| |
Windows |
Linux equivalent |
| Internet Tools |
| Web browser |
Internet Explorer, Netscape / Mozilla, Opera [Proprietary], Firebird, ... |
- Netscape / Mozilla.
- Galeon.
- Konqueror.
- Opera. [Proprietary]
- Firebird.
- Nautilus.
- Epiphany.
- Links. (with "-g" key).
- Encompass.
|
| Email client |
Outlook Express, Netscape / Mozilla , The Bat, Eudora, Becky, Datula, Sylpheed / Sylpheed-claws, Opera |
- Evolution.
- Netscape / Mozilla messenger.
- Sylpheed / Sylpheed-claws.
- Kmail.
- Gnus.
- Balsa.
- Bynari Insight GroupWare Suite. [Proprietary]
- Arrow.
- Gnumail.
- Althea.
- Liamail.
- Aethera.
- MailWarrior.
- Opera.
|
| News reader |
- Agent [Proprietary]
- Free Agent
-
Xnews
-
Outlook
-
Netscape / Mozilla
- Opera [Proprietary]
- Sylpheed / Sylpheed-claws
- Dialog
- Gravity
- BNR2 |
- Knode.
- Pan.
- NewsReader.
- Netscape / Mozilla.
- Opera [Proprietary]
- Sylpheed / Sylpheed-claws.
Console:
- Pine. [NF]
- Mutt.
- Gnus.
- tin.
-
slrn.
- Xemacs.
- BNR2.
|
| Address book |
Outlook |
- Rubrica |
| File downloading helpers |
Flashget, Go!zilla, Reget, Getright, DAP, Wget, WackGet, Mass Downloader, ... |
- Downloader for X.
- Caitoo (former Kget).
- Prozilla.
- Wget (console, standard).
-
GUI for Wget: Kmago, Gnome Transfer Manager, QTget, Xget, ...
- Aria.
- Axel.
- Download Accelerator Plus.
- GetLeft.
- Lftp.
|
| Site downloaders |
Teleport Pro, Httrack, Wget, ... |
- Httrack.
- WWW Offline Explorer.
- Wget (console, standard). GUI: Kmago, QTget, Xget, ...
- Downloader for X.
- Pavuk.
- XSiteCopy.
- GetLeft.
- Curl (console).
- Khttrack.
|
| FTP-clients |
Bullet Proof FTP, CuteFTP, WSFTP, SmartFTP, FileZilla, ... |
- Gftp.
- Konqueror.
- KBear.
- IglooFTP. [Proprietary]
- Nftp.
- Wxftp.
- AxyFTP.
- mc. (cd ftp://...)
- tkFTP.
- Yafc.
- Dpsftp.
(dead project) |
| IRC-clients |
Mirc, Klient, VIRC, Xircon, Pirch, XChat |
- Xchat.
- KVirc.
- Irssi.
- BitchX.
- Ksirc.
- Epic.
- Sirc.
- PJIRC.
|
| Local network chat clients without server |
- QuickChat
- Akeni
- PonyChat
-
iChat |
- talk (console), ktalk.
- Akeni.
- Echat.
- write, wall (chat between users of one machine) |
| Instant Messaging clients |
ICQ Lite, ICQ Corp, MSN, AIM, Yahoo, ...
Trillian ICQ (freeware, can replace all common IM clients), Miranda, Gaim |
- Licq (ICQ).
- Centericq (Nearly all IM protocols, console).
- Alicq (ICQ).
- Micq (ICQ).
- GnomeICU (ICQ).
- Gaim. (Nearly all IM protocols)
- Ayttm. (Nearly all IM protocols)
- Kopete.
- Everybuddy.
- Simple Instant Messenger.
- Imici Messenger.
- Ickle (ICQ).
- aMSN (MSN).
- Kmerlin (MSN).
- Kicq (ICQ).
- YSM. (ICQ, console).
- kxicq.
- Yahoo Messenger for Unix.
