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== Multimedia == | == Multimedia == | ||
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− | + | | '''Issue''' | |
− | + | | '''In Windows I'd Use...''' | |
− | + | | '''In Linux I'd Use...''' | |
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| Burn a CD/DVD | | Burn a CD/DVD | ||
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* Totem | * Totem | ||
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| Organize and manage MP3s | | Organize and manage MP3s | ||
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| Sync to an iPod | | Sync to an iPod | ||
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* [http://www.banshee-project.org/ Banshee] supports syncing your music library to iPods, Creative Nomads, and a variety of other devices. It also is able to do on the fly transcoding of those files. [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | * [http://www.banshee-project.org/ Banshee] supports syncing your music library to iPods, Creative Nomads, and a variety of other devices. It also is able to do on the fly transcoding of those files. [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | ||
* GTKPod | * GTKPod | ||
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| Edit Video | | Edit Video | ||
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* Adobe Photoshop | * Adobe Photoshop | ||
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* [http://www.gimp.org/ The Gimp] is the canonical graphics manipulation program for Linux systems. It is shipped with most versions of Linux and provides enough features to keep an amature photographer happy for quite some time. However, the Gimp is starting to show its age and is lacking features that advanced users may find helpful, such as color masks and 32 bit image depth. <font color="green">also availalble for Windows</font> [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | * [http://www.gimp.org/ The Gimp] is the canonical graphics manipulation program for Linux systems. It is shipped with most versions of Linux and provides enough features to keep an amature photographer happy for quite some time. However, the Gimp is starting to show its age and is lacking features that advanced users may find helpful, such as color masks and 32 bit image depth. <font color="green">also availalble for Windows</font> [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | ||
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* Adobe Illustrator | * Adobe Illustrator | ||
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* [http://www.inkscape.org/ Inkscape] is a powerful cross platform vector graphics editor that natively handles SVG images. <font color="green">also available for windows</font>[[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | * [http://www.inkscape.org/ Inkscape] is a powerful cross platform vector graphics editor that natively handles SVG images. <font color="green">also available for windows</font>[[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | ||
* [http://www.koffice.org/karbon/ Karbon14] is a vector graphics editor for KDE | * [http://www.koffice.org/karbon/ Karbon14] is a vector graphics editor for KDE | ||
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== Office Tasks == | == Office Tasks == | ||
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− | + | | '''Issue''' | |
− | + | | '''In Windows I'd Use...''' | |
− | + | | '''In Linux I'd Use...''' | |
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| Write a letter | | Write a letter | ||
− | | | + | | Microsoft Word |
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− | * OpenOffice.org [http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html Writer] < | + | * OpenOffice.org [http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html Writer] <font color="green">Also available for Windows and Mac</font> |
− | * [http://koffice.org/kword/ KWord] < | + | * [http://koffice.org/kword/ KWord] <font color="green">Also available for Mac</font> |
− | * [http://www.abisource.com/ AbiWord] < | + | * [http://www.abisource.com/ AbiWord] <font color="green">Also available for Windows and Mac</font> |
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| Design a presentation | | Design a presentation | ||
− | | | + | | Microsoft Powerpoint |
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− | * OpenOffice.org [http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html Impress] < | + | * OpenOffice.org [http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html Impress] <font color="green">Also available for Windows and Mac</font> |
− | * [http://koffice.org/kpresenter/ KPresenter] < | + | * [http://koffice.org/kpresenter/ KPresenter] <font color="green">Also available for Mac</font> |
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| Create a small database | | Create a small database | ||
− | | | + | | Microsoft Access |
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− | * OpenOffice.org [http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html Base] < | + | * OpenOffice.org [http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html Base] <font color="green">Also available for Windows and Mac</font> |
− | * [http://koffice.org/kexi/ Kexi] < | + | * [http://koffice.org/kexi/ Kexi] <font color="green">Also available for Windows and Mac</font> |
* [http://thekompany.com/products/rekall/ Rekall] (front end only, requires a separate database installation) | * [http://thekompany.com/products/rekall/ Rekall] (front end only, requires a separate database installation) | ||
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| Design a spreadsheet | | Design a spreadsheet | ||
− | | | + | | Microsoft Excel |
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− | * OpenOffice.org [http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html Calc] < | + | * OpenOffice.org [http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html Calc] <font color="green">Also available for Windows and Mac</font> |
