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Re: [school-discuss] The Windows/Linux equivalency table
On Saturday 20 April 2002 07:46, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> Here's the table of Windows/Linux application equivalencies (posted to
> OS:N on December 31, 2001), plus some updates that were suggested later:
> Application Windows program OSS/Linux equivalent(s)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Word processing: Microsoft Word AbiWord, KOffice, StarOffice
<Esc><BS>OpenOffice.org Writer, PatheticWriter, KLyx
> Web browsing: Internet Explorer Konqueror, Mozilla, Galeon
, SkipStone, Amaya
> Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel Gnumeric, KOffice, StarOffice
<Esc><BS>OpenOffice.org Calc, SIAG
> Graphics: Adobe Photoshop The GIMP
, Kontour, Sketch, GPhoto, Vertex, XFig, Xmorph, Dia, Kivio
> Web design: Allaire HomeSite Glimmer
, Screem, BlueFish, Quanta+
> Web sharing: Microsoft IIS Apache
, Roxen, Zope, Boa, Tux
> Groupware PIM¹: Microsoft Outlook Evolution, PHP Groupware
SamsungContact [not OS AFAIK], Bynari groupware, KDEPIM
> Security: Fortres (no extra software needed)
, PortSentry, Nessus, NMap, TcpDump, EtheReal, Prelude
> System updates²: Windows Update Red Hat Network, apt-get
, MandrakeUpdate, urpmi
> Slide presentation: Microsoft PowerPoint KPresenter, StarOffice
<Esc><BS>OpenOffice.org Impress, Egon Animator, MagicPoint,
Publisher/Layout Microsoft Publisher Scribus, KWord
IRC/IM Messenger Gabber, EveryBuddy, GAIM, GnomeICU,
KIT, Kopte, LICQ, XChat, KVirc
Remote Access RAS, PCAnywhere, VNC OpenSSH, VNC, rdesktop
> 1 Nobody at my school actually uses a groupware PIM, but they should.
> 2 For obvious reasons, my school should regularly update their systems,
> but nobody ever does.
It's probably very helpful to also show applications (e.g. Mozilla,
OpenOffice.org, VNC, KDE including Konqueror [Yes!]) that run on both Windows
and other-including-Linux platforms, the point being that an admin/school
board then has additional options for transitioning *gradually* or by
units/areas rather than just en-bloc leap-of-faith all-or-nothing style.
For example, Mozilla currently runs on Windows, Linux-etc and MacOS: this
reassures administrators that if they switch to a web-based paradigm for
services, it will be uniformly accessible from all platforms. OpenOffice.org
runs on Windows, Linux and Solaris only but there is a Mac port underway, so
uniform corss-platform officing is mostly there and will soon be all there.
> It was later brought up that specifically educational software is not
> yet as widely available on Linux as Windows or Macintosh, but it seems
> to me that some progress has been made there. However, I don't see any
> Linux products yet that are at the level of Windows games (e.g. "Reader
> Rabbit" and "Carmen Sandiego")
Try the following samples:
TuxRacer (now avail as a commercial product), FlightGear, Maelstrom (runs
on Mac and Win too), Frozen-Bubble, Chromium, BZFlag, PySol (runs on Win
too).
All available as Open Source, and so (tah-daah) all available to be adapted to
specific educational ends. Try _that_ with a Magic Schoolbus CD-ROM! (-:
> BMan also mentioned that Fortres was broken at his school 3 days after
> it was introduced. I never said it was any good (I had to break it
> myself once because it was denying everyone access to everything), I
> just said that it is used.
If you *must* use Windows, you can't go past Trojan Defense System, made by a
WestOzzie and subject to rave reviews worldwide. http://tds.diamondcs.com.au/
Cheers; Leon