I compared one list of packages from the Ubuntu, of the site HowtoForge, with packages from official repository of Mageia, consulted on site PKGS Search
- Graphics:
- Pinta - open source drawing application modeled after Paint.NET
pinta-1.1-2.mga2.i586.rpm - An easy to use drawing and image editing program
KolourPaint - paint application with elemental functions
shotwell-0.12.3-3.mga2.i586.rpm kolourpaint-4.8.2-2.mga2.i586.rpm - A free, easy-to-use paint program for KDE
MyPaint - paint application with a large variety of brushes
mypaint-1.0.0-1.mga2.i586.rpm - A simple paint program
The GIMP - free software replacement for Adobe Photoshop
gimp-2.8.0-1.mga2.i586.rpm - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
Shotwell Photo Manager - full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktop
shotwell-0.12.3-3.mga2.i586.rpm - A photo organizer designed for GNOME
Internet:
- Firefox
firefox-10.0.10-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Next generation web browser
Opera -
opera-11.64-1.mga2.nonfree.i586.rpm - Opera Web Browser for Linux
Chromium - Google's open-source browser -
chromium-0.9.15-2.mga2.i586.rpm - Fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter
Thunderbird - email and news client
thunderbird-10.0.10-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Full-featured email, RSS, and newsgroup client
Evolution - combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions
evolution-3.4.1-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Integrated GNOME mail client, calendar and address book
Deluge - free cross-platform BitTorrent client
deluge-1.3.4-1.mga2.noarch.rpm - Full-featured GTK+ Bittorrent client
Transmission BitTorrent Client - Bittorrent client -
transmission-gtk-2.51-1.mga2.i586.rpm - GTK Interface for Transmission BitTorrent client
Vuze - Java BitTorrent client -
vuze-4.6.0.4-2.mga2.noarch.rpm - A BitTorrent Client
qBittorrent - free alternative to µtorrent -
qbittorrent-2.9.3-1.mga2.i586.rpm - A lightweight but featureful BitTorrent client
Marble - desktop globe similar to google earth -
marble-4.8.2-2.mga2.i586.rpm - A virtual globe and world atlas
GoogleEarth - Google's desktop globe
(Mageia: have to downloadof site oficial do GoogleEarth - use the package to Fodora)
Flash Player
flash-player-plugin-11.2.202.235-1.mga2.nonfree.i586.rpm - Flash Player plugin for browsers
FileZilla - multithreaded FTP client -
filezilla-3.5.3-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Fast and reliable FTP client
Pidgin IM Client - multi-platform instant messaging client -
pidgin-2.10.4-1.mga2.i586.rpm - A GTK+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client
Skype
get-skype-2.2.0.35-19.mga2.nonfree.noarch.rpm - Download and Install Skype
Dropbox Client - cloud storage -
nautilus-dropbox-1.4.0-1.mga2.nonfree.i586.rpm kfilebox-0.4.7-3.mga2.i586.rpm - KDE front end for Dropbox
Gwibber Social Client - open-source microblogging client (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) -
gwibber-3.4.0-1.mga2.i586.rpm - An open source microblogging client for GNOME developed with Python and GTK
Office:
- Adobe Reader
(Mageia: tem que see on the official site - )
Evince - document viewer
evince-3.4.0-1.mga2.i586.rpm - GNOME Document viewer
Okular - document viewer -
okular-4.8.2-2.mga2.i586.rpm - A universal document viewer
LibreOffice Writer - replacement for Microsoft Word
libreoffice-writer-3.5.5.3-0.3.mga2.i586.rpm - LibreOffice Word Processor Application Free Software Productivity Suite
LibreOffice Calc - replacement for Microsoft Excel
libreoffice-calc-3.5.6.2-0.1.mga2.i586.rpm - LibreOffice Spreadsheet Application - Free Software Productivity Suite
GnuCash - double-entry book-keeping personal finance system, similar to Quicken
gnucash-2.4.10-9.mga2.i586.rpm - Application to keep track of your finances
Scribus - open source desktop publishing (DTP) application
scribus-1.4.0-2.mga2.i586.rpm - Scribus - Open Source Page Layout
Sound & Video:
- Banshee - audio player, can encode/decode various formats and synchronize music with Apple iPods
banshee-2.3.6-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Music player with mobile player support
Amarok - audio player
amarok-2.5.0-3.mga2.i586.rpm - A powerful media player for KDE4
MPlayer - media player (video/audio), supports WMA -
mplayer-1.0-1.rc4.0.r34578.9.mga2.i586.rpm - Movie player for linux
Rhythmbox Music Player - audio player, similar to Apple's iTunes, with support for iPods -