− | * [http://koffice.org/kspread/ KSpread] < | + | * [http://koffice.org/kspread/ KSpread] <font color="green">Also available for Mac</font> |
− | * [http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ Gnumeric] < | + | * [http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ Gnumeric] <font color="green">Also available for Windows</font> |
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| Collaborate using groupware | | Collaborate using groupware | ||
− | | | + | | Microsoft Outlook |
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| Balance a checkbook | | Balance a checkbook | ||
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* [http://www.gnucash.org/ GNUCash] has matured into a very mature piece of financial software. It has some support for OFX transactions to download account information directly from your bank or credit card. The program has come a long way in the past few years, so if you remember it from the days when everything was in Scheme, you may want to check out the newest version. | * [http://www.gnucash.org/ GNUCash] has matured into a very mature piece of financial software. It has some support for OFX transactions to download account information directly from your bank or credit card. The program has come a long way in the past few years, so if you remember it from the days when everything was in Scheme, you may want to check out the newest version. | ||
− | * [http://jgnash.sourceforge.net/ JGnash] is the program that WPLUG uses to manage their accounts. It's significantly simpler to run that GNUCash, but as a result, it lacks much of the flexibility inherent in GNUCash. This program is written in Java so it will run on most platforms. < | + | * [http://jgnash.sourceforge.net/ JGnash] is the program that WPLUG uses to manage their accounts. It's significantly simpler to run that GNUCash, but as a result, it lacks much of the flexibility inherent in GNUCash. This program is written in Java so it will run on most platforms. <font color="green">also available for Windows</font> |
− | * [http://www.moneydance.com/ Moneydance] is a very flexible and powerful personal finance package written in Java. It has built in support for many banks and online account services, such as IRAs, credit cards, etc. The visualization tools have come a long way and the budgeting tools help you make sure you're not spending too much money. Moneydance is commercial software and costs $29.99. < | + | * [http://www.moneydance.com/ Moneydance] is a very flexible and powerful personal finance package written in Java. It has built in support for many banks and online account services, such as IRAs, credit cards, etc. The visualization tools have come a long way and the budgeting tools help you make sure you're not spending too much money. Moneydance is commercial software and costs $29.99. <font color="red">not open source</font> <font color="green">also available for Windows</font> [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] |
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| Manage business finances | | Manage business finances | ||
− | | | + | | Quickbooks |
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| Fill out tax forms | | Fill out tax forms | ||
− | | | + | | TurboTax, TaxCut |
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* [https://sidney.solutionsforprogress.com/ Sidney] from [http://www.solutionsforprogress.com/ Solutions for Progress] is a web based system for doing your taxes. At the current rate it has limited support for state taxes (Pennsylvania is included), has an income cap of $52,000, and is limited to the first 75,000 users. This program is written by one of the contributors to the Metacity window manager for [http://www.gnome.org/ GNOME]. | * [https://sidney.solutionsforprogress.com/ Sidney] from [http://www.solutionsforprogress.com/ Solutions for Progress] is a web based system for doing your taxes. At the current rate it has limited support for state taxes (Pennsylvania is included), has an income cap of $52,000, and is limited to the first 75,000 users. This program is written by one of the contributors to the Metacity window manager for [http://www.gnome.org/ GNOME]. | ||
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| Create a PDF file | | Create a PDF file | ||
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* Most Linux programs can print to PostScript, check the "Print to File" option if it's not available. Then use the ps2pdf program to translate. | * Most Linux programs can print to PostScript, check the "Print to File" option if it's not available. Then use the ps2pdf program to translate. | ||
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* Evince is part of GNOME and supports most PDF functions. | * Evince is part of GNOME and supports most PDF functions. | ||
* KPDF is a very robust PDF viewer for KDE | * KPDF is a very robust PDF viewer for KDE | ||
− | * [http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10 | + | * [http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=unix Adobe reader for Linux] operates very similarly to the windows version. <font color="red">not open source</font> |
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+ | == Internet Communications == | ||
+ | {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" | ||
+ | | '''Issue''' | ||
+ | | '''In Windows I'd Use...''' | ||
+ | | '''In Linux I'd Use...''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Browse the web | ||
+ | | Internet Explorer | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * [http://www.mozilla.com/ Mozilla Firefox] | ||
+ | * [http://www.opera.com/ Opera] - this lightweight and fully standards compliant browser is available for a huge variety of operating systems. <font color="red">not open source</font> | ||
+ | * [http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany Epiphany] - the fully GNOME integrated web browser | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Send an email | ||
