This gets kinda OT, since Tek Budda wrote: > I was actually looking for something similar for a project I am doing at > home. I have scoured the sites people have mentioend so far but I don't > think I am getting the answer I need. > > I am looking to replace as many components in the a default Windows > installation with free (preferably open source) software. If it is > cross-compatible between Linux, Windows & Mac, even better. If anyone > has any suggestions I would appreciate it. If you feel it falls in the > OT category then place e-mail off-list. I have replaced some already > with some pretty good candidates but the following are still outstanding: > * Phone Dialer Not sure what you mean.
> * Hyper Terminal Not sure what you need here. Telnet? Serial console? I would look at cygwin.com and installing minicom from there. > * Calculator bc inside cygwin > * Character Map: Sprankle? No idea > * Clipboard Viewer No idea > * Paint: Maybe Tux Paint? Inkscape (more along the lines if Illustrator. Gimp may also be all that you need. > * Wordpad: I think Abiword would work, but maybe a bit too bloated? I use metapad (just google for it), though I mainly use vim from the command line now (cygwin again). > * Object Packager not sure what you mean here. > * Games: No idea, not really my thing (I have no problem buying the 2 or 3 games that I play). > * CD Player/Sound Recorder/Volume Control: I currently have software > that goes with the Creative Labs soundcard. I thought Audacity would > work, but might be to big. Audacity. it is not big (it is pretty simple and straight forward as audio apps go...). > * Imaging (Image Viewer, Active X Custom Control & Twain Support): No > freaking clue where to start looking. Active X, not sure what you are looking for here. Gimp should have TWAIN support. > * Notepad: Scintilla, Notepad++, JuJuedit. I have used Programmers > Notepad in the past and like it. vim, metapad, Programmers Notepad is good. > * Shockwave Player: gnash. Has a plugin for FF & Konq I believe, but I > wonderred if it would work in IE? No idea, I use regular flash under Windows anyway (we are still waiting for a recent Linux version, though I am not holding my breath). > * Flash Player: gnash > * Media Players: I came across Real & Quicktime Alternative (also > includes Media Player Classic) but I am not sure if they are open source I use media player classic, as long as I have the codecs, it is all the media player I need. I miss Amarok though. > > Obviously I may not be able to replace all of them, but it would be > interesting to see how many can be repalced. > > Thanks in advance for anyones help. > > Cameron > Basically I use cygwin to make my windows box somewhat useful. It still does not beat having an actual Linux box, but it can be an OK alternative. Also, installing ssh (either the cygwin version or a variant) paired with the sysinternals pstools can make administration of a Windows box much nicer (ssh support, password changes, process killing, service stop start restart... _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
