Software/program comparison help

[Philippe Landau]

amigian wrote:
> Hello all. New to this list and to Ubuntu, and Linux in general. 
> I am a graphic designer and would like to start using Linux, 
> I would like to know what Linux programs are out there 
 > that are comparative to Windoze programs.
> For example, to name only a few, Photoshop, 
gimp

> Illustrator, Dreamweaver, 
nothing as good yet, see NVU (mozilla composer derivative)

> InDesign, P2P Apps, 
kmldonkey (ed2k, mule family), amule, azureus (bittorrent)

> Password saving program, 
kwallet for kde

> RAR/Zip, 
usually integrated in the OS (ark, ...), .zip format; unrar;
tar.gz is for preserving permissions on files for backups

> Security software, etc. And anything else anyone can think of..
web: firefox
email: thunderbird
chat: gaim
ip-telephony: skype, ...
dvd player: xine, vlc
cd/dvd burner: k3b
p2p: kmldonkey, amule
word editor: openoffice
text editor with multi line search/replace: ??
image editor: gimp
html editor: nvu, quanta
ftp: kbear
pdf viewer: xpdf
pdf editor: ?   (pdftohtml)
calculator/unit converter: ?
installer: synaptic
games: flight simulator: fgfs