Office and Productivity
Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
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Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org | Kingsoft(WPS-Community), OpenOffice, KOffice (now Calligra), Siag Office, Libre Office | Office package |
Word | OOWriter, AbiWord, KWord, LaTeX | Word Processing |
Notepad, Wordpad, TheGun, EditPlus, SciTE | Vim, KWrite, Kate, BlueFish, Gedit, Joe, Sublime Text, Leafpad, Nano | Text Editors |
Access, dBase, Foxpro, Paradox | Kexi, OOBase | Database |
Excel, Lotus123, QuattroPro | OOCalc, KSpread,gnumeric | Spreadsheet |
Visio | Kivio, yed | Diagramming |
PowerPoint | OOImpress | Presentation software |
Microsoft Project Manager | Imendio Planner, Kplato, MOOS Project Viewer, MrProject | Project management |
Outlook, Thunderbird + Lightning, Sunbird | Kontact, BALSA, Thunderbird + Lightning, Sunbird | Personal information managers |
Alcohol 120%, Discjuggler, Easy CD Creator, Nero Burning ROM | CD burning | |
Quicken, Microsoft Money, TurboTax | GnucAsh, KMyMoney, CrossOver Office with Quicken, lazy8ledger | Accounting |
ActiveSync | Synchronization with Windows Mobile devices | |
WinEdt, TeXnicCenter | Kile, Texmaker, LyX | LaTeX IDEs |
Veritas Backup Exec, Cobian Backup | Backup | |
Google Desktop | Desktop Search | |
Norton Ghost | Disk imaging | |
Norton Partition Magic | Disk partitioning | |
Disk Size Explorer | File Light, Konqueror | Disk usage analyzers |
Filemon, Regmon | syscalltrack | system call tracking (file monitor & others) |
WinMerge, SyncToy | File synchronization | |
Windows Update, Add/Remove programs | Every Linux distribution has an infrastructure to manage installed software which is quite different from Windows. For instance, all updates are handled by a single program. See package management. | |
WinRunner | xautomation | automating interactive applications |
7-Zip, Winzip, Winrar | Archivers | |
chkdsk | fsck | check your file system (and the hard disk beneath it) for errors |
Daemon Tools | ISO mounting | |
Disclib | gWhere | Disk cataloging programs |
Desktop Publishing
Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
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Dreamweaver, NVU, KompoZer | Web Design | |
Quark, Quark Express, Microsoft Publisher | DTP software | |
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader | PDF readers | |
Adobe Acrobat Distiller, PDFCreator | CUPS-PDF, OpenOffice.org, kprinter — can convert to pdf. more | PDF authoring |
Adobe Acrobat PDF editor | pdftk, pdfedit, pdfjam, pdf studio, more | PDF editing tools |
SilverFast | scanning | |
FinePrint | boomaga, page-crunch, mpage, Kprinter, psnup/PSutils, pdfnup/PDFjam | Document printing/reformatting tools |
Networking
Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Chrome, Lynx, etc. | web Browsers | |
Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Pegasus, Lotus Notes | Email clients. | |
ICQ, MSN Messenger, AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Trillian, Pidgin | Instant messaging software. | |
Microsoft Netmeeting | ||
Microsoft HyperTerminal | ||
FileZilla FTP Client, WS FTP, Bullet Proof FTP, CuteFTP | FileZilla FTP Client, KFTP (KFTPGrabber), Kasablanca, FireFTP, Konqueror, KBear, CrossFTP, Nautilus | FTP clients. Note that dedicated FTP clients are rarely needed on Linux, since the default file manager can usually browse FTP shares. Several GNOME programs can directly open and edit files on FTP, SFTP and WebDAV shares. |
mIRC | IRC Clients | |
UltraVNC, TightVNC, RealVNC, Remote Desktop | TightVNC, RealVNC, rdesktop, FreeNX, x11vnc, Synergy, XDMCP, SSH with X11 forwarding (-X or -Y option) | Desktop Sharing |
MailWasher | ||
Forte Free Agent, Thunderbird, Pan | News Reader (Usenet newsgroups) | |
eMule | ED2K P2P network clients | |
Azureus, utorrent | BitTorrent P2P network clients | |
Skype, Voipbuster | VOIP software | |
Bitvise Tunnelier | gSTM is a front-end for managing SSH-tunneled port redirects. |
Server
Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
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IIS, Apache | Web Servers | |
Folder sharing, printer sharing | Share files and printers between Windows and Linux systems. Installed by default on most distributions. | |
IIS, FileZilla FTP Client & Server | vsftpd, pure-ftpd | FTP servers, for hosting files. |
NetLimiter | Trickle, Level 7 Filter, ClarkConnect, Bandwidth Arbitrator, MasterShaper | Bandwidth shaping and management. |
Exchange | Groupware (sharing of appointments, contacts, e-mail, documents, etc. between members of a group) | |
Sharepoint | Manage and secure documents, collaborate around document creation and editing, full document contents indexing | |
Norton/McAfee Antivirus, ClamWin, AVG, AntiVir | Antivirus software. | |
ZoneAlarm , Sygate SPF | Firewall software |
Multimedia
Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
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Adobe Photoshop,Corel Photo-Paint, GIMP, GIMPShop | GIMP, GIMPShop, Krita, Pixel (non-free high quality), LightZone (non-free high quality) | Raster graphics editors |
Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator | Vector graphics editors | |
Irfanview, ACDSee | Image viewers | |
3D Studio MAX, Blender, Maya | 3D modeling software | |
Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, CATIA | FreeCAD, SALOME platform | Professional 3D CAD software |
Windows Media Player, PowerDVD | Video Players | |
SIA Smaart Live | BRP-PACU | Sound analysis |
Winamp, Sonique, iTunes, aTunes | amaroK, aTunes, XMMS, noatun, RhythmBox, xine will play aac and wma, Banshee | Music Players |
OTSAV, OTS Turntables, Serato, Traktor, Virtual DJ, PC DJ, Mixxx, UltraMixer | Mixxx, UltraMixer | Audio & video play out (DJ/presenter) |
Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Elements,Multiquence | Cinelerra (difficult but very professional), KDenlive (easy and powerful), Blender, LiVES, Kino, AviDemux | Video Editors |
Audacity, Cubase, CoolEdit, GoldWave,Cakewalk/Sonar | Digital audio workstation software | |
Audio Catalyst, dbpoweramp, CDex | Audio Editors | |
Cakewalk/Sonar | MIDI | |
NoteWorthy Composer, MuseScore, LilyPond | Musical score typesetting | |
GuitarPro, TuxGuitar | Guitar tablature editors | |
Microsoft Paint, Kid Pix, Tux Paint | Basic raster painting programs | |
Videora | Video converter | |
TMPGEnc DVD Author, Roxio DVDit | DVD authoring software |
Education
Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
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KTouch | Touch typing tutors | |
Maple, Mathematica | Maple, Mathematica, Maxima | Computer algebra systems |
Matlab | High level numeric computation environments | |
SPSS, Stata, EViews | Statistical analysis | |
Verilog | Verilog Simulator | |
Google Earth, NASA World Wind, Celestia, Stellarium | Geography and astronomy |