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Main.EpocLinuxr1.8 - 04 Jul 2005 - 22:22 - BrianDushawtopic end

Linux Equivalents to EPOC Applications

Some EPOC applications have rough equivalents in Linux, while some do not. This table lists equivalents that we know about. Often the Linux equivalents do not work quite as efficiently/fast as the EPOC applications, though frequently the equivalents are more fully featured. As they say, your mileage may vary...

Bear in mind that EPOC and Linux are not the same, so asking for equivalent applications is a little like asking for oranges that look and taste like apples.

EPOC Application	Linux Application	Comments
Word	Abiword	Works for simple documents
Word	LaTeX	A document creation system which produces properly typeset documents via a markup style language. Needs some very large packages to install
Word	Lyx	Effectively an easy to use GUI for La Te X^?, also has some quite large dependecies. Works nicely with small screens.
Word/Spreadsheet	SIAG Office	Basic general office package, http://siag.nu/index.shtml . Binaries for netBook available from http://staff.washington.edu/dushaw/psion/openpsion/#SIAG (SIAG=Scheme In A Grid)
Word	Flwriter	Very simple word processor, less advanced than abiword, http://www.oksid.ch/flwriter (Binary package for ARM can be found here: http://linux-7110.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/twiki/view/NetBook/NetBookCompiledApplicatons )
Word	Ted	Another very simple word processor, includes PDF exporter, http://www.nllgg.nl/Ted There are Debian packages of Ted for ARM.
Web/Opera	Dillo	Fast and small, but not fully featured. (Binary package for ARM can be found here: http://linux-7110.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/twiki/view/NetBook/NetBookCompiledApplicatons )
Web/Opera	Firefox	Slow and large, but very fully featured.
Time
Sheet	gnumeric	Requires some gnome packages; rather large.
E-mail	Slypheed	Fairly lightweight GTK+ email client. Uses mh format allowing compatibility with lots of other email clients, http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
Contacts	gpe-contacts	GPE is a handhelds.org linux system but there is a Debian package for gpe-contacts
Contacts	index	A very old, very simple but very effective console-based contacts manager. ARM binary: index-arm.tgz
Agenda	GPE calendar,daily summary and time tracker.	Part of the GPE system from handhelds.org, http://gpe.handhelds.org/projects/
Agenda	plan	plan is a schedule planner based on X/Motif; month calendar with appointments.
Calculator	gdcalc	A cool RPN calculator; ARM binary from http://staff.washington.edu/dushaw/psion/openpsion/
Jotter
Record		No sound support yet. If/when it is available GPE Voice Memo might be a good choice see http://gpe.handhelds.org/projects/GPE-soundbite.shtml
Sketch	xPaint	Nice lightweight paint package, http://sf-xpaint.sourceforge.net/
Sketch	gpaint	A small-scale painting program for Gnome.
Spell	aspell, ispell and myspell	general spell checker libraries, used by lots of applications. Can be invoked directly from the command line.
Data
Bombs	gpe-games	bombs, othello, tetris, mastermind, hexxagon, lights out and a fractal generator. http://gpe.handhelds.org/projects/GPE-games.shtml
Comms	Minicom	Of course!
Comms	Microcom	Cut down minicom
Text Editor	vi, vim, gvim	vim is a little slower than vi. gvim is a nice graphical vi.
Text Editor	midnight commander	midnight commander like norton commander, includes a nice menu driven editor.
Text Editor	pico/nano	pico/nano nice and small and a bit easier to use than vi/vim

-- BrianDushaw - 16 May 2005
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