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Re: [school-discuss] The Windows/Linux equivalency table
I posted the table on opensourceschools.org
Additions such as this sure would be great as comments so we can make an
easy-to-find equivalence table in the help section.
David
Quoting Leon Brooks <leon@brooks.fdns.net>:
> 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
>
>
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