Free Biz Ware » cross platform http://freebizware.com Free and Open Source Business Softwares Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:12:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 List of Cross-Platform Alternatives http://freebizware.com/152/list-of-cross-platform-alternatives/ http://freebizware.com/152/list-of-cross-platform-alternatives/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 08:22:48 +0000 Ken http://freebizware.com/152/list-of-cross-platform-alternatives/ My last list of free desktop applications was for Windows only. Since starting to use Mac and Linux, I’m particularly interested in applications that are cross-platform (ie. they work on all  Linux, Mac, Windows platforms).

Here is a collection of those applications I previously used on Windows and the alternatives on Linux and Mac.

Category Using on Windows
 Linux Mac
 Notes
Web browser Firefox Y Y
Instant Messaging Pidgin Y Adium
SFTP/FTP client Filezilla command line
integrated into Nautilus		 command line
Text Editing Notepad 2 Vim Vim Vim is also available on Windows
Graphic viewer Irfanview Included Included Still looking for something
more versatile like Irfanview 
Vector graphic Inkscape Y Y
Graphics Gimp Y Y
PDF writer PDF Creator Included Included
CD Writer WinXP builtin Included included
Manage Password KeePass Y Y KeePassX runs on Linux and Mac
Anti-virus ClamWin ClamAV none Using ClamAV to scan files
in portable device in Linux

There are of course more alternatives and other applications, these are some that I use on a regular basis.

Do you have something to recommend? Let me know.

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