Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:58:41 +0000 From: Xian <ian@codepad.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software mirgration from Windows for my friend Message-ID: <200501151058.42031.ian@codepad.net> In-Reply-To: <1105761003.669.17.camel@owl2> References: <1105761003.669.17.camel@owl2>
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On Saturday 15 January 2005 03:50, Sergei Gnezdov wrote: > Hi, > > I need to consider if my friend can migrate from windows. Do you know > of a good user friendly alternatives (may be not as powerful)? I might > be able to answer most of the items, but I'd like to make sure that I > know about the options: > > Alternatives for: This is what I use, it all came from the ports collection and installed without fuss. > - MS Office XP. I don't think he has very complex documents. The office collection that comes with KDE > - ACDSE 5.0, Photoshop. I am not convinced that he edits or creates > images. > - WinRAR and WinZIP > - WinAMP Xmms (only under FeeSBIE), it even looks and feels like WinAMP > - Virtual CD > - Some kind of CD Burner I use burncd and mkisofs from the command line. Can't be bothered with getting a GUI one at the moment > - Some DVD Player Ogle, tho I need to set OGLE_OSS_RESET_BUG environment variable, cos there's something up with the sound drivers for my machine (FreeBSD 5.3R and onboard sound on a A7V600-X motherboard). Now that's worked around Ogle is extreamly good, it does DVD menus as well. > - AC3filter > - Decoding DVD to AVI (I have no idea why anybody would need this) -- /Xian "Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater." Albert Einstein
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