Linux software equivalent,Alternative to Windows software
Now it’s a really special post , for most of Linux beginners it’s really difficult to do their tasks , because linux has not so big list of software available for doing everything ( They say you have to code it to use it !!) but here is a list of Linux softwares that you can use while migrating/moving from Windows to Linux to replace your Windows softwares . I will post these one by one Here’s the first one for Networking .
Networking
| Windows Software | Equivalent Linux Software | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Lynx, etc. | Epiphany, Firefox, Galeon, Konqueror, Lynx, Mozilla, Nautilus, Netscape, Opera, SeaMonkey, IceWeasel | Internet browsers for the World Wide Web. |
| Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Pegasus, Lotus Notes | Kontact, Evolution, Thunderbird, Claws Mail, Lotus Notes | Email clients. |
| ICQ, MSN Messenger, AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Trillian, Pidgin | Mercury, Pidgin (formerly Gaim), Kopete, aMSN, KICQ, Gabber, Centericq | Instant messaging software. |
| Microsoft Netmeeting | Gnomemeeting | |
| Microsoft HyperTerminal | minicom | |
| FileZilla FTP Client, WS FTP, Bullet Proof FTP, CuteFTP | FileZilla FTP Client, GFTP, KFTP (KFTPGrabber), Kasablanca, FireFTP, Konqueror, KBear, CrossFTP | FTP client’s for browsing an FTP servers. |
| mIRC | Konversation, KVIrc, XChat, BitchX | Internet Relay Chat client’s. |
| UltraVNC, TightVNC, RealVNC, builtin remote desktop | TightVNC, RealVNC, rdesktop, FreeNX, x11vnc, Synergy, XDMCP, x11 forwarding | Allow remote desktop viewing or control. |
| MailWasher | KShowmail | |
| Forte Free Agent, Thunderbird, Pan | Thunderbird, Pan, Sylpheed, See More Clients Here | News Reader (Usenet newsgroups) |
| eMule | aMule | P2P Filesharing software |
| Azureus, utorrent | Azureus, Qtorrent, Ktorrent, bittornado, Deluge | BitTorrent clients |
| Skype, Voipbuster | Skype, Linphone, OpenWengo, Ekiga |
VOIP software |
You can download these by using the Ubuntu Software Repository
or your own software repository , if you use fedora, suse,Pclinuxos or anything else for that purpose.
