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Though Linux is an open-source operating system and usually comes bundled with free and open source software, proprietary software for Linux does exist and is available to end-users.
The following is a list of proprietary software for Linux:
Networking
Web Browser/s
- Netscape — freeware, last Linux version is 7.2
- Opera — desktop versions free of charge, multiplatform since version 3.0 in 1998
E-mail Client/s
- Bynari Insight Connector
E-mail Client / PIM in MS Outlook Style
- Bynari
- Lotus Notes 8.0.0 for Linux/x86 (Red Hat and SuSE initially)[1]
- Lotus Notes 8.0.1, 8.5 beta for Linux[2] (Red Hat, SuSE, and for Debian based distributions as well, no official internal support for Debian packages)
- Zarafa Outlook Sharing
Newsreader/s
- Netscape — freeware, Linux version until 7.2
- Opera — free of charge for desktop systems, multiplatform since version 3.0 in 1998.
FTP Client/s
- IglooFTP PRO for Linux
- Pro:Atria Ltd SFTPPlus
- Xellsoft.com SynchronEX+
Firewall (packet filtering)
- SmoothWall Corporate — A closed fork of SmoothWall, targeted at enterprise and corporate users
Visual traceroute
P2P File Sharing
- MetaMachine eDonkey2000 — latest release from 25.07.2005.
- Loophole (WinMX protocol) — WinMX servers down since 09.2005.
"Hotline" P2P protocol clients/servers
- GHX
Multifunction sound modem program/s
- PrimaFax
Fax software
- Esker Fax
- Esker VSI-FAX
- Fax2Send
- FAXCOM
- MessagePlus/Open
- U-Fax
Network maintenance
Routing
- GateD
Distributed Computing
- Portable Batch System PBS Gridworks
Desktop/System software
Work with files
Console Archiver/s
Desktop search
- Google Desktop 1.0, released June 27, 2007
PDF viewer
PDF Authoring
- Adobe Acrobat Distiller
Cryptography
Scanner utilities
Antivirus
- AntiVir Workstation PersonalEdition
- AVG Anti-Virus
- Dr. Web
- F-Prot (not to be confused with F-Secure)
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus
- NOD32 (server version)
- RAV Antivirus
- Trend Micro ServerProtect for Linux
- Avast Anti-Virus
- BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices
Bootloading
- Acronis OS Selector
Hard disk partitioning
- Paragon Partition Manager
- Acronis PartitionExpert
Backup software
- EMC Legato Networker
- www.Lonetar.com
- Microlite BackupEDGE
- Nero Linux, popular CD burning software. [1]
PIM / DB / Hierarchical notebook with tree view
- TreePad Lite
Multimedia
Audio/Video
MP3 Encoding
Multimedia Player
Graphics
Graphics viewers/editors
Professional Graphics Editors
Digital imaging
Vector Graphics Editor/s
Flash Player
3D Graphics
Video, etc.
Simple/Professional Video Production Environment
- iMira Editing
- MainActor
- IFX Piranha
- Autodesk/Discreet Smoke
- Autodesk/Discreet Flint/Flame/Inferno
Creation of 2D and 3D Effects
Miscellaneous
- Google Earth
- Nero Linux, CD/DVD/Blu-Ray burning
- TrueCrypt, the source code is available, but the license is considered "unclear" and therefore not considered "free" by all the major GNU/Linux distributions[4][5][6][7][8], and even considered with "potential to be actively dangerous" by Fedora[9]
Office/Business
Office suites
- StarOffice
- HancomOffice
- ApplixWare Office (see Applixware Words)
- ThinkFree Office
- EIOffice
Word Processor
- TextMaker
- StarOffice Writer
Spreadsheets
- StarOffice Calc
Presentations
- StarOffice Presentation
Local database
E-Commerce and Web Business
- WebLogic
- IBM WebSphere Application Server
- Oracle Application Server
Personal Finance Manager
Financial Accounting
- Global: Hansa Business Solutions
- India & Asia: Kalculate
Enterprise Automation (Russian)
- Keeper
- Oblik
Collaboration Software
Project Management
- Cando Projects Server
Communications software
- EasyIVR Call processing (IVR, CTI, ACD) for Linux
Games
- Airline Tycoon Deluxe
- Aliens versus Predator
- Ankh
- Ankh: Heart of Osiris
- Civilization: Call to Power
- Cold War
- Darwinia
- DEFCON
- Descent³
- Doom 3 (plus expansion pack Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil)
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- Gorky 17
- Heretic II
- Heroes of Might and Magic III
- Jack Keane
- Knights and Merchants
- Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
- Majesty Gold
