One thing that I noticed Ubuntu really needed was a place for newer users to be able to find out what apps to use. I know when I first started Linux less than a year ago, my biggest questions were "where is the Linux winamp" or "what is the Linux version of _______ program." So the purpose of this thread it to make a conversion chart. This will be a work in progress for a long time, so please chime in with good ideas for conversions. Only open source stuff please, and only the most developed programs in each category so as to not confuse. And nothing that isn't in the main/universe also please. I will also list programs that have Window's or OSX ports since a new user might not have any experiance with OSS).
Windows to Linux Conversion:
In Windows --------- In Ubuntu
Internet Explorer --------- Firefox
Microsoft Office --------- OpenOffice.org
Winamp -------- Xmms
Photoshop --------- Gimp
AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, IRC instant messaging --------- Gaim
Word Pad (or notepad) --------- Gedit
Windows Media Player --------- Totem
iTunes --------- -for playing music:
-----------------------------Rhythmbox
----------------------for iPod Syncing
--------------------------------Gtkpod
ID3 tag editor ----------------------- easytag
MIRC -------- Xchat
Premiere (Movie Editing) --------- kino
Bittorado --------- Bittorado
(don't you love
native ports)
Dreamweaver --------- Nvu
CDex ---------- Sound Juicer
Nero -------- Gnomebaker
Outlook Express --------- Evolution, Thunderbird
Snood ---------- Frozen-bubble
Partition Magic --------- Gparted
eMule ----------- aMule
Soulseek ------------- Nicotine
DC++ -------------- Valknut
any multitorrent client ------------ Azureus
any download manager --------------- D4X or Gwget
regedit -------------------- gconf
Adobe Illustrator ------------ Inkscape
Remote Desktop Connection ------------ Terminal Server Client
Windows Explorer ------------- Nautilus
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer ------------ Image Viewer (Eye of GNOME)
Paint ------------- Jdraw
Kubuntu:
Internet Explorer --------- Konqueror
Microsoft Office --------- OpenOffice.org/KOffice
Winamp -------- Amarok (with the small view)
Photoshop --------- Gimp
Aol Instant Messenger --------- Kopete
Word Pad (or notepad) --------- Kwrite
Windows Media Player --------- Kaffeine
iTunes --------- -for playing music:
-----------------------------Amarok
-----------------------------Juk
----------------------for iPod Syncing
--------------------------------Gtkpod
MIRC -------- Xchat
Premiere (Movie Editing) --------- kino
Bittorado --------- Azureus QT/Qtorrent
(don't you love
native ports)
Dreamweaver --------- Nvu
CDex ---------- Kaudiocreator
Nero -------- K3B
Outlook Express --------- KMail
Snood ---------- Frozen-bubble
Partition Magic --------- Qparted
EDIT: Here is a much bigger list on another site for those that don't see what they need here:
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html