Finding Applications That You Need
From ArkWiki
Many of you are wondering, "Since I can't use my Windows or Macintosh program on Linux, what should I use?" The following table will help you decide that-keep in mind, this table is not complete; if we are missing a program, feel free to add it to the appropriate category:
| Windows | Macintsoh | Ark Linux | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Microsoft Office, Wordperfect Office | AppleWorks, Claris Works | OpenOffice.org, Koffice |
| Text Editors | Notepad | SimpleText | Kwrite, Kedit, Kate, nano, vi |
| PDF Creation | Adobe Acrobat | Adobe Acrobat | Koffice, Scribus, OpenOffice.org |
| PDF Readers | Adobe Acrobat Reader | Adobe Acrobat Reader | Kpdf, Konqueror (via plugin) |
| Photo Editors | Adobe PhotoShop, Corel PhotoPaint | Adobe PhotoShop | Krita, The Gimp, Konqueror (via right-click menu addon), DigiKam and DigiKam's ShowPhoto, Gwenview |
| Media Players | Windows Media Player, QuickTime | QuickTime | Mplayer, Kmplayer (GUI frontend for Mplayer), Xine, Kaffeine, VideoLan Client |
| Music | Windows Media Player, Yahoo/MusicMatch Jukebox, QuickTime | iTunes, QuickTime | Amarok (provides support for the iPod via addon, and generic MP3 players without an addon) |
| Audio Editing | Cubase, CakeWalk, Wavelab | Audacity, | Rezound, soniK, Kwave, lmms (Linux MultiMedia Studio), Konqueror (via right-click menu addon), Audacity |
| Video Editing | iMovie, Adobe Premier, Ulead Video Editor | iMovie | kdenlive, kino, LIVES, Konqueror (via right-click menu addon item) |
| Internet Browsers | Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera, Firefox | Safari, Firefox | Konqueror, Firefox |
| IRC | mIRC | Minerva, WeeChat | Kvirc, Konversation |
| Microsoft .NET | Microsoft .NET, Mono | Mono | pNET |
| File Managers | Windows Explorer | Finder | Konqueror, D3lphine, Krusader, mc |
| Development | Visual Studio | REALBasic | Qt Designer, KDevelop, g++, gcc, pNET, Python, Perl, BASH |
| CD Burners | Imgburn, Windows Explorer (via right-click menu), ISO Recorder | Finder (via popup box when you insert your recordable CD), Roxio Toast | K3B |
| AntiVirus | Norton, McAffee, AVG, Avast! | Norton | clamav, Klamav (the GUI front end for clamav) |
| Firewall | ZoneAlarm |
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