Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:01:01 -0500 From: Kris Maglione <bsdaemon@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software mirgration from Windows for my friend Message-ID: <41E9767D.6000602@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <1105761003.669.17.camel@owl2>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Sergei Gnezdov wrote: >Alternatives for: > >- MS Office XP. I don't think he has very complex documents. > > OpenOffice.org (works with windows too), KOffice >- ACDSE 5.0, Photoshop. I am not convinced that he edits or creates >images. > > GIMP 2.0 >- WinRAR and WinZIP > > KDE's Ark/command line utils >- WinAMP > > XMMS is popular, but there are lots of other great ones. Most of them are good. I like Xinf, but I don't use it anymore. >- Virtual CD > > mdconfig -a -t vnode -f file.iso -u 1 mount_cd9660 /dev/md0 /cdrom1 >- Some kind of CD Burner > > xcdroast, gnome has support too >- Some DVD Player > > Xine, Ogle, Mplayer. All good, Mplayer sucks for DVDs, though >- AC3filter > > some command line tool and a few gui apps >- Decoding DVD to AVI (I have no idea why anybody would need this) > > There is a good GUI app for this, but I forget what it's called. Check ports. As a note, though. This friend may be better off with a linux distro. FreeBSD is not newbie friendly and lacks certain hardware/software support that linux has. Not having ALSA precludes certain apps from working/working well. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB6XaBmcXjc1XBrAQRAj1jAJ0aKxiFGIDdUxLbilAaVYppAb++oACgp2Oe RXZMpGH8aLp2lgRbC7c8N/c= =MwpD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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