On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 07:11:15PM +0530, Dinesh Bareja wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to build a list of Open Source apps which can be used instead
> of commonly used applications under the Win. The idea is to invite all you
> folks to contribute to the listing and I shall compile all the
> contributions and make it available as a PDF or HTML document which can be
> posted on the LUG website.
Here is a list of some commonly used Windows App and it's open source substitute(s)
Windows App OS App
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Microsoft Office Open Office.org 1.0*
Outlook, OE. Evolution, Kmail.
Winamp Xmms.
Windows Media Player mplayer, xine, ogle.
Internet Explorer Mozilla*, Phoenix, Netscape*.
Adobe Photoshop Gimp.*
mIRC X-Chat*, BitchX*,
irssi.
IM programs (yahoo, msn, etc) Gaim*, Everybudyy.
IIS Webserver Apache Web Server*.
IIS, Serv-U FTP servers NcFTPd, ProFTPd ftp servers
FlashFXP, ws-ftp, cute ftp ncftp, gftp, mc
Securecrt, Sera-Term Pro. Openssh and any shell, putty*.
Acrobat Reader for pdf files gv.
* - These applications are available as win32 binaries also, so that people
can test them out on Windows before migrating to an Open Source OS like
GNU/Linux.
The above is, by no means, a comprehensive list. It's simply a list that,
imo, lists most of the commonly used Windows Applications and their
Opensource substitutes.
The information regarding each of those Applications can be found via a site
like freshmeat of sourceforge, and therefore, I am not posting it to the LUG
to waste people's bandwidth.
Hope this helps,
>
> Best wishes
>
> - Dinesh Bareja
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