GUI s/w development : 
  for java : JBuilder [http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/]
      C/C++: KDevelop [www.kdevelop.org/ ]
 
DB : DbVisualizer [http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis/]

FTP: gftp (comes with RedHat) [http://gftp.seul.org/]

HTML Editor :
             Netscape Communicator
             IBM WebSphere Studio HomePage builder for Linux
             Blue Fish
             
Office Suite : 
               SOffice[http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/]
               KOffice [www.koffice.org]
               klyx + gnumeric + magicpoint 

Mail Client : KMAIL, Netscape Communicator, ...

HTTP Server : Apache [httpd.apache.org/] (comes with all linux
              distribution) 

HTTP Caching Proxy : Squid [http://www.squid-cache.org/]

CD Burning : cdwrite 



these are just example .. there are lot other apps... check out 
* http://www.linuxapps.com
* http://sourceforge.net

hth

-jnz


On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 11:56:39PM +0530, Dinkar M Pai wrote:
> Hello All
> There is a small request from my side .I know it is not good to compare
> Windows and Linux for each and everything,but I would like to know more
> about alternatives for some win-based softwares.I know some,for example
> GIMP for Photoshop
> XINE for Media Player
> FREEAMP for  Winamp
> etc,(I tried all and they r just superb)but I would like to know the
> alternative for the followings.Those who r familiar with the alternatives
> Plz help and give details to newbies like me.
> 
> Office suite (is star office good ? whatabout the RAM consumption and all
> ? )
> GUI s/w development tools like VB in win (anything other than Glide ? )
> DB like MS Access (for home users who does not require much security and all
> but a GUI mode)
> FTP softwares for uploading files
> HTML editor like dreamweaver (Is there any good freewares ? )
> GIF animators ,oops !! ilug is aginst using gifs ;-(
> Mail client wich can handle POP,IMAP and HTTP servers,capable of handling
> more than one id of course
> MP3 convertor
> CD burning softwares
> 
> I know google is there,but I would like to get details from those who used
> 'em
> Thanx in advance ;-)
> 
> Rgds
> Din
> 
> 
> Some artists work in oils,others work with clay. I prefer Linux!
> The day microsoft makes something that doesn't suck,is the day they start
> making vacuum cleaners!.
> 
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