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Maheriano
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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:13 am Post subject: What do you guys suggest to replace these Windows programs? |
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Are you getting sick of helping me yet? 
FTP uploader - I used to used Filezilla
HTML editor - I used to used Dreamweaver
Peer to peer file sharing - I used to use Kazaa Lite (but heard Bittorent is better)
Professional image editing - I used to use Photoshop
CD burner - I used to use Roxio
Virus scanner - I used to use Mcafee
Media streamer - I used to use Realplayer |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:22 am Post subject: Re: What do you guys suggest to replace these Windows progra |
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FTP uploader - If using KDE, konqueror or FireFTP extension of Firefox
HTML editor - Quanta or Dreamweaver using Wine
Peer to peer file sharing - Apollon with gift plugins
Professional image editing - Gimp
CD burner - K3B
Media streamer - mplayer |
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Maheriano
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| Ya sorry, I'm using KDE. |
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raf
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Here is what I use:
FTP uploader:
This is not exacly what you are asking, but use scp it's more secure! It's command line driven, but once you figure it out it's SOOOOO natural and scriptable! (If something is not scriptable I don't want to hear about it!). I use it to transfer my files across windows, solaris, gentoo and redhat (I have a different distro on every system  )
HTML editor:
I use vim and stylesheets. This way I just write the contents and let the style sheets take care of the rest. Very simple. If you really want a WYSIWYG html program, get NVU (www.nvu.com) It's very good and no reason to get wine setup.
Peer to peer file sharing:
I use mldonkey and just it's standard web interface. It also has a nice (text-only) interface which is convinient if you want to log in remotely and work on your filesharing.
Professional image editing:
Gimp
CD burner:
I've only done this on the command line to burn iso's, but I don't this it is a good way so I'm not going to mention anything here. I looked at the previous poster's K3B suggestion and it looks very good. However I don't use KDE or GNOME (just xfce) and I really don't want these huge libs just to run a CD burner.
NOTE TO OTHERS: Can anyone suggest a nice gui cd burning software which will handle mp3 --> audio, data, and iso's? I don't want it to be havy KDE or gnome based. Some nice gtk2 gui would be nice.
Media streamer:
mplayer hands down! Best tool on my box. I use it to watch ALL formats, DVD's, and encode movies. NOTE there are a TON of usefull use flags for this! The ones I remember right now are (these are for pentium4, some of these change if you have an AMD):
alsa dvd quicktime xvid mpeg sse sse2 mmx mmxext win32codecs encode
I would also add DVD burning:
This is hands down done best by DVDshrink which is only available on windows (damn it). So you have to wine this one! But NOTHING else compares!
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mikegpitt
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| FYI - There is a linux version of realplayer10 that you can emerge, although I prefer mplayer. For some reason mplayer just works better... |
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vonhelmet
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: What do you guys suggest to replace these Windows progra |
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FTP uploader - gftp
HTML editor - Quanta is OK, or Bluefish I think.
Peer to peer file sharing - Azareus if you're using BT. GiFT for all your P2P protocol needs.
Professional image editing - Gimp 2.0
CD burner - K3B, as I don't think any of the gnome ones have got their shit together as well yet.
Virus scanner - Not necessary in Linux You can use clamav if you're using the Linux box as a mail server, though you're probably not.
Media streamer - Realplayer for Linux, or there are probably plugins to do streaming media in xmms, mplayer, xine...
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djh-world
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Location: Nottingham, UK
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: What do you guys suggest to replace these Windows progra |
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FTP uploader - gFTP
HTML editor - Bluefish
Peer to peer file sharing - Bit Tornado, Azureus
Professional image editing - The Gimp
CD burner - K3b or graveman
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grassushi
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| As for the virus scanner, I personally recommend clamav. however, in linux, virus scanners are almost pointless, as *rarely* does anyone write viruses that actually attack linux or mac boxes. It might be fair to assume that most of the people who write/distribute viruses prefer linux as an OS anyway. |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| raf wrote: | FTP uploader:
This is not exacly what you are asking, but use scp it's more secure! It's command line driven, but once you figure it out it's SOOOOO natural and scriptable! (If something is not scriptable I don't want to hear about it!). I use it to transfer my files across windows, solaris, gentoo and redhat (I have a different distro on every system |
This would require a ssh daemon running. If you do that, use the fish:/ kioslave for konqueror and you get a nice and easy GUI for ssh file copying.
| raf wrote: | HTML editor:
I use vim and stylesheets. This way I just write the contents and let the style sheets take care of the rest. Very simple. If you really want a WYSIWYG html program, get NVU (www.nvu.com) It's very good and no reason to get wine setup. |
| Code: | emerge wine
wine setup.exe |
is all it took for setting up wine and Dreamweaver.
I find Quanta by far the fastest way to create web pages, but for a GUI tools with the power and features like Dreamweaver, NVU can't compare.
| raf wrote: | CD burner:
I've only done this on the command line to burn iso's, but I don't this it is a good way so I'm not going to mention anything here. I looked at the previous poster's K3B suggestion and it looks very good. However I don't use KDE or GNOME (just xfce) and I really don't want these huge libs just to run a CD burner |
| raf wrote: | | NOTE TO OTHERS: Can anyone suggest a nice gui cd burning software which will handle mp3 --> audio, data, and iso's? I don't want it to be havy KDE or gnome based. Some nice gtk2 gui would be nice.. |
The only package you need is kdelibs.
(Takes only about 50Megs of space. Considering the size of HDs today, I believe the huge library thing is over blown. The gtk libraries take up almost 40 Megs of space!)
| raf wrote: | I would also add DVD burning:
This is hands down done best by DVDshrink which is only available on windows (damn it). So you have to wine this one! But NOTHING else compares! |
K3b can do video encoding also. |
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raf
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | The only package you need is kdelibs.
