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robert2411
there are programmas so you can run windows programmas in linux
but it works not allways good and nice
but the most programes work fine

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crystalhoo
QUOTE(robert2411 @ Sep 27 2007, 06:58 PM) *
there are programmas so you can run windows programmas in linux
but it works not allways good and nice
but the most programes work fine


Do you mean wine?
It seems wine works with most stand-alone command line executables, but works with GUI programs hardly.

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xboxrulz
WINE works with most Windows program dating back to 1998. More recent ones are harder to have compatibility of since the newer Windows API has changed a lot since and the community is having a really hard time catching up.

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.:Brian:.
No, I think what robert2411 was trying to say was that not all of the programs on the list are very good programs, but that many of the programs will work just fine.

It was just that the post was not in complete English sentences so it was somewhat hard to understand...

Anyway, that looks like a nice resource, thanks for the link!

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Sten
thats a nice list of alternatives, although my favourite software company ever is Adobe and unfortunately all their stuff costs alot and they only make it for Windows and Mac.

one thing ive always wondered about WINE and never bothered looking for the answer is what does it do about the registry? when a program puts something in the registry, where does it go? does it have a little registry thing, lol.

some of the things in that list (the windows ones) ive never even heard of yet ive heard of the linux equivelant for them. i like it how expensive windows programs have free windows alternatives, although they may not be quite as good.

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jbitkill
Some Linux equivalents are:

MS Office - OpenOffice
Virtual PC - Wine
Internet Explorer - Firefox
Windows Media Player - Audacity
Windows Media Center - LinuxMCE
Nero Burning ROM - Nero for Linux
MS Outlook - Evolution
WinRAR/WinZip - P7Zip
CMD/Command Prompt - Terminal
Monopoly - Atlantic (If Spelling Is Okay)

and many more.

If you want more, go to http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_...indows_software (my first link!)

xxxx-jozh-xxxx

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xboxrulz
QUOTE(Sten @ Sep 29 2007, 08:50 PM) *
thats a nice list of alternatives, although my favourite software company ever is Adobe and unfortunately all their stuff costs alot and they only make it for Windows and Mac.

one thing ive always wondered about WINE and never bothered looking for the answer is what does it do about the registry? when a program puts something in the registry, where does it go? does it have a little registry thing, lol.

some of the things in that list (the windows ones) ive never even heard of yet ive heard of the linux equivelant for them. i like it how expensive windows programs have free windows alternatives, although they may not be quite as good.



It's stored in the system.reg file in your WINE bottle.

xboxrulz

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ChrisAF07
This is a great resource but I don't think users of Adobe products will find that the Linux alternatives measure up.

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Grave
I believe this site is a bit more comprehensive:

http://linuxappfinder.com/

Seriously, with developers actively producing ports of programs you used to only find on MS's OS, Linux on the desktop is really coming soon. Although many say that kind of prediction's been done to death before, it's only really now with the surge of Ubuntu, gOS and the other user-friendly distros that it's finally coming to light.

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