- Kmess (MSN).
20) AIM.
2- MSNre. (console) |
| Jabber IM clients |
JAJC, Tkabber (+activestate tcl), Psi, Exodus, WinJab, myJabber, RhymBox, Rival, Skabber, TipicIM, Vista, Yabber, Miranda, Gaim, Akeni Messenger Jabber Edition |
- Tkabber.
- Gabber.
- Psi.
- Gaim.
- Centericq (console).
- Ayttm.
- Akeni Messenger Jabber Edition.
|
| Monitoring sites and mailboxes, displaying news headlines or full articles |
WatzNew |
- Web Secretary.
- Knewsticker & korn.
- Mozilla (???).
- watch -n seconds lynx -dump
|
| Video/audio conference |
NetMeeting |
- GnomeMeeting.
- vat/vic/wb.
- rat/wbd/nte.
- NeVoT.
- IVS.
|
| Voice communication |
Speak Freely |
- Speak Freely for Unix.
- TeamSpeak.
|
| Peer-to-peer clients / servers, file sharing (p2p) |
Morpheus (Gnutella), WinMX, Napster, KaZaA (Fasttrack), eDonkey [Proprietary], eMule, TheCircle, Bittorrent, SoulSeek, Direct Connect |
- Mldonkey. (eDonkey, Soulseek, Fasttrack, Gnutella, Open Napster, Direct Connect, BitTorrent)
- LimeWire. (Gnutella)
- Lopster. (OpenNAP)
- Gnapster. (OpenNAP)
- eDonkey. (eDonkey) [Proprietary]
- cDonkey. (eDonkey)
- Gift client / server / fasttrack plugin (Fasttrack)
- ed2k_gui.
- Gtk-Gnutella. (Gnutella)
- Qtella.
(Gnutella)
- Mutella.
(Gnutella, console)
- TheCircle.
- Freenet. (fully anonymous p2p)
- GNUnet.
- Lmule.
(eDonkey)
- Xmule. (eDonkey)
-
Bittorrent.
- PySoulSeek (Soulseek).
- Loophole. (WinMX) [Proprietary]
20) Direct Connect.
2- QuickDC.
(Direct Connect).
2- OverNet.
2- Apollon.
2- GrapeWine.
(fully anonymous p2p)
2- Snark. (Bittorrent)
|
| Faxing |
WinFax |
- HylaFax.
- Fax2Send. [Proprietary]
- Efax.
- VSI-FAX. [Proprietary]
|
| Dialup |
Vdialer, etc |
- Kppp.
- X-isp.
- wvdial. (Front ends: X-wvdial, kvdial, gtkdial).
- Gppp.
- Kinternet.
- Rp3.
- pppconfig + pon + poff.
- Modem Lights.
- Netcount.
(console)
|
| Viewing Windows-network |
Network neighborhood |
- Samba.
- KDE Lan Browser, lisa
- LinNeighborhood.
- xSMBrowser.
- Komba2.
- Konqueror.
|
| ADSL |
- RASPPPOE |
- rp-pppoe.
- Pptp client.
|
| File manager in Windows Commander style |
Total Commander (former Windows Commander) |
- Krusader.
- Kcommander.
- FileRunner (TCL/TK).
- Linux Commander.
- LinCommander.
- Rox, Rox-Filer.
- Emelfm.
- Midnight Commander.
- Worker.
|
| File manager in Windows style |
Windows Explorer / Internet Explorer |
- Konqueror.
- Gnome-Commander.
- Nautilus.
- Endeavour Mark II.
- XWC.
|
| Quick viewing of local HTML documents |
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Document Explorer |
- Dillo. (Russian language patches - here).
- Konqueror.
- Nautilus.
- Lynx / Links. |
| File compression |
- WinZip
-
WinRar
- 7-Zip
- WinACE
- UltimateZip
|
- Ark (kdeutils).
- Gnozip.
- KArchiveur.
- Gnochive.
