User:Neverendingo/comparison

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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 Cente 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
PIM Outlook Kontact
Web Browser Internet Explorer Safari Konqueror, rekonq
Instant Messaging Client Windows Live Messenger iChat, Adium Kopete, KMess
IRC Client mIRC Colloquy Konversation

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
PDF Viewer Adobe Reader Adobe Reader Okular
Vectorial Drawing Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator Karbon14

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
Word Processor Microsoft Word Pages KWord
Spreadsheet Microsoft Excel Numbers KSpread
Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint Keynote KPresenter
Desktop Database Creation Microsoft Access FileMaker Kexi
Diagram and Flowcharting Microsoft Visio OmniGraffle Kivio
Project Management Microsoft Project iTaskX, Merlin 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