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Not all programs are as good as Windows equivalent or file compatiable. In fact some are better!

See http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1934259 for an example of a task-oriented table.

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|^__Windows Equivalent__|^__Linux Software__|^__Notes__
|Windows Movie Maker| ??? | Any suggestions? I want something quick and easy that does subtitles and credits, pretty transition effects, and will read the mjpeg files my camera makes. So far nothing on Linux even comes close.
|vvvvv Internet Explorer|[Mozilla]|MozillaNotes and [1]
| MozillaFirefox | also available for Windows
| [Opera | http://www.opera.com/] | also available for Windows
| [Konqueror] | [3]
| links | [4]
| [Lynx] | [4]
|vvvvvv Microsoft OutlookExpress|MozillaMail|[1]
| [Evolution] |[2]
| Pine | [4]
| [Mutt] | [4]
| [KMail] | [3]
| Sylpheed | [2]
| MozillaThunderbird |
|vvv mIRC | XChat | [2]
| epic | [4]
| BitchX | [4]
| irssi | [4]
|vvvv Winamp | [xmms | XMMS] |
| zinf | Zinf is not Freeamp
| beep |
| rhythmbox |
| [MPlayer] |
|vvvvvv Microsoft Word | AbiWord | [2]
| OpenOffice Writer |
| LyX | [6]
| [Kate | http://kate.kde.org/] | [3]
| vim / gvim | [5]
| GNU / X emacs | [5]
| LaTeX | [6]
|vv Microsoft Powerpoint | OpenOffice Impress |
| MagicPoint |
| Prosper ([LaTeX]) | [6]
|v MicrosoftExcel | Gnumeric | [2] Gnumeric doesn't support VBA, you can use [Python]/[Perl]/[TCL] etc for scripting if required. It does however support all the spreadsheet functions that MicrosoftExcel has, as well as a hundred or so more.
|OpenOffice calc | OpenOffice has a VBA style reimplementation
|vvv Microsoft SQL Server | [PostgreSQL] | [1]
| [MySQL] | [1]
| FireBird | [1]
| SQLite | [1]
| Adobe Photoshop | [TheGIMP] | [2]
| Macromedia Freehand | Sodipodi |
| Sound editor | Audacity | [2]
| [VisualBasic] %%% [VisualC++]  %%% [C#] | GnuEnterprise %%% [Python] %%% [Perl] %%% [Java] %%% [C]/[C++] %%% [Scheme] %%% [TCL]/[Tk] | See Category:ProgrammingLanguages
|vvvvvvv VisualStudio | GCC | gcc(1) is a compiler, not an [IDE]
| [emacs | Emacs] | Emacs is an [IDE] not a compiler
| IDLE, Eric | IDLE and Eric are [Python] [IDEs|IDE]
| Make | make(1) provides a project/building framework for applications
| [KDevelop] | [KDE]-oriented [IDE]
| Anjuta | [GNOME]-oriented [IDE]
| NetBeans | Java based IDE
| [Eclipse] |
|vv MicroSoftDeveloperNetwork | ManPages | For documentation on commands, library calls and system calls
| [Google] | To find web pages which talk about specific problems
| UseNet | To ask specific questions
|v Dos Box | xterm(1) |
| konsole |
|vv Command.com / CMD.exe | bash(1)
| tcsh(1) | CshProgrammingConsideredHarmful
| BusyBox
|vv MSN | [Gaim | http://gaim.sourceforge.net/] | [2]
| [Gabber]
| [kopete| http://kopete.kde.org/]| [3]
| IIS | Apache | [1]
| Firewalling / [NAT] | [iptables(8)] |
| Microsoft Access / FileMaker Pro or similar | OpenOffice base | OpenOffice 2.0 has database front end.
| [Family Tree Maker| http://www.familytreemaker.com/] / [Legacy| http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/]| [Gramps |http://gramps-project.org/]| Genealogy software
|v Frontpage / Dreamweaver | [Quanta | http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/] | [3]
| [Screem | http://www.screem.org/]| [2]
|vvvv Microsoft Visio / Corel Draw | dia(1) |
| xfig |
| Inkscape |
| kivio |
| sodipodi |
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#[|ftnt_1]~[[1|#ftnt_ref_1]~]  The Linux software is generally considered much more secure.
#[|ftnt_2]~[[2|#ftnt_ref_2]~]  This is a [GNOME]/[GTK] application
#[|ftnt_3]~[[3|#ftnt_ref_3]~]  This is a [KDE]/[Qt] application
#[|ftnt_4]~[[4|#ftnt_ref_4]~]  This is a command line or terminal program
#[|ftnt_5]~[[5|#ftnt_ref_5]~]  They may not be [WYSIWYG] editors but they are still perfectly fine for most things
#[|ftnt_6]~[[6|#ftnt_ref_6]~]  LaTeX is a typesetting language, not an editor. It produces the desired result (in many cases better than the MS equivalent), but in most cases you need to use a text editor (like gvim) to 'write' the document.  ''You can use LyX to write documents in a near [WYSIWYG] style -- Perry Lorier''

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