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Newer page:	version 30	Last edited on Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:53:25 am	by IanMcDonald	Revert
Older page:	version 29	Last edited on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:22:22 pm	by PeterHewett	Revert

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This list is currently what some people call "best of breed"; there are alternatives listed at the end of each option.

-of course if you're a windows user wanting to explore ~~OpenSourceSoftware~~ then you may wish to examine [TheOpenCD], a collection of "best of breed" OSS for win32.

+of course if you're a windows user wanting to explore open source software then you may wish to examine [TheOpenCD], a collection of "best of breed" OSS for win32.

''This page needs an overhaul. I tried various formats, including a table based, but they all suck; the current form is not very good either, but the least bad of all I tried in my opinion.''

There are both [GNOME] and [KDE] options listed (''why - this distinction is unnecessary, and could confuse/distract newbies''), but remember, you can run programs from one toolkit on the other DesktopEnvironment if you have the right libraries installed. Remember also, that lots of [Linux] software gets ported to MicrosoftWindows too.

Another important point is that these equivalents are likely to provide you the easiest transition. Once you get into the UnixWay, you might want to do things differently; perhaps you might want to start using console applications. However, the list here are most likely to be useful to YourMum, as edited by consensus.

zcat(1) suggests a "free on windows" v. "non-free on windows" list too, either here or on a new page. Eg

-~~mozilla~~ / opera / gimp / mplayer / xmms all have windows versions, which can be used as replacements for IE / OE / Photoshop / WMP / Winamp

+[Mozilla] / opera / gimp / mplayer / xmms all have windows versions, which can be used as replacements for IE / OE / Photoshop / WMP / Winamp

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