1.0 OSes Alternatives:
Windows
Linux! (of course)
Redhat Link to official website
Mandrake Link to official website
2.0 MS Office Alternatives
Openoffice.org - Link to official Website
KOffice (contributed by tangent314)
Abiword (contributed by tangent314)
3.0 Multimedia (MP3 Player, Divx/mpg etcetc players)
Windows Media Player
mplayer (Linux) (contributed by tangent314)
WinDVD/PowerDVD
Xine - http://xinehq.de (contributed by hetfield)
Winamp
XMMS Link to official website
4.0 Internet Utilities Alternatives:
ICQ
Licq - Link to official website
Giam - Link to official website
More on
this thread.
4.1 FTP Alternatives
FTP
proFTPd - Link to official website
gFTP - http://gftp.seul.org/ (contributed by pclinux)
4.2 SSH
Putty - Link to official website
4.3 Broswers Alternatives Internet Explorer
Opera Link to official website
Konqueror (KDE) (contributed by tangent314)
Mozilla and Mozilla Firebird (contributed by tangent314)
4.4 Web Server Software Alternatives
Internet Information Services
Apache - Link to official website
4.5 E-mail client Alternatives
Evolution - Link to official website
Mozilla Mail (contributed by tangent314)
Mozilla Thunderbird (contributed by tangent314)
4.6 P2P Softwares Alternatives
Overnet http://www.overnet.com/download.html (contributed by jiehao85)
5.0 Accessories Alternatives
Notepad
Vim Link to official website
(X)Emacs Offical Website (contributed by tangent314)
Kate (KDE) (contributed by tangent314)
Pico (contributed by tangent314)
Nano (contributed by tangent314)
Joe (contributed by tangent314)
Calculator
6.0 Graphics Editing Alternatives
Photoshop Vs GIMP (contributed by Makando)
http://www.gimp.org/
7.0. CD Creation Alternatives
Nero Burning ROM
K3b - http://k3b.sourceforge.net/ (contributed by pclinux)
8.0 Windows/ Luna Envirnoment Alternatives
KDE - Link to official website
Gnome - Link to official website
9.0 Scripting/ Programming Language Alternatives
ASP
PHP - Link to official website
10.0 Database Alternatives
MySQL - http://www.mysql.com
Oracle - http://www.oracle.com
11.0 Visio Vs Dia (contributed by Makando)
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/
12.0 Windows Update ->
up2date http://rhn.redhat.com (contributed by pclinux)
red-carpet http://www.ximian.com (contributed by pclinux)
13.0 Microsoft Project Vs ??? (contributed by Makando)
14.0 People Alternatives, who you wanna see lead the OS Nations?
Bill Gates Offical Webby @ MS
Linus Torvalds - what's his webpage's URL?
Richard Stallman Link to official website
Anymore? Contribute please.
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