windows to solaris’ desktop migration
alfred peng has written a short list of substitutions for common windows applications on the solaris platform. here we go (list abbreviated):
- Internet Explorer —- Firefox
- Microsoft Outlook —- Thunderbird / Evolution
- Microsoft Office —- StarOffice
- Winamp —- Rhythmbox Music Player / Realplayer
- Adobe Photoshop —- The Gimp
- Word Pad/notepad —- Gedit
- Instant messaging —- Gaim
- Windows Explorer —- Nautilus
- Windows Picture —- Eye of GNOME
- mIRC —- Gaim (gaim)
- Media Player —- Totem / Realplayer
- Acrobat Reader —- Evince / xpdf
- Adobe Flash Player —- Adobe Flash Player
quite nice collection, isn’t it? unfortunately i’m curios when adobe will support it’s acrobat reader under solaris again (version 5 for solaris sparc, version 4 for solaris x86!). come on adobe, let’s give it a shot and compile!
