Ubuntu User Days (January 2009) - Ubuntu Equivalent Programs

[cprofitt]

This is a complimentary thread on the forums to augment the Ubuntu User Days Course: Ubuntu Equivalent Programs

My name is cprofitt and I will be discussing applications that can replace applications commonly used on OS X or Windows.

The intended audience for the session is people who have recently switched to Ubuntu (and Linux) or those debating making the switch.

The best part about many of the applications I will cover is that they are cross-platform. By that, I mean that they can be run on Ubuntu, OS X or Windows. For those that are debating making the switch this will allow you to slowly make a transistion.

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First I will cover what I consider the 'basic' productivity applications.

- Word Processor: Typically Microsoft Office on both OS X and Windows though iWork is a productivity suite.

- Image editor (bitmap): This is usually Photoshop or a derivitive, like Photoshop express. Corel Photopaint is an option as well.

- Media Player: Quicktime Player or Media Player would be the two obvious choices, but you also have to factor in iTunes as a media organizer (it uses Quicktime to play media files).

- Web Browser: The default for OS X is Safari and the default for Windows is Internet Explorer. Though in this space we have to acknowledge that Firefox is used on numerous machines of both OSes.

- File Browser: Though both OS X and Windows have so entagled their file browsers that most people do not think of them as applications they are, indeed, applications. OS X uses Finder and Windows uses Windows Explorer.
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To learn more please attend the live IRC session tomorrow 21:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classrom on freenode.net

This thread can also be used for questions by those who were unable to attend the live session. I will post a link to a full transcript when the session is over and this thread can be used to ask further questions.

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log file:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays/012...valentPrograms
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Supporting materials.

[edempco]

GNUcash requires an additional "gnucash-docs" file. There doesn't seem to be a way to download this file from the GNUcash program. Where do I go and how do I install it?

[cprofitt]

GNUcash requires an additional "gnucash-docs" file. There doesn't seem to be a way to download this file from the GNUcash program. Where do I go and how do I install it?

The instructions are on this wiki -- http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building