- FileRoller.
- Unace.
- LinZip.
- TkZip.
|
| Programs for comparing files and directories |
- Beyond Compare.
- Araxis Merge.
- WinMerge
- Minimalist GNU For Windows (diff.exe)
- Unison |
- Mgdiff.
- diff, patch.
- Xemacs.
- Xdelta. (make patches for binary files)
- Meld.
- Xxdiff.
- Unison.
|
| Text editors |
Notepad, WordPad, TextPad, Vim, Xemacs, ... |
- Kedit (KDE).
- Gedit (Gnome).
- Gnotepad.
- Kate (KDE).
- KWrite (KDE).
- Nedit.
- Vim.
-
Xemacs.
- Xcoral.
- Nvi.
- Ozeditor.
|
| Multi-purpose text and source code editor |
SciTE, UltraEdit, MultiEdit, Vim, Xemacs, ... |
- Kate (KDE).
- Nedit.
- CodeCommander.
- SciTE.
- Quanta Plus.
- Vim.
-
Xemacs.
- Mcedit (comes with mc).
- Jed.
- Setedit.
(Turbo Vision looking style)
- HT editor.
|
| Viewing PostScript files |
- RoPS
- GhostView
|
- GhostView.
- Kghostview.
- GV.
- GGV.
|
| Viewing PDFs |
- Adobe Acrobat Distiller
- GhostView
|
- Acrobat Reader. [Proprietary]
- Xpdf.
- GV.
- GGV.
- GhostView.
- Kghostview.
|
| Creating PDFs |
- Adobe Acrobat Distiller
- GhostView
- Ghostscript
|
- Any Linux WYSIWYG program -> print to file -> ps2pdf.
- Adobe Acrobat Distiller. [Proprietary]
- PStill. [Shareware]
- PDFLatex.
- Xfig.
- Ghostscript.
- Tex2Pdf.
- Reportlab.
- GV.
- GGV.
- GhostView.
- Kghostview.
- Panda PDF Generator.
|
| Outlook scheduler |
Outlook scheduler |
- KOrganizer. |
| Text recognition (OCR) |
Recognita, FineReader |
- ClaraOcr.
- Gocr.
- Kooka.
|
| Scanning software |
Programs on CD with scanner, VueScan |
- Xsane.
- Kooka.
- Xvscan. [Proprietary]
- VueScan. [Proprietary]
|
| Antivirus |
AVG AntiVirus, NAV, Dr. Web, TrendMicro, F-Prot, Kaspersky, ... |
-
Dr. Web. [Proprietary]
- Trend ServerProtect.
[Proprietary]
-
RAV Antivirus. [Proprietary] (Bought by Microsoft?)
- OpenAntivirus
+ AMaViS / VirusHammer.
- F-Prot. [Proprietary]
- Sophie / Trophie.
- Clam Antivirus.
- Kaspersky. [Proprietary]
- YAVR.
|
| Backup software |
ntbackup (standard), Legato Networker [Proprietary]
|
- Legato Networker. [Proprietary]
- Lonetar.
[Proprietary]
- Disk Archive.
- Bacula.
- Taper.
- dump / restore. (console, standard)
- Amanda (console).
- Mondo Rescue.
(backups that boot and auto restore themselves to disk)
|
| Text to speech |
MS text to speech |
- KDE Voice Plugins.
- Festival.
- Emacspeak.
- VoiceText.
|
| PIM / DB / hierarchical notebook with tree view |
TreePad [Proprietary], Leo, CueCards |
- TreePad Lite. [Proprietary]
- Yank.
- TreeLine.
- Gjots.
- Leo.
- Hnb - hierarchical notebook.
- TuxCards. |
| Search and replace text in files |
- Integrated with system
-
Indexing service
-
HTMLChanger
- Any file manager |
- find (console, standard).
- slocate (console, standard).
GUI:
- Gsearchtool.
- Kfind.
