JIka anda adalah pengguna linux baru, maka pertanyaan pertama yang paling mungkin di ajukan adalah:” Kalo ngetik di windows kan ngetiknya pake MS Word? terus di Linux pake apa? atau” Waduh, Winampnya linux apa ya?”
ketimbang memberikan penjelasan panjang, langsung saja saya tampilkan tabel Padaanan aplikasi Windows di Linux.
| No | Fungsi | Linux | Windows | |
| 1 | Office Suite | Open Office | MS Office | |
| 2 | MP3 Player | Rhythmbox | Winamp | |
| 3 | Video Player | Totem Video Player | Windows Media Player | |
| 4 | FIle manager | Dolphin | Windows Explorer | |
| 5 | Command Line | Terminal | CMD | |
| 6 | PDF Viewer | Okular | Adobe Reader | |
| 7 | Vector Graphic | CorelDraw | Inkscape | |
| 8 | Photo editor | GIMP | Photoshop | |
| 9 | Browser | Firefox | Internet Explorer | |
| 10 | Archive tool | Ark | Winzip,winrar | |
| 11 | Email Client | Evolution | Outlook | |
| 12 | Task Manager | System Monitor | Task Manager | |
| 13 | Messengger | Pidgin,empaty | Yahoo, MSN, AOL Messengger | |
| 14 | Torrent | Transmission Bittorent Client | uTorrent | |
| 15 | Editor | Kedit, Gedit |
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Tabel yang lebih lengkap tentang padanan aplikasi WIndows Di Linux bisa dilihat di bisa http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
Oke seep. . .