Tools and Utilities on Windows and Linux Platforms, this list will help you to look at the application you get on Linux.
| Category |
Windows |
Linux |
| Office Suits | Microsoft Office, OpenOffice | KOffice, OpenOffice, SotOffice, AbiWord, etc |
| Email Clients | Outlook Express, ThunderBird, etc | Thunderbird, Evolution, Balsa, Pine, etc |
| Browsers | Internet Explorer,FireFox, Opera, Maxothon, etc | Opera, Firefox, Mozilla, Epiphany, etc |
| Instant Messengers | Msn, Yahoo, Aol, Icq, etc | Gaim, Kopete, Centericq, IM2, Jabber, etc |
| Media Players | Windows Media Player,Winamp, Sonique, etc | Xmms, Mp3blaster, Beep, Splay, Zinf, etc |
| Text Editors | Notepad, WordPad, MS-Word, etc | Vi, Emacs, Kate, Kwrite, Vim, etc |
| Compression | WinZip, WinRAR, WinACE, 7-Zip, etc | Zip, Tar, Bzip2, Rar, etc |
| Download Managers | Flashget, GetRight, DAP, etc | wget, Axel, ProZilla, QuickDownloader, etc |
| Desktop Search | Msn, Google, Yahoo, Coppernic. | Beagle, Kat. |
| Development | C, C++, VB, VC++, Perl, PHP, .Net, Java etc | C, C++, Perl, C#, PHP, Ruby, RealBasic, Java, etc |
| IDE | Visual Studio, Visual Studio.net, Zeus, etc | Anjuta, Kdevelop, etc |
| Firewalls | Zone Alarm, Sygate, McAfee, Tiny, etc | Ipchains, Iptables, FireStarter, etc |
| Anti-Virus | AVG, Norton, McAfee, Pc-cillin, QuickHeal, etc | AntiVir, ClamAV, Bit Defender, etc |
| Database | MySQL, SQL Server, SAP, Oracle, etc | PQSql, MySql, Oracle, etc |
| Image Editors | Paint, PhotoShop, etc | GIMP, Blender, Dia, Electric Eyes, etc |
Not so high quality list but this can be served as the basics of looking and giving a try to linux, and yes if linux suits your needs then why use pirated copy of windows, just throw it away and get into the world of linux which gives you more power with your computer.
- Anish Shaikh.