Linux equivalents to popular Windows software

[Law]

Originally posted by andrewsvalesen
Do torrents work on linux? I haven't dled Utorrent in ages.

Yes, there are torrent clients for Linux.

[w00dw00d]

nice thanks

[CalcProgrammer1]

This thread appears to be 2 years old lol...

But yeah, there are some nice programs for Linux. I love OpenOffice as well as VLC Media Player. The only thing I haven't found for Linux that is good is a video editor. I tried cinelerra but hated it's multiple window crowded messed up interface. A video editor should simply have a clips/effects browser, a playback window, a timeline, and a menu bar, not some weird stuff like cinelerra has. Also, they should all be in one window. All those windows just crowd up the screen.

Other than that, there are Linux equivalents to pretty much everything, well, except maybe Macromedia Fireworks (well, you could use Gimp) or Flash (no Linux comparison).

[Brinson]

Originally Posted by CalcProgrammer1

This thread appears to be 2 years old lol...

But yeah, there are some nice programs for Linux. I love OpenOffice as well as VLC Media Player. The only thing I haven't found for Linux that is good is a video editor. I tried cinelerra but hated it's multiple window crowded messed up interface. A video editor should simply have a clips/effects browser, a playback window, a timeline, and a menu bar, not some weird stuff like cinelerra has. Also, they should all be in one window. All those windows just crowd up the screen.

Other than that, there are Linux equivalents to pretty much everything, well, except maybe Macromedia Fireworks (well, you could use Gimp) or Flash (no Linux comparison).

There is the professional editting program Mainactor for Linux. Its a few years out of date but much nicer than anything else I've run across. There is a trial for download on their site.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=re...M5MX2xmep8yXWQ