| applications in msWindows | → | applications in Linux | |||
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office |
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| MS Word | Buy separately | Open Office Writer * |
Free, installed with linux
Said to be completely compatible |
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| MS Excel | Buy separately | Open Office Calc * |
Free, installed with linux
Said to be completely compatible |
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| MS PowerPoint | Buy separately | Open Office Impress * |
Free, installed with linux
Said to be completely compatible |
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| Tally (accounting) | Buy separately | ?? | |||
graphics |
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| Adobe Illustrator | Buy separately | Open Office Draw *, others |
Free, installed with linux
Compatible? |
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| Adobe Photoshop | Buy separately | GIMP * |
Free, installed with linux
Compatible? |
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publishing |
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| Adobe Acrobat | Buy separately |
ps2pdf and others
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Free, install with linux,
Compatible |
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| PageMaker | Buy separately | FrameMaker * or Scribu |
Free, install separately,
Compatible? |
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internet and web |
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| Internet Explorer (web browser) | Built into the system; open to viruses. | Firefox, * or Opera, * or Netscape, * or Konqueror, or many others |
Free, installed with linux or
can install separately
Secure, more features |
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| Yahoo Messenger (messaging) | Free, install separately | GAIM |
Free, installed with linux or
can install separately
Secure, does not collude with China |
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| Skype (messaging, internet phone) | Free, install separately | Skype | Free, can install separately | ||
web dev and programming |
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| IIS (web server) | Built into the system? Install separately? Costs? Open to viruses. | apache * |
Free, installed with linux.
Secure, more features, does not collude with China. Used by 70% of web hosts around the world. |
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| NotePad (text editor) | Free, built into the system; limited features |
emacs,
joe,
kate,
kedit,
nedit,
vi,
...
*
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Free, installed with linux or
can install separately
More features, many choices |
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| TextPad, NotePad++ (text editors) | Free, good features. | ||||
| DreamWeaver (web page designer) | Buy separately | ... | Free, install separately | ||
media |
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| Flash Player | Buy separately | Gnash, MPlayer, VLC |
Free, can install
Compatible, but not for the newest versions. |
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| Music and video players | Buy separately | Many applications - search the web | Free, installed with linux or can install separately | ||
| Nero (cd burner) | Buy separately |
cdrecord,
Nautilus,
others
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Free, installed with linux or can install separately | ||
utilities |
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| Control Panel | Built into the system; limited functions | many commands and applications | Free, installed with linux. Can view and manage everything on the system. | ||
| Process Manager | Built into the system; limited functions |
ps,
top,
many others
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Free, installed with linux. Can view and manage everything on the system. | ||
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(The word "free" above is used in the meaning of free of cost, not your freedom of use of the software)
(These notes are by necessity brief summaries, and do not give all the pros and cons. For full information visit the websites of the different applications, and search the WWWW (Wonderful World Wide Web) for different opinions and experiences.)
Philosophy of free software
All content not copyright by anyone else is
copyright © 2003–2007 James Walker.
License for use is the GNU Free Documentation License.
Find it:
here in the
License directory
or
at the Free Software Foundation,
www.fsf.org