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!. > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org
