Mageia -The Perfect Desktop - comparing package repositories

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Mageia -The Perfect Desktop - comparing package repositories

Postby macxi » Nov 24th, '12, 06:49

Hi,

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)


      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


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