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 * ACDSee
 *Atomic Time Synchronizer
 *BearShare
 *Canon PIXMA iP2000
 *Collectorz.com Comic Collector
 *CyberScrub Professional 3.5
 *DioneSS Playlist Editor v2.1
 *Easy CD-DA Extractor 8
 *eMule
 *Forté Agent
 *HyperSnap-DX 5
 *IconPackager
 *LimeWire
 *CuteFTP 6 Professional
 *Internet Download Manager
 *IsoBuster 1.7
 *Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal
 *LimeWire PRO 4.4.4
 *Memory Washer 2.1
 *Nero 6 Ultra Edition
 *Netscape (7.2)
 *NewsLeecher
 *NewsProxy
 *Nero Media Player
 *NVIDIA Drivers
 *Opera
 *PCI Audio Driver
 *PicaView
 *PocoMail 3.2 (Build 2004)
 *PowerArchiver 2004 v9.20
 *Privacy Eraser Pro 4.02
 *QuickTime
 *Registry Compressor
 *Registry Mechanic
 *ThumbsPlus version 7.0
 *Acronis True Imag
 *TweakNow PowerPack 2005
 *Windows Media Format Runtime
 *Windows Media Player 10
 *Your Uninstaller! 2004 Version 3
 *ZoneAlarm Pro
 *PhotoOne Print
 *Spy Sweeper
 *Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_06
 *Folder Security Personal 2.50
 *DivX
 *Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 *SolidConverterPDF
 *MSN Messenger 6.2
 *Adobe Reader 7.0
 *ACDSee 7.0 PowerPack
 *ScanWizard 5
 *Diskeeper Professional Edition
 *Weather1
 *Extensis Intellihance Pro 4.0
 *Nero Mega Plugin Pack
 *Adobe Photoshop CS
 *GIANT AntiSpyware
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Packages in Debian with equivalent functionality to popular Windows software. See [[PackageManagement#Installing.2C_removing.2C_upgrading_software|installing and removing packages]].

 * [[#Network|Network]] - Network/Internet applications (e.g. web browsers, chat)
 * [[#Office|Office]] - Office applications (e.g. word processing, spreadsheets)
 * [[#Utility|Utility]] - Small utility applications (e.g. archive, screenshot)
 * [[#Audio|Audio]] - Audio applications (e.g. music players, cd ripping)
 * [[#Video|Video]] - Video playback and editing
 * [[#Game|Game]] - Games!
 * [[#Graphics|Graphics]] - Image viewing and editing
 * [[#System|System]] - System applications and tools
 * [[#Development|Development]] - Development applications (e.g. editors, compilers)
 * [[#Education|Education]] - Educational software

Note: The programs with the icon {*} are installed by default.

<<Anchor(Network)>>
== Network ==
 * '''Web Browser '''(Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Google Chrome)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:firefox-esr {*} (or DebianPkg:chromium)

 * '''Chat '''(Yahoo Messenger, AIM, IRC, etc.)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:empathy {*} (or DebianPkg:pidgin)

 * '''IRC Chat '''(mIRC, HyrdaIRC)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:xchat (or DebianPkg:irssi DebianPkg:weechat)

 * '''Phone / VoIP '''([[skype|Skype]])
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:ekiga

 * '''E-mail Client '''(Outlook, Thunderbird)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:evolution {*} (or DebianPkg:icedove = Thunderbird)

 * '''eDonkey Client '''(emule)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:amule

 * '''BitTorrent Client '''(uTorrent, Vuze)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:transmission-gtk {*} (or DebianPkg:deluge)

 * '''HTTP Download Manager '''(Internet Download Manager)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:uget
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:wget {*}

 * '''Newsreader '''(Forté Agent, !NewsLeecher)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:pan

<<Anchor(Office)>>
== Office ==
 * '''Office Suite '''(Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc.)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:libreoffice {*}

 * '''Office Database '''(Microsoft Access)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:libreoffice-base {*}

 * '''PDF Viewer '''(Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:evince {*} (or DebianPkg:xpdf)

 * '''PDF Generator / Virtual Printer '''(Adobe Acrobat DC, PDFCreator)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:cups-pdf {*}

 * '''Scanning Utility '''(Windows Fax and Scan)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:simple-scan {*}

 * '''Comic Book Database Software '''(Collectorz.com Comic Collector)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:gco (or DebianPkg:tellico)

<<Anchor(Utility)>>
== Utility ==

 * '''Text Editor '''(Notepad, Notepad++, Wordpad)
   * Equivalent: DebianPkg:gedit {*} (or DebianPkg:leafpad)

 * '''Archiver / ZIP '''(!WinRar, !PowerArchiver, 7-Zip)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:file-roller {*} (DebianPkg:p7zip-full for 7z archives and DebianPkg:unar for RAR)