+ | | Microsoft Outlook | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * [http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird] | ||
+ | * [http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution Evolution] | ||
+ | * [http://www.mutt.org/ Mutt] - console mode email client that goes by the slogan "all mail clients suck, this one just sucks less" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Send instant messages | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * Microsoft Live Messenger | ||
+ | * AOL Instant Messenger | ||
+ | * Yahoo Instant Messenger | ||
+ | * Google Talk | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * [http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ GAIM] - a multi-protocol, multi-platform instant messenger client that can connect to almost any instant messenger client. <font color="green">also available for Windows</font> | ||
+ | * [http://developer.imendio.com/projects/gossip Gossip] - a jabber focused instant messenger client, that now supports a huge variety of networks thanks to integration with [http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/ Telepathy] - [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | ||
+ | * [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Participate in Internet Relay Chat (IRC) | ||
+ | | mIRC | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * X-Chat | ||
+ | * Irssi | ||
+ | * [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete] | ||
+ | * [http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/ksirc/index.html KSirc] | ||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | == Server Tasks == | ||
+ | {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" | ||
+ | | '''Issue''' | ||
+ | | '''In Windows I'd Use...''' | ||
+ | | '''In Linux I'd Use...''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Run a large scale database | ||
+ | | Microsoft SQL Server | ||
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+ | * [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL] - known as the workhorse of the OpenSource Database field. PostgreSQL supports a variety of languages for stored procedures, foreign keys, has interfaces to many programming languages, and runs on a variety of systems.[[User:Pwagstro]] | ||
+ | * [http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL] - is a very fast SQL server that is easy to setup and scales fairly well. Despite it's earlier faults, MySQL is now a fully functional relational database program.[[User:Pwagstro]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Provide email services | ||
+ | | Microsoft Exchange | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * Postfix | ||
+ | * Sendmail | ||
+ | * Hula | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Serve web pages | ||
+ | | Microsoft IIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * Apache | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Customer Relationship Management | ||
+ | | Microsoft CRM | ||
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+ | * [http://www.sugarcrm.com/ SugarCRM] - markets itself as "Commercial Open Source". A very high quality package of CRM tools to manage all aspects of business relations. | ||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | == System Maintenance == | ||
+ | {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" | ||
+ | | '''Issue''' | ||
+ | | '''In Windows I'd Use...''' | ||
+ | | '''In Linux I'd Use...''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Scan for viruses | ||
+ | | Symantec AntiVirus | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Scan for malware/spyware | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Scan for rootkits | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Backup my hard disk | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * [http://www.bacula.org/ Bacula] is a very robust network based backup system. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Work with ZIP files | ||
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+ | * Winzip | ||
+ | * PKZIP | ||
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+ | * KDE's [http://konqueror.kde.org/features/filemanager.php Konqueror] file manager automatically browses ZIP files and supports drag 'n' drop into/out of them. | ||
+ | * [http://www.info-zip.org/ Info-ZIP's] '''zip''' and '''unzip''' command-line programs come installed by default on most Linux systems. <font color="green">Also available for Windows and Mac</font> | ||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | == System Administration == | ||
+ | {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" | ||
+ | | '''Issue''' | ||
+ | | '''In Windows I'd Use...''' | ||
+ | | '''In Linux I'd Use...''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Install Software | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Remove Software | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Add a new user | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Switch users without logging out | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | = I'd like to see how to do that! = | ||
+ | Add your questions to this list! | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | = I'd like to demonstrate how to do that! = | ||
+ | If you are willing to do a demo, please sign up below in the following format: | ||
+ | * Task (the more specific, the better) | ||
+ | ** Your name | ||
+ | ** Name of software you'll be using | ||
+ | ** About how long you think you'll need to present | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Produce a newsletter | ||
+ | ** [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] | ||
+ | ** OpenOffice.org Writer | ||
+ | ** 10 min. | ||
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+ | * Create a brochure | ||
+ | ** [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] | ||
+ | ** Scribus | ||
+ | ** 15 min. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Thank you!''' |