Finding Applications That You Need
From Ark Linux Wiki
You are probably thinking, "Since I most likely can't use my Windows or Macintosh program, what should I use?" That's what the table below is for.
This table is in no way complete -- if you come up with some other program that is not there, go ahead and add it.
| Windows | Macintosh | Ark Linux | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Editing | Audacity | Audacity | Audacity, soniK, Rezound, Kwave, Konqueror (via right-click menu) |
| Desktop Publishing | PageMaker, Publisher | Scribus, OpenOffice.org Writer, Kword | |
| Development Environment | Visual Studio | gcc, g++, KDevelop, QtDesigner | |
| Office | Microsoft Office, WordPerfect Office | Microsoft Office, ClarisWorks, AppleWorks | OpenOffice.org, KOffice, kexi |
| PDF Creation | Adobe Acrobat, OpenOffice.org | Adobe Acrobat, OpenOffice.org | OpenOffice.org, Scribus, KOffice |
| PDF Viewing | Adobe Acrobat Reader | Adobe Acrobat Reader | Kpdf |
| Photo and Image Management | Windows Explorer | Konqueror (in image view mode), Digikam, Digikam ShowPhoto, Gwenview | |
| Raster Image Editing | PhotoShop, PhotoPaint | PhotoShop | Krita, The Gimp |
| Text Editing | Notepad, Notepad++ | SimpleText | Kwrite, Kedit, KATE, nano, vi |
| Vector Graphics | CorelDraw, Xara, OpenOffice.org Draw | OpenOffice.org Draw | Karbon14, Inkscape, OpenOfice.org Draw |
| Multimedia Players | Windows Media Player, QuickTime | QuckTime | KMplayer, SMplayer, MPlayer, Kaffeine, VLC |
| Audio Players | Windows Media Player, QuickTime, MusicMatch/Yahoo JukeBox | QuickTime | Amarok, KMplayer, SMplayer, MPlayer, Xine |
| Video Editors | Windows Movie Maker | cinerella, kdenlive | |
| VNC | x11vnc (server), krdc (client for both VNC and RDP) | ||
| World Wide Web | Internet Exploiter, Firefox, Opera, Flock | Safari, Firefox | Konqueror (recommended), Firefox |