 * '''Remote Control '''(Microsoft Remote Desktop)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:vino + DebianPkg:vinagre +DebianPkg:remmina {*}

 * '''Terminal '''(Command Prompt, cmd.exe, COMMAND.COM)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:gnome-terminal {*} (DebianPkg:bash {*} )

 * '''Weather '''(Weather1, Bing Weather, The Weather Channel Desktop)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:gnome-weather (DebianPkg:gnome-shell-extension-weather for panel forecast)

 * '''Data CD/DVD Burning'''
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:nautilus {*}

 * '''Secure Delete '''(!CyberScrub, SDelete)
  * Equivalent: ''shred'' (in DebianPkg:coreutils {*} ) (or DebianPkg:wipe)

 * '''Screenshot '''(Snipping Tool, Greenshot, Gyazo, !HyperSnap-DX 5)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:shutter (or DebianPkg:gnome-screenshot {*} )

<<Anchor(Audio)>>
== Audio ==
 * '''Music Library '''(Windows Media Player, iTunes)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:rhythmbox {*}

 * '''CD [[Ripping]] '''(Easy CD-DA Extractor, Windows Media Player, Cdex)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:sound-juicer (or DebianPkg:asunder)

 * '''Audio CD Burning '''(Windows Media Player, Nero)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:brasero {*} (requires DebianPkg:brasero-cdrkit)

 * '''Peer-to-Peer Music Sharing '''(!BearShare, Soulseek)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:nicotine

 * '''Playlist and Tag Editor '''(Mp3tag, DioneSS Playlist Editor)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:easytag

<<Anchor(Video)>>
== Video ==
 * '''DVD/DivX Movie player '''(Windows Media Player, Quicktime)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:totem {*} (or DebianPkg:vlc, DebianPackage:smplayer)

 * '''Video Editing '''(Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:pitivi (or DebianPkg:openshot, DebianPkg:kdenlive)

<<Anchor(Game)>>
== Games ==
 * '''Minesweeper'''
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:gnome-mines {*}

 * '''Solitaire'''
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:aisleriot {*}

 * '''Mahjong'''
  * GNOME Equivalent: DebianPkg:mahjongg {*}

 * '''Sudoku'''
  * GNOME Equivalent: DebianPkg:gnome-sudoku {*}

 * '''Chess '''(Chess Titans)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:gnome-chess {*} (or DebianPkg:dreamchess)

 * '''Pinball'''
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:pinball

 * '''Backgammon '''(Internet Backgammon)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:gnubg

 * '''Match-Three Puzzle '''(Bejewled, Candy Crush Saga)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:monsterz (or DebianPkg:gweled)

 * '''Jigsaw'''
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:xjig

 * '''Doom'''
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:freedoom

<<Anchor(Graphics)>>
== Graphics ==

 * '''Picture Viewer '''(ACDSee, Picassa, Windows Photo Viewer, !IrfanView, !XnView)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:eog {*} (or DebianPkg:gthumb)

 * '''Image Manipulation '''(Adobe Photoshop, Paint.NET)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:gimp {*} , DebianPkg:darktable {*}

 * '''Vector Graphics Editor '''(Adobe Illustrator)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:inkscape {*}

 * '''Simple Image Editor '''(Microsoft Paint)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:kolourpaint4

 * '''Drawing and Painting '''(Autodesk Sketchbook)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:krita

 * '''Scrapbook '''(!PhotoOne Print)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:fotowall

 * '''Image Enhancing '''(Extensis Intellihance Pro, Imagic Photo Enhancer)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:fotoxx

 * '''3D Modeling '''(Autodesk Maya/3DSMax)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:blender {*}

<<Anchor(System)>>
== System ==
 * '''Drive Encryption '''(!BitLocker, !TrueCrypt, Privacy Drive)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:cryptsetup + DebianPkg:gnome-disk-utility {*}

 * '''Directory Encryption '''(EFS, Folder Security Personal)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:seahorse-nautilus

 * '''Disk De-fragmentation '''(Diskeeper, Disk Defragmenter)
  * De-fragmenting is not needed, because the Debian default filesystem (ext4) is capable of placing files to avoid fragmentation automatically.

