Win32 Applications And Linux Equivalents?

Compaqed asks: "I have gotten approval from my company that I'll be allowed to install Red Hat on my work computer, and they gave me a laptop to sit beside it, for all the 'Windows Only Applications'. Now I know that there is StarOffice which will supplement for MS Office nicely. Is there a place that lists all programs that list Windows applications and their Open Source equivalents?" It would be nice if there was a fairly well-updated site that does this kind of thing. It would be an invaluable site for your average New Linux User.

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assuming a GNOME desktop...

[ywwg]

notepad - gedit (with GNOME)
word - wordperfect 8 (free version) (linux.corel.com)
excel - gnumeric (with GNOME)
wsftp - gftp (gftp.seul.org)
photoshop - gimp (with GNOME)
free agent (news) - pan (with GNOME)
winamp - xmms (www.xmms.org)
visio - dia (with GNOME)
freecell - freecell (with GNOME)
minesweeper too!
mirc - xchat (with GNOME)
napster - gnapster (with GNOME)
eudora - balsa (http://www.newton.cx/balsa/)
netscape (shockwave flash is available)

any more obvious ones I missed?

All of these programs are top-notch in quality, although some are less finished than others.

M$ vs Linux Apps

[Anonymous Coward]

Console Programs
M$-DOS Edit == aee, pico, or vi
Command.com == bash, tcsh, ash, ksh or zsh
DOS-Shell (from DOS 4 & 5) == Midnight Commander

GUI Programs
Notepad == NEdit, GNotepad, GEdit, or KEdit
Solitaire == KPat
WS-FTP == gFTP
Windows Explorer == X WinCommander or KFM
Dial-up Networking == KPPP
Excel == GNUmeric or SIAG
WordPad == Pathetic Writer (what a name! :-P)
WinAmp == xmms
DOS Window == xterm or rxvt
Turbo C == Emacs + gcc

Plus, programs that are available for both:
Netscape, RealPlayer, WordPerfect, StarOffice, Tcl/Tk, Perl, Python, XBasic (although some work better than others)

So you don't really lose a lot when migrating from Windows to Linux. In fact, you gain quite a bit in overall reliability even though some Linux apps could be improved (such as RealPlayer).

Re:M$ vs Linux Apps

[The Madpostal Worker]

actually, its more like
trubo c = xwpe(or wpe) + gcc
wpe is a complete rip of the turbo interface.
not that its a bad thing(nothing compares to vi)


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A basic one...

[Otter]

win = startx

WINE

[nemoc]

If you *have* to run some 'win32' only apps (and I'm assuming you have a few, because you get a notebook), take a look at wine (http:\\www.winehq.com). They've come a long way! they can even support native windows DLL's which does wonders for their compatibility, and it support's my only 'win32 only' app. (starcraft).
if it works out for you, you even get to take your notebook home =)

Re:HelixCode

[MostlyHarmless]

FYI, HelixCode.Com offers NO, I repeat NO feature enhancements of the standard GNOME desktop. What they have done is taken over the building of GNOME rpms and added a few apps, such as Helix Update. You're probably confusing Helix GNOME with GNOME 1.0. Helix GNOME is based on GNOME 1.2, but you can also compile 1.2 yourself without the helix desktops. So what Helix is doing rocks, but I'm just making sure everyone understands that the new features in GNOME are due to the 1.2 release, not due to HELIX add-ins.