- Any file manager
|
| Palm/handheld software |
Palm Desktop |
- Kpilot.
- Jpilot. |
| Allows to carry on Palm .html files |
iSilo |
- iSilo.
- Plucker. |
| Music / mp3 / ogg players |
- Winamp
- Zinf
- SnackAmp
- Soritong
- Apollo
- K-jofol 2000
- Sonique
- C-4
- Media Box Audio / Video Workstation 5
- Blaze Media Pro
- NEX 3
- Real Jukebox
- Windows Media Player
|
- XMMS (X multimedia system).
- Noatun.
- Zinf. (former Freeamp)
- Winamp.
- Xamp.
- GQmpeg.
- SnackAmp.
- Mplayer. (Frontend: Kplayer).
- Xine. (Frontends: Sinek, Totem) |
| Console music / mp3 / ogg players |
mpg123, dosamp, Mplayer |
- Cplayer.
- mpg123.
- ogg123.
-
mpg321.
-
Orpheus.
- Mp3blaster.
- Madplay.
- Console utils for xmms.
- Mplayer.
|
| Programs for CD burning with GUI |
Nero, Roxio Easy CD Creator, ... |
- K3b. (KDE)
- XCDRoast.
- KOnCd.
- Eclipt Roaster.
- Gnome Toaster.
- CD Bake Oven.
- KreateCD.
- SimpleCDR-X.
- GCombust.
- WebCDWriter. (CD burn server, usable from any remote browser with Java support)
- CDR Toaster.
- Arson.
- CD-Me (Creation of audio-CD).
|
| CD player |
CD player, Winamp, Windows Media Player, ... |
- KsCD.
- Gtcd (Gnome) + tcd (console).
- Orpheus. (console)
- Sadp.
- WorkMan.
- Xmcd.
- Grip.
- XPlayCD.
- ccd / cccd. (console)
- cdp. (console)
- BeboCD.
|
| Slowing the rotation of CD |
Slowcd, Cdslow |
- mount -o speed=<speed>
- hdparm -E <speed>
- eject -x <speed>
- cdspeed.
|
| CD ripping / grabbing |
- Cdex
- MusicMatch
- Streambox Ripper
- Audiocatalyst
- WinDac
- Audiograbber
-
Media Box Audio / Video Workstation
-
CD-Copy
- Blaze Media Pro
- Real Jukebox
- Windows Media Player
- Nero
- VirtualDrive
- VirtualCD
- Audacity |
- Grip.
- Audacity.
- RipperX.
- tkcOggRipper.
- A Better CD Encoder.
- cdda2wav.
- Gnome Toaster.
- Cdparanoia.
- Cd2mp3.
- Dagrab.
- SimpleCDR-X.
- RatRip.
- AutoRip.
- Sound Juicer.
|
| Tracker music player |
Winamp, Windows Media Player, ... |
- xmms + MikMod-plugin. Comes with xmms.
- xmms + xmp-plugin. Using xmp.
- MikMod. (console)
- xmp. Can play tracker music with Midi devices.
- TiMidity++. Only mod files. |
| Midi player |
Winamp, Windows Media Player, ... |
- xmms + midi-plugin. (Using TiMidity)
- xmms + awemidi-plugin. (Using drvmidi)
- xmms + playmidi-plugin. (Using playmidi)
- TiMidity++. Supports gus pathes and sf2 banks, backend to another software.
- timidity-eawpatches. Gus-patches for TiMidity++.
- Kmid.
- drvmidi / awemidi.
- pmidi (console, for ALSA).
- playmidi.
- atmidi. |
| Midi + karaoke player |
VanBasco |
- Kmid.
- Gkaraoke.
- TiMidity++.
|
| Mp3 encoders |
- Lame
- Cdex
- MusicMatch
- Streambox Ripper
- Audiocatalyst
- Blaze Media Pro
- Media Box Audio / Video Workstation
- AudioSlimmer
- Real Jukebox
|
- Lame.
- Bladeenc.
