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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.

|^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 | 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 | | zinf | Zinf is not Freeamp | beep | | rhythmbox | | MPlayer | |vvvvvv Microsoft Word | AbiWord | 2? | OpenOffice Writer | | LyX | 6? | Kate | 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 is an IDE not a compiler | IDLE, Eric | IDLE and Eric are Python IDEs | 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 | 2? | Gabber | kopete| 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 / Legacy| Gramps| Genealogy software |v Frontpage / Dreamweaver | Quanta | 3? | Screem| 2? |vvvv Microsoft Visio / Corel Draw | dia(1) | | xfig | | Inkscape | | kivio | | sodipodi |

1? The Linux software is generally considered much more secure. 2? This is a GNOME/GTK application 3? This is a KDE/Qt application 4? This is a command line or terminal program 5? They may not be WYSIWYG editors but they are still perfectly fine for most things 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