Win32 Applications And Linux Equivalents?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday June 29, 2000 @11:24PM from the finding-open-sourced-alternatives dept.

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... by ywwg · 2000-06-29 20:34 · Score: 4

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.