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When migrating to Linux from Windows, a common question is "Where can I get a program for Linux that is similar to XYZ program on Windows?" Fear not! Listed below are programs that could be considered roughly equivalent to certain popular Windows applications.
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Networking
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Lynx, etc. |
Epiphany, Firefox, Galeon, Konqueror, Lynx, Mozilla, Nautilus, Netscape, Opera | Internet browsers for the World Wide Web. |
| Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Pegasus, Lotus Notes | Email clients. | |
| ICQ, MSN Messenger, AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Trillian, Pidgin |
Mercury, Pidgin (formerly Gaim), Kopete, aMSN, KICQ, Gabber, Emesene (MSN), Centericq | Instant messaging software. |
| Microsoft Netmeeting | ||
| Microsoft HyperTerminal | ||
| FileZilla FTP Client, WS FTP, Bullet Proof FTP, CuteFTP |
FileZilla FTP Client, GFTP, KFTP (KFTPGrabber), Kasablanca, FireFTP, Konqueror, KBear, CrossFTP | FTP client's for browsing an FTP servers. |
| mIRC | Internet Relay Chat client's. | |
| UltraVNC, TightVNC, RealVNC, builtin remote desktop |
TightVNC, RealVNC, rdesktop, FreeNX, x11vnc, Synergy, XDMCP, x11 forwarding | Allow remote desktop viewing or control. |
| MailWasher | ||
| Forte Free Agent, Thunderbird, Pan | News Reader (Usenet newsgroups) | |
| eMule | P2P Filesharing software | |
| Azureus, utorrent | BitTorrent clients | |
| Skype, Voipbuster | VOIP software |
Multimedia
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Photoshop[1], Corel Photo-Paint[2], GIMP, GIMPShop |
GIMP, GIMPShop, Krita, Pixel (non-free high quality), LightZone (non-free high quality) | |
| Corel Draw[3], Adobe Illustrator[4] | ||
| Irfanview, ACDSee | ||
| 3D Studio MAX, Blender, Maya | ||
| Windows Media Player, PowerDVD | ||
| SIA Smaart Live | ||
| Winamp, Sonique, iTunes, aTunes |
amaroK, aTunes XMMS, BMP, Audacious, juke, noatun, RhythmBox, xine will play aac and wma, Banshee | Audio Players |
| Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Elements, Multiquence[5] | Video Editing Tools | |
| Audacity, Cubase, CoolEdit, GoldWave[6] | ||
| Audio Catalyst, dbpoweramp, CDex | ||
| Cakewalk | ||
| NoteWorthy Composer[7], MuseScore, LilyPond | ||
| GuitarPro[10], TuxGuitar |
TuxGuitar[11] | |
| Microsoft Paint, Kid Pix, Tux Paint | ||
| Videora |
Office
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org | OpenOffice, KOffice, Siag Office | Office package |
| Word | OOWriter, AbiWord, KWord | Wordprocessing |
| Access, dBase, Foxpro, Paradox | Kexi, PgAccess*, Rekall*, Knoda*, OOBase | database |
| Excel, Lotus123, QuattroPro | OOCalc, Gnumeric, KSpread | Spreadsheet |
| Visio | Kivio, Dia, OpenOffice.org oodraw | |
| PowerPoint | OOImpress, KPresenter | Presentation |
| Microsoft Project Manager | MrProject, Imendio Planner, Kplato | Project Management |
| Outlook, Thunderbird + Lightning, Sunbird | Evolution, Kontact, BALSA, Thunderbird + Lightning, Sunbird | |
| Quicken, Microsoft Money, TurboTax | GnuCash, KMyMoney, jGnash, MoneyDance, Grisbi, PLCash, CrossOver Office with Quicken, lazy8ledger | Money |
| WinEdt, TeXnicCenter | Kile, Texmaker |
*PgAccess, Rekall, and Knoda are front-ends to an SQL server.