- NotLame.
- L3enc. [Proprietary]
- gogo.
|
| OGG encoders |
oggenc |
oggenc. |
| Work with Real protocol |
- RealPlayer. [Proprietary]
- Mplayer + libraries. |
- RealPlayer. [Proprietary]
- Mplayer + libraries.
- ReMedial.
|
| Radio |
VC Radio, FMRadio, Digband Radio |
- xradio.
- cRadio.
- Xmradio.
- RDJ.
- RadioActive.
- XMMS-FMRadio.
- Gqradio.
- Qtradio.
|
| Audio editors |
SoundForge, Cooledit, Audacity, ... |
- Glame.
- Rezound.
- Sweep.
- WaveForge.
- Sox.
- Audacity.
- GNUSound.
- Ecasound.
- SoundStudio.
- mhWaveEdit.
|
| Multitrack audio processor |
Cubase |
- Ecasound.
- Ardour.
|
| Sound tracker |
Fasttracker, ImpulseTracker |
- Soundtracker.
- Insotracker.
- CheeseTracker.
|
| Sound mixer |
sndvol32 |
- Opmixer.
- aumix.
- mix2000.
- KMix.
- Alsamixer.
- GMix.
- wmix
(for WindowMaker)
- Mixer_app (for WindowMaker)
- Many applets for AfterStep / WindowMaker / FluxBox. |
| Software for music notation |
Finale, Sibelius, SmartScore |
- LilyPond.
- Noteedit.
- MuX2d. |
| Midi-sequencer |
Cakewalk |
- RoseGarden.
-
Brahms.
- Anthem.
- Melys.
- MuSE.
- MidiMountain. (KDE)
More infrormation: Midi-Howto. |
| Music creation |
Cakewalk, FruityLoops |
- RoseGarden.
- Ardour.
|
| Synthesizer |
Virtual waves, Csound |
- Csound.
- FluidSynth.
- Arts Builder (???).
|
| ID3-Tag Editors |
Mp3tag |
- EasyTAG.
- Cantus.
- id3tool (console).
- id3ed (console).
- id3edit (console).
|
| Guitar/Instrument Tuning software |
- In-Tune Multi-Instrument Tuner
- Digital Guitar Tuner
|
???
|
| Record streaming audio into .MP3 files |
Twins Stream Ripper |
Stream Ripper.
|
| 4.- Multimedia (graphics). |
| Graphic files viewer |
- ACDSee
-
IrfanView
-
Xnview
- CompuPic [Proprietary]
- Windows Fax and Image viewer
- Any web browser
|
- Xnview.
- GQview.
- Qiv.
- CompuPic [Proprietary]
- Kuickshow.
- Kview.
- GTKSee.
- xv. [Proprietary]
- pornview.
- imgv.
- Gwenview.
- Gliv.
- Showimg.
- Fbi.
- Gthumb.
- PixiePlus.
- Electric Eyes (Gnome).
-
Eye of Gnome.
- GImageView.
20) Hugues Image Viewer.
2- Any web browser.
|
| Viewing the graphic files in console |
QPEG |
- zgv.
- aalib.
|
| Simple graphic editor |
Paint |
- Kpaint.
- Tuxpaint.
- Xpaint.
- Gpaint.
- Killustrator.
- Graphtool.
|
| Powerful graphic editor in PhotoShop style |
- Adobe Photoshop [Proprietary]
-
Gimp
-
Paint Shop Pro [Proprietary]
- Pixel32 [Proprietary]
- Corel PhotoPaint [Proprietary]
- Macromedia Fireworks
|
- Gimp.
- ImageMagick.
- Pixel32. [Proprietary]
- CinePaint.
- RubyMagick.
- Corel PhotoPaint 9. [Proprietary]
|
| Programs for work with vector graphics |
Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, AutoSketch, OpenOffice Draw |
- Sodipodi.
- xfig.
- Sketch.
- Karbon14 and Kontour.
