What programs would you like to see ported to Linux?

zapotek · 08-06-2004, 04:45 AM

Is there something like Partition Magic for Linux?
It could be very useful!

LiD · 08-06-2004, 12:11 PM

Partiotining is very easy with fdisk or cfdisk.
Anyway, Babylon ported to Linux would be awesome. I'll pay anything to get it.

http://www.babylon.com/

There's a babytrans, but that doesnt work anymore, or is too complicated. If anyone has made it to work, please let me know.
Thanks.

FrostBot · 08-06-2004, 01:18 PM

Ahhhh, I just remembered a good one I'd like to see ported.

FRUITY LOOPS!

jsutton · 08-06-2004, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zapotek
Is there something like Partition Magic for Linux?
It could be very useful!

A very useful partitioning tool for Linux is QTparted (availible on the Knoppix CD). Not exactly partition magic, but very useful (can resize exsisting partitions for one thing).

Novacat · 08-08-2004, 04:15 PM

I would like to see alot of programs ported, most of them games. Here's a few:
- DivX encoder
- Half-Life
- Doom 3 (I bet that will happen, seeing most ID games run on Linux)
- GTA: Vice City

shayan_tabrizi · 08-09-2004, 05:35 AM

1- "Babylon"
2- "VMware"
3- "J2SDK" from sun
4- a visual tool for Java and C++ programming.
5- a BTC digital camera driver

Thanks.

Tuttle · 08-09-2004, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shayan_tabrizi
1- "Babylon"
2- "VMware"
3- "J2SDK" from sun
4- a visual tool for Java and C++ programming.
5- a BTC digital camera driver

Thanks.

2- here
3- this should be on your devel disk for your distribution
4- a terminal!

Eagle_Seven · 08-09-2004, 02:02 PM

Internet Explorer

Just Kidding!

1.Civilization 3
2.Adobe Photoshop (I know gimp)
3.Any good MMORPG

jbzy3000 · 08-09-2004, 02:49 PM

I agree with all of you guys
dreamweaver (although I like frontpage, that will never happen) and photoshop. Other than that I would be happy never using windows again. beeing fairly a newbie I Like what comes package with suse so far, Trying to convert all my clients to linux.

mikedeatworld · 08-09-2004, 03:09 PM

all of them

floppywhopper · 08-09-2004, 07:03 PM

MYOB, Quicken, Pastel, Agrimaster etc to name a few
Accounting software packages
Remember your accountant is doing your tax returns etc
on a windows platform
that is often directly exposed to the internet
My tax lecturer said her computer network often crashed
running 95,98 & ME
Does this make you shudder with fear
becoz it should do
Some decent accounting and business packages
ported for Linux would definately not go astray

floppy

jbeiter · 08-09-2004, 09:34 PM

excel, word, a notes client, everquest, a decent accounting package

Borka · 08-10-2004, 07:25 AM

Hey Novacat why a DivX encoder? when we already got one, Avidemux2.
Try it out. It's an allinone GUI for everything you will ever need to encode..
And It's allot faster then all the encoders for windows..

hp46168 · 08-10-2004, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by floppywhopper
MYOB, Quicken, Pastel, Agrimaster etc to name a few
Accounting software packages
Remember your accountant is doing your tax returns etc
on a windows platform
that is often directly exposed to the internet
My tax lecturer said her computer network often crashed
running 95,98 & ME
Does this make you shudder with fear
becoz it should do
Some decent accounting and business packages
ported for Linux would definately not go astray

floppy

As an aside (and I'm taking the OT bait and running with it)
My accountant uses a stand-alone network running OS2 and the tax program he uses is the one he coded himself. Someday, I should introduce him to Linux (that is, if he doesn't already know about it.)

Never heard of Agrimaster, is that some sort of farm management app?

oldstinkyfish · 08-10-2004, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chii-chan
virtualdub
macromedia flash mx
kazaalite
ms office
easy to use gui?

Kazaalite works no problem in linux via WINE.
I love virtualdub, Im sure someone could port it to linux, its opensourced.
Anything Macromedia.
Getright
Pinnacle
Adobe Pre