Differences and Similarities between Windows and Ubuntu... [ Edited ]

[MrPeter1985 Guru]

Windows version                            Ubuntu’s version

   
Microsoft Office                                              OpenOffice Suite
Word                                                                 OpenOffice Word Processing
Excel                                                                 OpenOffice Spreadsheet
PowerPoint                                                       OpenOffice Presentation
Access                                                              OpenOffice Database
Internet Explorer                                            Firefox 
Outlook                                                            Evolution
advanced e-mail client                                  Thunderbird
MSN / AIM / Yahoo / Gtalk / IRC                  Pidgen
Photoshop                                                       Gimp
Quicken / Quickbooks                                  GnuCash
Microsoft Publisher                                        Scribus
Microsoft Project                                            OpenProj
Adobe Acrobat Professional                       “print to a PDF file” is built-in
Adobe Illustrator                                            Sodipodi
Windows Media Player                                    VLC
iTunes                                                              Rhythmbox
Picasa                                                               F-Spot
Nero CD/DVD burning                                  Brasero
CD ripping                                                       Sound Juicer
BitTorrent / uTorrent                                    Deluge
Windows Image Viewer                                  F-Spot
Final Cut Pro / Avid Liquid                            Kino
Visio                                                                 Dia
FrontPage                                                        KompoZer
DreamWeaver                                                  Screem
Skype                                                                Ekiga 
Notepad                                                           Text Editor
muti-user collaborative editor                    Gobby
wifi network manager                                   Wifi Radar
audio editing and/or recording                  Audacity
hyperlinked post-it notes                            Tomboy
desktop sharing / VNC / virtual                  Vinagre
WinZip                                                              File Roller, 7zip
Window Media Center / TiVo                        MythTV
WinFax                                                             GFax
graphic charting                                            Inkscape
charting for programmers                          Umbrello
backup —to local or network                       Simple Backup
backup —to CDs or DVDs                             Home User Backup
backup —including config files                   QuickStart
WinRAR                                                            File Roller, 7zip
eMule downloading                                       aMule
karaoke                                                            KMid
3-D Studio                                                       Blender
FTP client                                                         FileZilla
database management                                 MySQL
audio handler                                                 PulseAudio
anti-virus / anti-spyware                             none needed
run Windows applications                            Wine, Wine Doors, Playonlinux
disk usage analysis                                        Disk Usage Analyzer

And HERE is a link to Ubuntu's "Switching from Windows Page"

***I did NOT create the above list, I cut it from the NET. It does seem to be an up to date list of FREE tools/ application that doeswhat the windows version does***

[Don_Coyote]

I'm not familliar with all of the packages mentioned in the list, but certainly Wine is not the "equivalent or better" of running native Windows programs, and you can't run a small business with GnuCash without quite a bit more HR investment than you can with Quickbooks.

Leave the hype to Windows, its not what Linux is about...

[MrPeter1985 Guru]

Thanks for your input. As I stated I did not create all of the list, so there may be a better and easier alternative than GnuCash.

I will try to look it up later.

HERE is how a Linux Group converted an Office over to Linux.

[MrPeter1985 Guru]

Another POV is that Windows is Locked Down, Linux is Open Sourced. Where when you come across a issue or error in windows they tell you it can't be done or you can not do that, Linux users say I can fix that. Everyday users that run into issues or something they would like to do reports it, The Linux Community (which is any user that knows what to program) fixes the issue and it gets released in a future update. Windows has an useless registry, linux no, Windows uses to much of your services and ram, linux very little ram used and services only run when the program is ran, does not stay on to cause conflicts like windows, windows NTFS needs to be defragged, linux's ext4 does not, windows AV companies create viruses to stay in business, no body wastes time to create viruses for linux (almost next to impossible) Mac and Linux have been hit before (no ones perfect) when about 70-80% use windows would you create a virus for anything else (I think not) And the reason RedHat is not free it's owned by M$.

Tim's TOP 20 reasons

[MrPeter1985 Guru]

Oh forgot about this. Did you know that legaly your windows lisence is invalid if your PC is damaged by a Virus?

> Contained within the Microsoft EULA;
> This Limited Warranty is void if failure of the Product has resulted
> from accident, abuse, misapplication, abnormal use or a virus.

[Don_Coyote]

It is a handy list, I just think the note in the header about "equal to or better and free" is misleading. (Just curious, is Ubuntu pretty careful to include only "libre-" free software?)

I mention the Gnucash problem because I tried to convert a small, non-profit cooperative I was an officer with to Linux while convincing them to spend about $4000 on PCs and Linux support rather than $6000 on shiny new Macs. After spending weeks checking around everyone seemed to agree Linux had nothing to offer comparable to Quickbooks that didn't cost a great deal more in support _and_ require learning new systems that didn't have general applicability. I guess you could develop GnuCash to do any small business task with enough effort, but that isn't going to convince anyone who isn't already dedicated to FOS to convert...

[MrPeter1985 Guru]

OK I removed that part. Like I noted I did not make that, So I just removed the quote.

[Mark_Lenovo Administrator]

Mrpeter1985,

Hmm.. I'm not sure that's how I'd interpret the warranty statement in the EULA. 

I don't think it means that your license is void if you get a virus, but rather that the warranty of the performance of the software might be void.  I would also postulate that it's not a permanent void.  Reloading should be fine.

My interpretation is that MS is reasonably saying that if the OS malfunctions because it is infected by a virus that they aren't responsible to fix the code.  I.e. if you escalate a bug as a normal course of action, they would support it under the terms of the warranty, but if the bug were the result of virus corruption, then they aren't on the hook.

In any event - interesting discussion, but in practice... clean the virus or reload, right?

Plenty of good reasons to like Windows or to like Linux.

Different strokes for different folks, right?

Mark

[MrPeter1985 Guru]

LOL thats a good way of putting it.

I'm not sure where that part is in the EULA. Some Linux user had it as there signature. I thought it was funny. I would like to find it myself to see what it fell along.

I do love my XP though, Nothing can beat gaming with XP. he he

[IPnaSh Guru]

Open source doesn't mean free. Remember that guys.

The best OS for the user is that one who can use for their own needs.