Linux Guide/Software equivalents

This table lists commonly used proprietary software and their open source equivalents. The open source programs are usually also available for Windows and Mac OS. PurposeWindows50pxMac50pxLinux50pxWeb BrowserEdge, Firefox, Opera, ChromeSafari, Firefox, Camino, Edge, Chrome, OperaFirefox, Epiphany, Konqueror, Galeon, LibreWolf, Edge, Opera, Dillo, Chromium, RekonqOffice suiteMicrosoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, LibreOffice, Calligra, Corel WordPerfect OfficeiWork, Microsoft Office, NeoOffice, LibreOffice, CalligraLibreOffice: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base; Calligra: Words, Sheets, Stage, Kexi, Flow, Plan, BraindumpNote-takingMicrosoft OneNote, Evernote, SimpleNoteApple Notes, Bear, Evernote, SimpleNoteJoplin, BookStack, Xournal++, FreeplaneText editorNotepad, Crimson Editor, UltraEditTextEdit, TextMate, BBEdit, TextWrangler, Smultron, SubEthEdit, Vim, Emacs, GEdit, NanoNano, GEdit, Kate, Geany, Bluefish, Vim, Emacs, JuffEdMultimedia playerWindows Media Player, iTunes, VLCQuicktime, iTunes, VLC, MPlayerTotem, VLC, XMMS, Rhythmbox, Amarok, Audacious, Xine, MPlayerE-mail client / PIMMicrosoft Outlook, ThunderbirdMail, Thunderbird, EntourageThunderbird, Evolution, KontactInternet messengerICQ, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Gadu-GaduiChat, Adium, AIM, Yahoo! MessengerPidgin (supports multiple protocols), KopeteBitmap graphicsPaint, PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, GIMPAdobe Photoshop, GIMPTux Paint, GPaint, GIMP, GIMPShop, Krita, mtPaintVector graphicsCorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, InkscapeAdobe Illustrator, EazyDraw, InkscapeInkscape, Xara XtremeDesktop publishingScribusiWork Pages, Adobe InDesign, Quark, ScribusScribusDesktop effectsFluent (Windows 11 only, built-in)Liquid Glass (macOS only, built-in)Compiz FusionSound editingSoundForge, Nero Wave Editor, AudacityGarageband, Logic Studio, Logic Express, AudacityAudacity, ArdourIntegrated development environment Eclipse (software) Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio Code, PhpStorm, Microsoft Visual C++ Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio Code, PhpStorm, Code::Blocks, Xcode Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio Code, PhpStorm, Code::Blocks, KDevelop, GeanyiPod managementiTunesiTunesgtkpodGuitar effects rackGuitar Rig?JACK Rack, CreoxFont editingFontLab Studio, FontCreatorFont BookFontForgeTablet PC JournalMicrosoft JournalNone (no official Mac Tablet PC)Xournal, JarnalNumerical computationsMatlabMatlab, GNU OctaveGNU OctaveGraphs, plots, chartsOriginGraph Sketcher, GnuplotGnuplotVirtual CD-ROM driveAlcohol 120%, Nero InCD, Daemon ToolsDisk Image Mounter, Daemon Toolsmount command (works with ISO images)CD BurningNero, RoxioBuilt into OSBrasero, K3BAutomatic software installation?App Store, Homebrew, MacPorts, FinkClick N Run, Synaptic, Aptitude, YaST, RPMAntivirusNorton AntiVirus, AVG, etc.Norton AntiVirus (not really necessary)Not necessary! For e-mail scanning on servers - ClamAV Useful Links Linux Alternative Project Linux Software Equivalents Ubuntu Software Equivalents +500 GNU/Linux Equivalents (Wikibooks in Spanish)