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 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
 
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