Packaging Windows apps for Linux Was: Picasa for Linux

[Patrick McFarland]

On Tuesday 30 May 2006 00:35, Dana Olson wrote:
> While we're discussing the issue of putting closed-source Windows
> binaries with a dozen MB of Wine binaries each into Ubuntu's Multiverse,
> I'd like to suggest a few additions that should be considered if Picasa
> is approved and accepted.
>
> - DVD Shrink. The native Linux app K9Copy doesn't work quite right, and
> I'm not aware of anything else that actually does what DVD Shrink can
> do.

We already have better apps to do that. Mencoder.

> - uTorrent. A much better BitTorrent client than the one included by
> default with Ubuntu.

We already have better apps to do that. Bittorrent.

> - Winamp. None of the native Linux software can acceptably play Nullsoft
> NSV files without having the audio severely lagged in comparison to
> running Winamp in Wine.

We already have better apps to do that. Audacious.

> - Buzz. It's a cool music-making software, with a native clone in the
> works, but it's not anywhere nearly as advanced yet.

We already have better apps to do that. Ardour and Rosegarden4 combined with 
Fluidsynth and Zynaddsubfx.

> - AdAware Personal. It removes spyware and tracking cookies, which might
> not be a big concern, but we do have anti-virus software too, and
> viruses aren't any bigger a threat at this time than spyware is. Best be
> prepared.

We already have better apps to do that. Privoxy.

> - Trillian Basic. Gaim works, but it isn't exactly skinnable. Plus,
> Gaim's MSN file transfer is quite slow at the moment.

We already have better apps to do that. Gaim.

> There are probably more that should be on this list, but it's been a
> while since I ran Windows.

Whatever they are, we most likely have a better app.

> Dana

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