On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Phil Deane wrote:
>Hi Folks
>
>I have been using linux for maybe just inder a month, and I am starting
>to notice that I am lacking in a few aspects, comapred to when i was
>using windows. I have asked various people on IRC, and freinds using
>linux, but to no avial, so you guys are next on my port of call list.
>
>What I am looking for is a some software advice. I have the basic setup
>running salckware 3.5 with 2.0.35 kernel and fvwm95.
>
>I am looking for some utils/apps/spftware that will help me. For
>example, if I was running win95 you would probably tell me to get
>winzip, adobe reader, msoffice etc.
>
>I am looking for preferably free software(I know most software is free
>on linux, but some such as OSS and wordperfect arn't)
>
>I am looking for a good Word processor,spreadsheet (like MSOffice, is
>WYSIWYG)
>an X Based FTP client (Like cute ftp, ie point and click)
>good sound software, (ie Mp3 player/encoder, wav recorder etc)
>scanner software
>graphics progs
>and any other little program you find invaluable, or think someone would
>find useful on their system. I am primarily looking for X based
>software, as it is easily just now.
For something like MS Office, StartOffice can do the work, free but a big
download. Also you should have >32 Megs to run it reasonably. Check
www.stardiv.com. It also does some HTML, but I never used it.
For all the other smaller things, the best resource is (I believe)
sunsite.unc.edu. There are several X based ftp clients, but I dont know them.
You can check the Linux LSM (Linux software map), somewhere in www.linux.org.
You can also check www.plig.org/xwinman/ for other window managers. Most of the
newer WMs come with a set of such tools that you may need. KDE
has some utils for Internet and a zip prog which looks like WinZip. You may
feel better with it.
And you can get acrobat reader for Linux from Adobe, although ghostview will do
the job.
Hope this helps,
BS
>
>Also perhaps a good HTML prog, like netscape composer but better ( I use
>Visual Page on win95)
>
>Thanks in advance :)
>
>Phil
>The Miracle Express
>htp://queen.ontheweb.nu
