[Jesse_hz]

Reposting this here, as the list was making the sticky about switching to Linux unnecessarily long. You'll probably notice that a lot of the applications, listed as alternatives, also run on Windows; they are not mistakes. You'll probably also note that a few of them aren't free (as in "freedom"), these aren't mistakes either.

If you have good experiences with running any Windows applications under Wine or if you know of any good Linux applications, that aren't listed here, then please PM me or post in this thread.

Below is a list of alternative applications, that are good to know, when switching to GNU/Linux:

• Windows -> Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse

Instant messaging and IRC:

• Miranda IM, Trillian -> Pidgin, Gossip, Empathy
• MSN Messenger -> aMSN
• Mirc -> Xchat (Linux version is free)

Audio production:

• Adobe Audition -> Audacity
• Cakewalk -> Ardour

Audio listening:

• Foobar2000 -> Quod Libet
• iTunes -> Rhythmbox
• Musicmatch Jukebox -> Amarok, Exaile
• Winamp 2 -> Audacious
• Mp3tag -> Ex Falso, EasyTAG

Office-important-business-thingy-makmemonay-NAO!:

• M$ Word -> AbbeyWord, OO.org Freighter
• M$ Powerpuff -> OO.omg Impress
• M$ Exceller@te -> Gnumeric, OO.org Chalk
• M$ Access -> OO.org Leavedoorunlocked

Data distribution:

• Azureus -> Transmission (Azureus does work under Linux, but some users have problems)
• Limewire, Frostwire -> gtk-gnutella (again, Limewire does work, but some users have problems with java applications)
• µTorrent -> Ktorrent
• Halite -> Deluge

Image editing:

• Photoshop, Paintshop, Paint.NET -> The GIMP
• 3dsmax -> Blender, Maya (costs big £)
• Irfanview, Xnview -> Eye of Gnome, gThumb, GQView
• Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, Corel Draw -> Inkscape, Xara Xtreme

Programming:

• Notepad, ClearEdit -> gedit, Kate
• HxD, A.X.E., Cygnus -> Bless, GHex

File/Data Management:

• TreeSize -> Baobab
• -> Fslint
• Explorer -> Nautilus, Dolphin, Konqueror, PCMan

Other:

• Internet Explorer -> Firefox, Opera, Epiphany, Konqueror
• WMP -> Totem, Gnome-mplayer, VLC
• Macromedia Flash 8 -> gedit+Mtasc+Inkscape+svg2swf, FlashForLinux (F4L is not a recommended alternative)
• Adobe Flash 9 -> ? (Either the Flex SDK will have to do or you're just SOL)
• CDex, dBpoweramp -> Grip, Sound Juicer
• EAC -> Rubyripper

Compression:

• 7-Zip, WinRAR, WinZip -> File Roller

Games, that have native versions for Linux:

• Unreal Tournament
• Unreal Tournament 2003
• Unreal Tournament 2004
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein
• America's Army
• Darwinia
• Uplink
• Second Life (yuck btw)
• All Scumm™ based games through ScummVM
• Postal
• Postal 2
• On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness

Applications/Programs known to work very well with Wine:

• Prey
• Safari (but fonts can be messed up)
• Windows version of Firefox, but why?
• Foobar2000
• Macromedia (now Adobe) Flash 8
• µTorrent
• The GUId Windows version of 7-Zip
• Steam + all source games (works for some, borked for others )
• Leisure Suit Larry 7
• Pink Panther in Passport to Peril (SERIOUSLY, don't kill me!)
• Warcraft III
• Internet Explorer 3-6 (requires special setup)