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title: Alternatives to Windows applications
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created: 2009-01-05 22:42:10 +0100
updated: 2010-01-14 12:32:40 +0100
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tags:
  - know-how
  - software
  - linux
  - software
  - applications
---
| Windows application(s)                       | Linux equivalent(s)                       |
|:---------------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------|
| [Adobe Photoshop](http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/)     | [GIMP](http://www.gimp.org/)   |
| [Adobe Illustrator](http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator)  | [Inkscape](http://www.inkscape.org/)    |
| [AeroFly](http://www.aerofly.de/)<br />[FMS](http://n.ethz.ch/~mmoeller/fms/index_e.html)    | [CRRCSim](http://crrcsim.berlios.de/wiki/)   |
| [ElStEr](http://www.elster.de/)                                 | [Taxbird](http://www.taxbird.de/)    |
| [foobar2000](http://www.foobar2000.org/)                        | [Rhythmbox](http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/)<br />[MPD](http://musicpd.sf.net/) with [pympd](http://pympd.sf.net/)   |
| [Google Earth](http://earth.google.com/)                        | [Marble](http://edu.kde.org/marble) (or try their [WinE-Version](http://earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth.html))  |
| [IrfanView](http://www.irfanview.com/)                          | [GQview](http://gqview.sf.net/)  |
| [Microsoft Office](http://office.microsoft.com/)                | [OpenOffice.org](http://www.openoffice.org/)   |
| [Miranda](http://www.miranda-im.org/)                           | [Pidgin](http://pidgin.im/)  |
| [Nero](http://www.nero.com/eng/nero9-introduction.html)         | [Nero Linux](http://www.nero.com/eng/linux3.html)   |
| [Picasa](http://www.google.com/picasa/)                         | [F-Spot](http://f-spot.org/) (or try their [WinE-Version](http://www.google.com/picasa/linux/))  |
| [PopTray](http://www.poptray.org/)                              | [mail-notification](http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/)  |
| [PortableApps](http://portableapps.com/)<br />[U3](http://www.u3.com/)  | [PorTools](http://www.portools.com/)<br />[l-portable](http://jchien.awardspace.com/)<br />[Klik](http://klik.atekon.de/)  |
| [Putty CM](http://puttycm.free.fr/) + [PuTTY](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)   | [grcm](http://grcm.sf.net/) or `~/.ssh/config`   |
| [StarMoney](http://www.starmoney.de/)                           | [Moneyplex](http://www.moneyplex.de/) (or try their [WinE-Version](http://www.starmoney.de/index.php?id=linux))  |
| [Total Commander](http://www.ghisler.com/)                      | [Gnome Commander](http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/)<br />[Tux Commander](http://tuxcmd.sf.net/)   |


See also:

* <http://www.linux.ie/newusers/alternatives.php>