rhythmbox-2.96-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Music Management Application
gtkPod - software similar to Apple's iTunes, supports iPod, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod photo, and iPod mini -
gtkpod-2.1.0-5.mga2.i586.rpm - GTK interface to iPod
Sound Juicer CD Extractor - CD ripping tool, supports various audio codecs -
sound-juicer-3.3.90-1.mga2.i586.rpm - CD ripping tool using GTK+ and GStreamer
Nightingale - audio player similar to Winamp, but not yet as feature rich (Songbird fork) is not in the official Ubuntu repositóry. Download from the official website to install on Ubuntu and Mageia (no need to install, just unzip the file and click nightingale )
- ffmulticonverter-1.3.1-2.mga2.noarch.rpm - GUI File Format Converter (just in the official repository of Mageia 2 e Mageia 3 - see in Pkgs search)
XMMS - audio player similar to Winamp
xmms2-0.8-2.mga2.i586.rpm - A modular audio framework and plugin architecture
Clementine - Amarok 1.4 fork
clementine-1.0.1-1.mga2.i586.rpm - A cross-platform music player based on Amarok 1.4
Exaile - audio player
exaile-0.3.2.2-1.mga2.noarch.rpm - A powerful GTK+ 2.x media player
VLC Media Player - media player, plays all kinds of videos (video/audio)
vlc-2.0.1-1.mga2.i586.rpm - MPEG, MPEG2, DVD and DivX player
Totem - media player (video/audio)
totem-3.4.1-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Movie player for GNOME
Xine - media player, supports various formats; can play DVDs
Winff - free video converter
- winff-1.4.3-1.mga3.i586.rpm - A graphical interface for the video converter ffmpeg - Mageia3 Cauldron
SoundConverter - free audio converter
soundconverter-2.0.1-2.mga2.noarch.rpm - Sound converter application for the GNOME
Soundkonverter - free audio converter
soundkonverter-1.3.3-1.mga2.i586.rpm - An audio file converter, cd ripper and replay gain tool gui for various backends
XFCA - free video/audio converter and ripper (the name is wrong, is nor "Xfca", but "Xcfa" and in the site PKGS Search, esse pacote Xcfa está no repositório do Ubuntu, OpenSuse e Debian ( http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/xcfa )
Mageia: não te no repositório do Mageia.
K3B - CD/DVD burning program
k3b-2.0.2-5.mga2.i586.rpm - CD-Burner for KDE4
Brasero - CD/DVD burning program
brasero-3.4.1-1.mga2.i586.rpm - A disc burning application for GNOME
Audacity - free, open source, cross platform digital audio editor
audacity-2.0.0-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Free Audio Editor With Effects/Analysis Tools
Kino - free digital video editor
kino-1.3.4-7.mga2.i586.rpm - GNOME DV-editing utility
dvd::rip - full featured DVD copy program
dvdrip-0.98.11-3.mga3.tainted.i586.rpm - DVD ripping GUI - Mageia3 Cauldron
Multimedia Codecs
(Mageia: tem que habilitar as mídias tainted
Programming:
- KompoZer - WYSIWYG HTML editor, similar to Macromedia Dreamweaver, but not as feature-rich (yet)
kompozer-0.8-0.b3.1.mga2.i586.rpm - Web Authoring System
Bluefish - text editor, suitable for many programming and markup languages
bluefish-2.2.2-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Web development studio
Eclipse - Extensible Tool Platform and Java IDE
eclipse-platform-3.7.1-3.3.mga2.i586.rpm - Eclipse platform common files
Other:
- VirtualBox OSE - lets you run your old Windows desktop as a virtual machine under your Linux desktop
virtualbox-4.1.18-1.mga2.i586.rpm - A general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
TrueType fonts
Mageia: tem muitas fonts trueTypes (ver no site PKGS Search )
Java oficial
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.3-2.1.1.mga2.i586.rpm - - OpenJDK Runtime Environment - o java sun tem que baixar do site oficial da sun (ver aqui)
- java-1.6.0-sun - is no longer in the repository Mageia 2 (ver em notas de lançamento do Mageia 2 - Obsoleted packages). Caso seja necessário o seu uso, poderá ser baixado do site oficial aqui
Read-/Write support for NTFS partitions -
Mageia tem suporte para leitura e escrita de partição NTFS (ver aqui)
gedit - simple text editor
gedit-3.4.1-1.mga2.i586.rpm - Small but powerful text editor for GNOME
Most of the packages listed above can be installed on Mageia, the majority are in the official repository of Mageia (some have to download from the official website) Mageia repository itself has a rather large package, not yet complete enough, but growing rapidly.
See also Table Application for Mageia 1
- Note: The same topic in MageiaBrasil Forum, in portuguese.