On May 29, 4:13 pm, sonicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can linux[& other foss] be the tota subtitute for ms?does foss has all > the programs that we are using in ms?does foss has all the software > like Adobe products,Macromedia products and other many stuff we use....
The essence of foss is not to substitute Microsoft or any other company... Free software movement is something bigger... But then, linux is not a magic wand to wipe off all the problems from the face of earth.... However, if you want to switch to GNU/Linux and are afraid if or not the programs that you have been using in your Windows computer will still be available to you, then the best suggestion I can give you is not to loose hope. First of all, all the products that you mentioned above aren't directly available in GNU/Linux. But, their alternatives for GNU/Linux exist, eg: Adobe Photoshop => GIMP PDF Viewer => Evince Macromedia DreamWeaver => Quanta Microsoft Office => Open Office and many more, in fact... The main reason for all softwares not being directly available in GNU/ Linux is because the companies distributing them havent distributed a GNU/Linux version of their softwares. The free software development community has been releasing many of the softwares (like those mentioned above) that are sometimes similar, if not better than their Windows counterpart. If users like you and I start using more of such free programs and encouraging the developers, in the future, full flegded versions of such softwares for GNU/Linux distributions will be released, lets hope... To add to this, there are many emulators available for GNU/Linux, which can very well emulate many of the programs made for Windows. One good and popular example is WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator :P, a free software) http://www.winehq.com/ The list of applications supported are frequently updated on the WINE App database at: http://appdb.winehq.org/ Another place where you can get help about running Windows programs on GNU/Linux : http://frankscorner.org/index.php If you are specifically looking for playing Windows games on GNU/ Linux, Cedega will be worth trying. (This was what help me make nearly Windows independent :P) http://games.cedega.com/gamesdb/ http://www.transgaming.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=2&meid=-1 Cheers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
