[CentOS] Looking for some good alternatives for W*nd*ws programs

[Michael Weisman]

Have you considered using Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator).
That may allow you to run your favorite windows apps on Linux.

Michael.

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 23:53, Chris Weisiger wrote:
> Olaf Greve wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Well, the installation of the dual W*nd*ws 2000 and CentOS boot worked
> > swell. I have followed the instructions regarding first setting up
> > Win2K on a separate drive, then making that the slave drive, and
> > setting up CentOS on the second drive. After performing the Grub
> > patch, it now works fine! :)
> >
> > I already like CentOS a lot, and I've got most of the important things
> > set-up (i.e. Firefox, Thunderbird, Gaim, Openoffice, webserver
> > software, ...), so I'm almost ready to roll.
> >
> > However... There are a few W*nd*ws programs which I actually like, and
> > for which I'd like to get good Linux alternatives. I hope someone can
> > make some good suggestions for that...
> >
> > In particular, I'm looking for good substitutes for the following
> > W*nd*ws software:
> >
> > - Ultraedit (!!! very important !!!) - vi is cool for terminal stuff,
> > but for programming etc. I prefer Ultraedit (column mode, multiple
> > windows, replace in files, regular expressions, etc.).
> >
> > - Jasc Paint Shop Pro, or Adobe Photoshop - often The Gimp is
> > mentioned, but is it really as powerful? I particularly like PSP (as I
> > think it's more intuitive than PS), but over here at work we also use
> > PS a lot... I fear this may be one of the very few remaining reasons
> > to keep W*nd*ws at all on the 2nd drive...:(
> >
> > - Flash MX (7.20). I fear there is no Linux variant of this one, but
> > I'm asking just in case...
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Olafo
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>
> Just do a clean install of windows with all the updates...yet just
> create the partition big enough to run the apps you need and any files
> you may create....
>
> thats what i do...
>
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