Desktop Publishing
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver, NVU, KompoZer, Aptana |
OOWeb, NVU, KompoZer (fork of NVU 1.0), Quanta Plus, Mozilla, Screem, Bluefish, Amaya, Aptana | ||
| Quark, Quark Express, Microsoft Publisher | |||
| Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader |
Adobe Acrobat Reader, Xpdf, Kpdf, Ghostview, Evince; See PDF page for more info/options |
PDF Reader | |
| Adobe Acrobat Distiller, PDFCreator |
With Ghostscript, many Linux apps can print or export to PDF, OpenOffice.org, kprint -- can fax, convert to pdf, and combine pages. See PDF page for more info/options |
convert to PDF tools | |
| Adobe Acrobat PDF editor |
PDF editing tools | ||
| SilverFast | flatbed and film scanning | ||
| FinePrint |
page-crunch, mpage, Kprinter, psnup/PSutils, pdfnup/PDFjam | Document Printing/Reformatting Tools |
Utilities
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Zip, Winzip, Winrar |
Karchiver, File Roller, ark, hjsplit; command line: zip/unzip, tar, gzip, bzip2/bunzip2, lha, zoo, rar (shareware), unp (unpacks most common formats: tar[.gz,.bz2], gz, bz2, Z, ar/deb, rpm, shar, rar, arj, zip, LHa, cab, ace, tnef, uu (mail, news), mime, hqx, sea, zoo, pmd, cpio, afio, lzop) | |
| Alcohol 120%, Discjuggler, Easy CD Creator, Nero Burning ROM |
Arson, Eroaster, gcombust, K3b, XCDRoast, serpentine, GnomeBaker | |
| chkdsk | fsCk | check your file system (and the hard disk beneath it) for errors |
| Daemon Tools | ||
| Disclib | ||
| Edit (DOS) | ||
| Google Desktop |
Kerry Beagle, Recoll, Google Desktop | Desktop Search |
| Norton Ghost | ||
| Norton Partition Magic | ||
| Notepad, Wordpad, TheGun, EditPlus, SciTE |
KWrite, Kate, BlueFish, Leafpad, Gedit, Joe, Beaver, Cream, SciTE; see also EditPlus Wiki: Alternative Editors | |
| Disk Size Explorer | File Light, Konqueror | 'disk space used' explorers |
| Fanout (scroll down) | Fanout (scroll down) | remote cmd execution to any number of machines running SSH. |
| Filemon, Regmon | syscalltrack | system call tracking (file monitor & others) |
| Veritas Backup Exec, Cobian Backup |
BackupPC, Bacula, Amanda, Veritas Netbackup, Simple Backup Suite, RESTORE | Backup Tools |
| Bitvise Tunnelier | gSTM is a front-end for managing SSH-tunneled port redirects. | |
| WinMerge | Meld is a visual diff and merge tool. You can compare two or three files and edit them in place (diffs update dynamically). |
Server
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IIS, Apache | Web servers for hosting a website. | |
| Fileserver\Print Services | Share files and printers between Windows and Linux systems. | |
| FileZilla FTP Client & Server | proftpd, vsftpd, pure-ftpd | FTP servers, for hosting files. |
| NetLimiter |
Trickle, Level 7 Filter, ClarkConnect, Bandwidth Arbitrator, MasterShaper | Bandwidth (re)shaping/management. |
| Exchange | Store appointments, contacts, tasks, mails, bookmarks, documents, and many more elements and share them with other users. | |
| Sharepoint | Manage and secure documents, collaborate around document creation and editing, full document contents indexing |
Scientific
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maple, Mathematica | Maple, Mathematica, Maxima, Axiom, SymPy | Computer Algebra |
| Matlab | Numerical Computing | |
| SPSS, Stata, EViews | Statistical Analysis | |
| Verilog | Verilog Simulator | |
| Google Earth, NASA World Wind, Celestia, Stellarium |
Google Earth, Celestia, Stellarium, Marble; see also Geody, a geospatial search engine and web tool that support such applications. | Geography and Astronomy |
Security
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Norton/McAfee Antivirus, ClamWin, AVG, AntiVir | Antivirus Software | |
| ZoneAlarm | Firewall Software |
Other
| Windows apps | Linux apps | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ActiveSync | ||
| Endnote | Bibliography Manager | |
| CDisplay Sequential Image Viewer | Comic book reader (.cbz, .cbr) | |
| Windows | ||
| Windows Update, Add/Remove programs | ||
| µBook, Ice Book Reader |
PyBookReader, Kniga, yBook with wine | |
| Freemind | Freemind | MindMapping Software |
| WinRunner | xautomation, expect | automating interactive applications |
| KTouch | Learn how to touchType | |
| VMWare |
QEMU, KVM, VirtualBox, VMWare | Virtual Machine Emulator |
| SyncToy | File Synchronization |
Please add new applications to this list. A good resource is the BeetleSpace Windows/Linux Software Table of Equivalents, which is GNU FDL licensed.
See also
- The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. (www.linuxrsp.ru)
- Ubuntu software equivalents's page (wiki.ubuntu.com)
- The Linux Equivalent Project (www.linuxeq.com)
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