(Takes only about 50Megs of space. Considering the size of HDs today, I believe the huge library thing is over blown. The gtk libraries take up almost 40 Megs of space!) |
I agree with you. Next time I want to make a cd I will probably emerge k3b.
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songpenguin
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Joined: 21 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: What do you guys suggest to replace these Windows progra |
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| Maheriano wrote: | Are you getting sick of helping me yet?
FTP uploader - I used to used Filezilla
HTML editor - I used to used Dreamweaver
Peer to peer file sharing - I used to use Kazaa Lite (but heard Bittorent is better)
Professional image editing - I used to use Photoshop
CD burner - I used to use Roxio
Virus scanner - I used to use Mcafee
Media streamer - I used to use Realplayer |
FTP uploader - whatever, ftp
HTML editor - vim 
Peer to peer - edonkey
Professional image editing - Gimp
CD burner - graveman
Virus scanner - you don't need one (really) but if you want to prevent distributing windows viruses via floppy disks you can use clamav
Media streamer - Realplayer still works, as does Helixplayer and mplayer (with mplayerplug-in). Use XMMS for sound and XINE for DVD.
Hope this helps,
Songpenguin
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/dev/random
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Joined: 26 Nov 2004
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: What do you guys suggest to replace these Windows progra |
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FTP uploader - gFTP if you want standalone otherwise I highly recommend Konqueror
Peer to peer file sharing - aMule, Limewire, Azureus (for torrents)
Professional image editing - Photoshop in wine or The Gimp
CD burner - k3b
Virus scanner - what do you need that for in Linux?
Media streamer - mplayer |
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InTheFlatField
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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FTP: Sorry....no suggestion.....
HTML: Bluefish
P2P: Sorry...don't do that either...
Image Editing: GIMP
CD Burner: K3B
Virus Scanner: ClamAV
Media Streame: MPlayer
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skellr
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: What do you guys suggest to replace these Windows progra |
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| Maheriano wrote: | | Virus scanner - I used to use Mcafee |
Seen this the other day and thought it was interesting:
McAfee VirusScanner for Unix/Linux(Shareware)
http://adelielinux.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2
I use clamav, just to make sure I don't send out any nasty stuff to people that are on Windows.
Edit:
rkhunter is nice to have around.
| Quote: | * app-forensics/rkhunter
Latest version available: 1.2.7
Latest version installed: 1.2.7
Size of downloaded files: 166 kB
Homepage: http://www.rootkit.org/
Description: Rootkit Hunter scans for known and unknown rootkits, backdoors, and sniffers.
License: GPL-2 |
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Mo6eB
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Image Editing - GIMP for raster images, Inkscape for svg
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Aries-Belgium
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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I think most things have been said, but anyway:
FTP: gFTP, FireFTP
P2P: LimeWire (Cross-platform)
HTML editor: Bluefish, Scite, Leafpad (Notepad)
Image editing: Photoshop via Wine
Media: MPlayer, Xine |
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Q-collective
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:43 pm Post subject: Re: What do you guys suggest to replace these Windows progra |
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| Maheriano wrote: | Are you getting sick of helping me yet?
FTP uploader - I used to used Filezilla |
Konqueror
| Quote: | | HTML editor - I used to used Dreamweaver |
Bluefish
| Quote: | | Peer to peer file sharing - I used to use Kazaa Lite (but heard Bittorent is better) |
aMule (classis p2p) or Azureus (bittorrent)
| Quote: | | Professional image editing - I used to use Photoshop |
The Gimp, Inkscape, Bibble (commercial)
| Quote: | | CD burner - I used to use Roxio |
K3B
| Quote: | | Virus scanner - I used to use Mcafee |
None needed
| Quote: | | Media streamer - I used to use Realplayer |
Realplayer, Mplayer, Xine (I recommend the Kaffeine frontend), VLC |
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Maheriano
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| Thanks guys. What about a NES emulator? I was using TuxNes but I can't get it full screen. |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| Maheriano wrote: | | Thanks guys. What about a NES emulator? I was using TuxNes but I can't get it full screen. |
fceultra |
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Maheriano
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:56 am Post subject: |
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| What are the advantages of Konqueror over gFTP and what is the Konqueror interface like? Is it the same as using FTP with Explorer? |
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/dev/random
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| Maheriano wrote: | | What are the advantages of Konqueror over gFTP and what is the Konqueror interface like? Is it the same as using FTP with Explorer? |
Yes it's like Explorer. |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| /dev/random wrote: | | Maheriano wrote: | | What are the advantages of Konqueror over gFTP and what is the Konqueror interface like? Is it the same as using FTP with Explorer? |
Yes it's like Explorer. |
Just not as slow and doesn't lock the menus up!!
Plus doesn't block once a transfer starts, so you can do multiple actions.
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Maheriano
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| I'm using Bluefish, I have 2 questions. Can I view the html layout inside the editor, and do you have any idea why it does nothing when I click the icon to preview it in my browser? |
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Q-collective
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:01 am Post subject: |
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| Maheriano wrote: | | Can I view the html layout inside the editor |
No, it's just a code-only editor, you can ofcourse use firefox to see the result, but I just upload the stuff to the server and see the result there or, if I have some bigger edits, I run an own apache server and use that for my viewing. |
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Nanoy
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| Maheriano wrote: | | I'm using Bluefish, I have 2 questions. Can I view the html layout inside the editor, and do you have any idea why it does nothing when I click the icon to preview it in my browser? |
You can change this is prefs, I believe its set to be Galeon by default, you can also just choose the browser you wish to use under "External" drop down |
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