 * '''Backup '''(Windows Backup, Acronis True Image)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:deja-dup (or DebianPkg:grsync)

 * '''Time Synchronize '''(Atomic Time Synchronizer)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:ntp

 * '''Disk Recovery '''(!IsoBuster, Recuva)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:testdisk
 
 * '''Partition Manager''' (Windows Partition Manager)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:gparted

 * '''System Cleaning '''(CCleaner, Glary Utilities)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:bleachbit

 * '''Disk Usage '''(!WinDirStat)
  * GNOME equivalent: DebianPkg:baobab

 * '''Task Manager '''(Task Manager, Ctrl+Alt+Del)
   * Equivalent: DebianPkg:gnome-system-monitor {*}

<<Anchor(Development)>>
== Development ==
 * '''C++ Compiler '''(Visual C++ Compiler)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:g++

<<Anchor(Education)>>
== Education ==
 * '''Dictionary '''(Advanced English Dictionary, Ultimate Dictionary, !WordWeb)
  * Equivalent: DebianPkg:goldendict + DebianPkg:gaiksaurus

=== See Also ===
 * [[RunningWindowsPrograms]]
 * DebianPkg:wine

=== External Links ===
 * [[https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/3/html/Step_by_Step_Guide/ap-doslinux.html|Comparison of Common DOS and Linux Commands]].
 * [[http://osgameclones.com/|Open Source Game Clones]]
 * [[http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html|The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux.]]
 * [[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software|Linux software equivalent to Windows software]]


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CategorySoftware | CategoryProprietarySoftware | CategoryRedundant point some items to the relevant wiki page/software category

Translation(s): English - Français - Italiano


Packages in Debian with equivalent functionality to popular Windows software. See installing and removing packages.

  • Network - Network/Internet applications (e.g. web browsers, chat)

  • Office - Office applications (e.g. word processing, spreadsheets)

  • Utility - Small utility applications (e.g. archive, screenshot)

  • Audio - Audio applications (e.g. music players, cd ripping)

  • Video - Video playback and editing

  • Game - Games!

  • Graphics - Image viewing and editing

  • System - System applications and tools

  • Development - Development applications (e.g. editors, compilers)

  • Education - Educational software

Note: The programs with the icon {*} are installed by default.

Network

  • Web Browser (Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Google Chrome)

  • Chat (Yahoo Messenger, AIM, IRC, etc.)

  • IRC Chat (mIRC, HyrdaIRC)

  • Phone / VoIP (Skype)

  • E-mail Client (Outlook, Thunderbird)

  • eDonkey Client (emule)

  • BitTorrent Client (uTorrent, Vuze)

  • HTTP Download Manager (Internet Download Manager)

    • GNOME equivalent: uget

    • Equivalent: wget {*}

  • Newsreader (Forté Agent, NewsLeecher)

    • GNOME equivalent: pan

Office

  • Office Suite (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc.)

  • Office Database (Microsoft Access)

  • PDF Viewer (Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader)

  • PDF Generator / Virtual Printer (Adobe Acrobat DC, PDFCreator)

  • Scanning Utility (Windows Fax and Scan)

  • Comic Book Database Software (Collectorz.com Comic Collector)

Utility

Audio

  • Music Library (Windows Media Player, iTunes)

  • CD Ripping (Easy CD-DA Extractor, Windows Media Player, Cdex)

  • Audio CD Burning (Windows Media Player, Nero)

  • Peer-to-Peer Music Sharing (BearShare, Soulseek)

  • Playlist and Tag Editor (Mp3tag, DioneSS Playlist Editor)

Video

  • DVD/DivX Movie player (Windows Media Player, Quicktime)

  • Video Editing (Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas)

Games

Graphics

  • Picture Viewer (ACDSee, Picassa, Windows Photo Viewer, IrfanView, XnView)

  • Image Manipulation (Adobe Photoshop, Paint.NET)

  • Vector Graphics Editor (Adobe Illustrator)

  • Simple Image Editor (Microsoft Paint)

  • Drawing and Painting (Autodesk Sketchbook)

  • Scrapbook (PhotoOne Print)

  • Image Enhancing (Extensis Intellihance Pro, Imagic Photo Enhancer)

  • 3D Modeling (Autodesk Maya/3DSMax)

System

  • Drive Encryption (BitLocker, TrueCrypt, Privacy Drive)

  • Directory Encryption (EFS, Folder Security Personal)

  • Disk De-fragmentation (Diskeeper, Disk Defragmenter)

    • De-fragmenting is not needed, because the Debian default filesystem (ext4) is capable of placing files to avoid fragmentation automatically.
  • Backup (Windows Backup, Acronis True Image)

  • Time Synchronize (Atomic Time Synchronizer)

    • Equivalent: ntp

  • Disk Recovery (IsoBuster, Recuva)

  • Partition Manager (Windows Partition Manager)

  • System Cleaning (CCleaner, Glary Utilities)

  • Disk Usage (WinDirStat)

  • Task Manager (Task Manager, Ctrl+Alt+Del)

Development

  • C++ Compiler (Visual C++ Compiler)

    • Equivalent: g++

Education

  • Dictionary (Advanced English Dictionary, Ultimate Dictionary, WordWeb)

See Also


CategorySoftware | CategoryProprietarySoftware | CategoryRedundant point some items to the relevant wiki page/software category