Came across this site which mentions a lot of alternative software I'd never heard of:
http://alternativeto.net/software/?profile=linux
Alternativeto - alternative software for Linux
Did anyone find a sensible way of navigating that site? I couldn't see a proper index or anything...
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here
Classic Puppy quotes
ROOT FOREVER
GTK2 FOREVER
Classic Puppy quotes
ROOT FOREVER
GTK2 FOREVER
Using site
Site is based on searching
(for alternative software to something you have or you think you want )
So a conventional index is not really needed. Just use the Search box.
Perhaps a note of caution: this type of site (and similar other listings) may not be so useful with Puppy - because your choices of alternatives may be constrained by Puppy, which puppy variant you are using, and by what's in the repositories.
You could waste a lot of time.
Probability is that the really good choices (for whatever you need) have already been served up for your delight by the Puppy developers and presenters
- for which let us give thanks.
Check out Tronkel's motto.
(for alternative software to something you have or you think you want )
So a conventional index is not really needed. Just use the Search box.
Perhaps a note of caution: this type of site (and similar other listings) may not be so useful with Puppy - because your choices of alternatives may be constrained by Puppy, which puppy variant you are using, and by what's in the repositories.
You could waste a lot of time.
Probability is that the really good choices (for whatever you need) have already been served up for your delight by the Puppy developers and presenters
- for which let us give thanks.
Check out Tronkel's motto.
disciple, try site:http://alternativeto.net/software/?profile=linux in a Google searchbox.
If there's a specific app, space/'your specific'
e.g. site:http://alternativeto.net/software/?profile=linux /office
you may also need to tag 'for Linux' to the end, as it's a crossOS [win/lin/mac] site
site:http://alternativeto.net/software/?profile=linux /office for linux
dunno why the links won't activate....so I didn't for the last one
Aitch
If there's a specific app, space/'your specific'
e.g. site:http://alternativeto.net/software/?profile=linux /office
you may also need to tag 'for Linux' to the end, as it's a crossOS [win/lin/mac] site
site:http://alternativeto.net/software/?profile=linux /office for linux
dunno why the links won't activate....so I didn't for the last one
Aitch
Last edited by Aitch on Thu 12 May 2011, 19:46, edited 2 times in total.
I only posted the link as, whilst browsing it, I came across software I'd never heard of on freshmeat or softpedia. Whether they're easy to port to puppy, or not, is another question.
e.g. I just entered scribus into the search field, and one alternative which I'd never heard of, is Laidout. Having no printer, I have no use for it, but I agree with Russoodle about having more resources available.
e.g. I just entered scribus into the search field, and one alternative which I'd never heard of, is Laidout. Having no printer, I have no use for it, but I agree with Russoodle about having more resources available.
The forum software didn't recognize what you put inside the url tags as a URL. I'm surprised it didn't show your entire post as blank. That's usually what it does when someone tries to show an improper URL.Aitch wrote:dunno why the links won't activate....so I didn't for the last one