General questions about replacements for win programs.

Ineluki12

I'm looking for the best drop-in replacements for some programs in Windows. I'm using KDE and I'm looking for your opinions on what would be most effective for these instances:

1) Adobe Photoshop replacement
2) Windows Media Player replacement (I need something to play movies, music, and DVDs here)
3) Is Firefox the best, or should I just stick with konqueror?
4) Is there a good gui-based (KDE) wireless network connection manager?
5) What's a good irc program?

Also, is there a way to shutdown from KDE as a normal user instead of dropping to a console, logging in as root, and then shutting down?

Some of these questions are pretty basic, but I'm relatively new to Linux and would appreciate any help you can provide.

Thanks!!
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Wedge_ · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:29 pm Post subject:

1) Gimp
2) Mplayer (this is my favourite, but there are others)
3) I'd stick with Firefox
4) Don't know
5) xchat might be a good one to start with.

RSay · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 3:45 am Post subject:

Gimp
Mplayer
Firefox
Quickswitch (not graphical, just works well)
GAIM

Remember that part of the fun is trying stuff to see what you like. Its not like Windows where you are stuck with a $70 program that you don't like. In addition you can try a new instant messenger and know that the rest of your system will still function in the morning.

Ineluki12 · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject:

LOL, agreed. I guess installing something and then uninstalling it doesn't junk your system up too much b/c you don't have a registry :mrgreen:

Anyway, it's helpful to have something to go on. I could plug around in the forums for a while, but stuff gets out-dated so quickly that I don't know if I'm looking at an old solution, a new one, or a brand-spankin-experimental new solution. I forgot to ask...Is there a good defrag utility, or does Linux manage that on its own?
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Swoosh · Apprentice Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 203

you don't need to defrag ever, I believe

Chin Yee · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 48

kvirc is a very good irc client. It is very much like mIRC.

Bob P · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 3:33 am Post subject:

kudude · Apprentice Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 160

brims · Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 492 Location: Arizona

Doesn't the Mozilla Foundation offer an IRC client that is included with Mozilla, maybe it can't be downloaded separately and/or it is no good. I don't go on IRC channels often, but I used that one a couple of times and it seemed decent.

djh-world · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:10 am Post subject:

In reference to the shutdown as user thing

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Let_a_common_user_shutdown/reboot
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GeCk0 · n00b Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 13

Cheers for that link djh-world. Very very helpful

Dgege · n00b Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 59

For IRC, you can try Konversation. I really like it.

Ineluki12 · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject:

What's a good data/music cd burning program for use under KDE? Console?
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Filip* · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:17 pm Post subject:

askew2005 · n00b Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 13 Location: Underground

My video player of choice is xine, I use xmms for music and mplayer to fill the gaps between the two. I don't know of a wireless connection manager, but for browsing networks graphically I use LinNeighborhood.
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