Table of equivalent applications

This is a table of applications that are approximately equivalent. It is not by any means exhaustive, but tries to help a new user of KDE software to find packages that might suit. The section headings are links to take you to pages with more software in that group.

Desktop

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
File manager	Windows Explorer	Finder	Dolphin, Konqueror
Control Center	Control Panel	System Preferences	System Settings
Command Line Interpreter	Command Prompt	Terminal	Konsole, Yakuake, KRunner

Internet and Networking

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
Blogging client	Windows Live Writer		Blogilo
BitTorrent Client	BitTorrent		KTorrent, KMLDonkey, KGet
Download Manager	FlashGet		KGet
eDonkey Client	eMule		KMLDonkey
E-mail Client	Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail	Apple Mail	KMail
Feed Aggregator			Akregator
Personal Information Manager	Outlook		Kontact
Web Browser	Internet Explorer	Safari	Konqueror, rekonq
Instant Messaging Client	Windows Live Messenger	iChat, Adium	Kopete, KMess
IRC Client	mIRC	Colloquy	Konversation, Quassel

Graphics and Imaging

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
Image Editor	Paint.NET, Adobe Photoshop	Adobe Photoshop	Krita, KolourPaint
Image Viewer	ACDSee		Gwenview, KuickShow, digiKam, KPhotoAlbum
Photo Management	ACDSee		digiKam, KPhotoAlbum, Gwenview
PDF Viewer	Adobe Reader	Adobe Reader	Okular
Vectorial Drawing	Adobe Illustrator	Adobe Illustrator	Karbon

Multimedia

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
Audio Player	Windows Media Player, Winamp	iTunes	Amarok, Juk, KsCD, Kaffeine
Video Player	Windows Media Player	QuickTime Player	Bangarang, Dragon Player, KPlayer, KMPlayer, Kaffeine
CD and DVD Authoring	Nero Burning ROM	iDVD	K3b, K9Copy
Disk image emulator	Daemon Tools		Silicon
Non-linear Video Editor	Windows Movie Maker	iMovie	Kdenlive

Office and Productivity

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
Office Package	Microsoft Office	iWork	Calligra
Word Processor	Microsoft Word	Pages	Words, KWord
Spreadsheet	Microsoft Excel	Numbers	Sheets, KCells
Presentation	Microsoft PowerPoint	Keynote	Stage, Showcase
Desktop Database Creation	Microsoft Access	FileMaker	Kexi
Diagram, Flowcharting and Mind Mapping	Microsoft Visio	OmniGraffle	Flow, Kivio, Semantik
Project Management	Microsoft Project	iTaskX, Merlin	Plan, KPlato
Personal Information Manager	Microsoft Outlook	Address Book, iCal	Kontact
Personal Finance Manager	Quicken	Billings	KMyMoney, Skrooge
Notetaking	Microsoft OneNote	Evernote	BasKet

Education

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
Touch-typing trainer	TypingMaster, Stamina		KTouch

System Administration

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
Partition Editor	Logical Disk Manager	Disk Utility	KDE Partition Manager
System Monitor	Windows Task Manager	Activity Monitor	KSysGuard
System Information	EVEREST		KInfoCenter

Utilities and Tools

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
File archiver	WinRAR		Ark
Text Editor	Notepad	TextEdit	KWrite, Kate

Development and Programming

Description	Windows	Mac OS X	KDE Software
IDE	Visual Studio	Xcode	KDevelop, Quanta
Computer-aided translation system	Poedit, Virtaal	Poedit, LocFactory	Lokalize
UML tool	Enterprise Architect		Umbrello, Kivio

 

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