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
- Myth II: Soulblighter
- Neverwinter Nights (plus expansion packs)
- Penumbra: Black Plague
- Penumbra: Overture
- Postal²
- Quake (all versions)
- Railroad Tycoon II
- Regnum Online
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- Rise of the Triad
- Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
- Rune
- Savage 2
- Savage: The Battle for Newerth
- Serious Sam (all versions)
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- SimCity 3000
- Soldier of Fortune
- Tribes II
- Unreal Tournament (UT3 still in development)
- Uplink
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
- X2: The Threat
Programming and development
C++ IDEs
- Code Crusader
- CodeWarrior
- KDE Studio Gold
- Kylix
- TimeStorm
- Understand for C++
- SlickEdit
CASE
CASE-facility for UML
- Together ControlCenter
Top-level CASE System
- Rational Rose
Compilers
- Intel C++ Compiler
- Intel Fortran Compiler
- Lahey/Fujitsu Fortran Compiler
- XL C/C++ Compiler, IBM
- XL Fortran Compiler, IBM
CVS
HTML/DHTML Editor
InterBase/Firebird IDE
- IBAdmin
Java IDE
- Sun ONE Studio
Memory Leak Tracing
- BoundsChecker
- Insure
Object Pascal IDE
Perl/Python/Tcl IDE
Prolog
- SICStus Prolog
WYSIWYG HTML Editor
Servers
WWW
- Abyss Web Server
- Zeus Web Server
- Adobe JRun
- CGIProxy - source available for non-commercial use.
DB Engine
E-mail / PIM / GroupWare Servers
- CommuniGate Pro
- Bynari
- Lotus Domino
- NetMail
- Novell GroupWise
- Open-Xchange
- Scalix (based on HP OpenMail)
- SCOoffice Mail Server
- Teamware Office
- Zarafa
Product data/product lifecycle management (PDM/PLM)
Proxy
- SafeSquid Content Filtering HTTP1.1 Proxy
Cluster Filesystems
- Matrix Server
Miscellaneous applications
Mathematics
3D Modelling
- Pro/ENGINEER Linux
- Siemens NX[11]
CAD/CAM/CAE
- BricsCAD is an IntelliCAD based commercial CAD solution.
- VariCAD
- CYCAS by Verlag Frese
- Siemens NX
- QCAD professional is built on the QCAD opensource package.
- CATIA by Dassault Systèmes
Diagram and Chart Designing
HDD testing/benchmarking
- SPEC SFS
Emulators
Video game console emulators
- BoycottAdvance - Game Boy Advance emulator, freeware
- ePSXe - Sony Playstation emulator, freeware
- MAME - emulators for multiple arcade machines; source available for non-commercial use
- Stella - Atari 2600 emulator; source available for non-commercial use
- Regen - Sega Genesis / Mega Drive emulator
Virtual Machine Emulator
- Parallels Workstation
- QuickTransit
- VMware Workstation
- VMware Player
- VMware vCenter Converter
- VirtualBox (closed source edition)
- Win4Lin
Windows Compatibility Layer
- Cedega Windows games compatibility layer (Cedega is based on the free compatibility layer Wine.)
- CrossOver Office (Crossover is based on the free compatibility layer Wine.)
See also
- Wine (software), a "compatibility layer" that allows many windows software to run on Linux (both proprietary and free)
References
- ^ See Lotus Notes 8.0 trial download
- ^ See Lotus Notes 8.5 feature list, and download link
- ^ http://www.tummy.com/xvscan/
- ^ Debian Bug report logs - #364034. Accessed on: January 12, 2009.
- ^ TrueCrypt licensing concern Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- ^ Bug #109701 in Ubuntu. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- ^ non-OSI compliant packages in the openSUSE Build Service. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- ^ Gentoo bug 241650. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- ^ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems#TrueCrypt
- ^ "Teamcenter 2005 Delivers Comprehensive PLM Offering". Siemens PLM Software. 2006-06-20. http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/press_release.cfm?Component=25352&ComponentTemplate=822. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ^ "UGS Ships NX 4 and Delivers Industry’s First Complete Digital Product Development Solution on Linux". 2009-04-04. http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/press_release.cfm?Component=25399&ComponentTemplate=822. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- This list is based on The Table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux, which is licensed under GNU FDL.
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