- OpenOffice Draw.
- Dia.
- Tgif.
- Gestalter.
- ImPress.
- Tkpaint.
- Tgif.
- Corel Draw 9. [Proprietary]
|
| SVG editor |
WebDraw [Proprietary] |
- Sodipodi.
- Dia.
- Sketch.
|
| SVG viewer |
- Squiggle
-
X-Smiles
-
SVG support in Mozilla
|
- Squiggle.
-
X-Smiles.
-
SVG support in Mozilla.
- SVG support in Konqueror.
|
| Program for text decoration |
Wordart, OpenOffice Draw |
OpenOffice Draw. |
| Program for ASCII-drawing |
ANSI DRAW, Mazaika |
- CanvASCII.
- Jave.
- ANSI Draw.
- EDASCII.
|
| Converting the graphic files in pseudographics |
??? |
aalib. |
| Flash playing |
Flash Player |
- SWF Macromedia Flash Player.
- Flash Player. [Proprietary]
- Plugin for Netscape/Mozilla (download here or here). |
| Flash creation |
Macromedia Flash |
- DrawSWF.
-
Ming. (Creating flash swf output from programming languages)
|
| 3D-graphics |
3D Studio MAX, Maya [Proprietary], Povray, ... |
- Blender.
- Maya. [Proprietary]
- KPovModeler.
- K3Studio.
- Moonlight.
- GIG3DGO.
- Povray.
- MegaPov.
- K3D.
- Wings 3D.
- Softimage XSI.
[Proprietary]
- Kludge3d.
|
| The instrument for making the photographic quality scene based of ArchiCAD 3D-models |
ArtLantis Render |
??? |
| Icon editor |
Microangelo |
- Gnome-iconedit.
- Kiconedit. |
| Small program for making screenshots |
Integrated with system (PrintScreen), Snag it, ... |
- Ksnapshot.
- Xwpick.
- Xwd, xgrabsc.
- Motv (xawtv)
-
Streamer (video)
- Integrated with window manager (various hotkeys)
|
| Drawing structure diagrams of the database |
Access |
- Dia.
- Toolkit for Conceptual Modelling.
|
| Create printed calendars, greeting cards, etc., with clip art collection |
Broderbund Print Shop |
??? |
| Download pictures from digital camera |
Polaroid Drivers |
- Camera Tool (gtkam)
- Gphoto2.
|
| - Office/business. |
| Office suite |
MS Office, StarOffice / OpenOffice, 602Software |
- OpenOffice.
- StarOffice. [Proprietary]
- Koffice.
- HancomOffice.
[Proprietary]
- Gnome Office.
- Applixware Office. [Proprietary]
- Siag Office.
- TeX, LaTeX, ...
|
| Office suite |
WordPerfect Office 2000 |
WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux. (No longer available at Corel website. It was Windows version, running under Wine :). |
| Word processor |
Word, StarOffice / OpenOffice Writer, 602Text, Abiword |
- Abiword.
- TextMaker [Proprietary]
- WordPerfect.
- Ted.
- StarOffice / OpenOffice Writer.
- Kword.
- LyX.
- Kile (KDE Integrated LaTeX Environment). |
| Spreadsheets |
Excel, StarOffice / OpenOffice Calc, 602Tab |
- Gnumeric.
- Abacus.
- StarOffice / OpenOffice Calc.
- Kspread.
|
| Creating presentations |
MS PowerPoint, StarOffice Presentation, OpenOffice Impress |
- StarOffice Presentation.
-
OpenOffice Impress.
- Kpresenter.
- MagicPoint.
- Kuickshow & gimp :).
|
| Personal finances manager |
- MS Money
-
Quicken
-
Moneydance [Proprietary] |
- GNUcash.
- GnoFin.
- Kmymoney.
- Grisbi.
-
Moneydance. [Proprietary]
|
| Project management |
MS Project, Project Expert 7 |
- Mr Project.
- Outreach.
|
