[Balug-talk] Windows to Linux application look-up table

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Daniel Curry (dcurry at cariocas.com):

> I am looking for some kind of table or database that compares compatible
> Linux apps with those for Windows.
>  
> For example:
>  
> MS Office         OpenOffice.org
> Visio                 Dia
> Etc...

I'm afraid you may have a difficult time finding MS-Windows applications
that are perfectly compatible with standard Linux ones.  It'll therefore
be safest to stay with Linux and not venture out into the dangerous
waters of proprietary environments.

P.S.:  Have a look in http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/ ,
http://linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/future.html#ALTERNATIVES ,
http://cbbrowne.com/info/linux.html , and so on.

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Rick Moen                                                     -- Huw Davies
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