Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Type of Software | Ubuntu Equivalent | Windows Equivalent |
Office Suite | Libre Office3 suite (Pre-installed by default) | Microsoft Office suite |
Computer Aided Design | DraftSight | AutoCAD |
Antivirus | ClamAV, Bit Defender | AVG antivirus, NAV, Kaspesky |
Mutlimedia | VLC, Mplayer, Fluendo Media codecs. | Windows Media Player, Red Player, VLC, Mplayer media codecs. |
Archiver/Packaging software | Tar, unrar, P7zip, arj, unace. | Winrar, Zip, 7zip |
Graphical Web Browsers | Opera, Chromium, Google Chrome. | Internet Explorer, Google Chrome. |
Download Manager | Multiget | Free download manager |
Graphical Email Client | Thunderbird | Outlook, Outlook Express. |
Instant Messaging | Empathy, Pidgin, Emesene. | MSN Messenger, Trillian, Yahoo messenger,AIM, Gtalk, ICQ, IRC. |
VOIP | Skype, Jitsi, Brosix | Skype |
Viewing PDF files | Adobe Reader | Adobe Reader |
Advanced Text Editor | Gedit, Geany | Notepad++ |
Graphic FTP Clients | FileZilla | CuteFTP, SmartFTP, CoreFTP |
Development IDE | Komposer, Netbeans | Dreamweaver |
Image Editors | GIMP | Adobe Photoshop |
Vector Graphics Editor | Inkscape | Adobe Illustrator |
3D Graphics Applications | Blender | 3D Studio , MAX, Google ketch. |
Drawing of diagrams | Dia | Microsoft Visio |
Bit-torrent | Deluge | µTorrent |
CD Burning Programs | K3b, Brasero | Nero, Roxio, Easy CD Creator |
Movie making Programs | DeVeDe | Nero |
Project Management Software | OpenProj | Microsoft Project |
Hard Disk Partitions Manager | Gparted | Norton Partion Magic |
- New look: This version of Ubuntu has a Head-Up Display which provides an easy way to communicate with the computer .This new look also has a feature called Ubuntu Software Center which allows the user to access thousands of free software.
- It is secure: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS achieves highest levels of security since it has has automatic security updates, it has defense against viruses, has anti-phising mechanisms, employs file encryption and password protection of files.
- Compatible: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS works brilliantly with a range of devices. It supports plug and play.
- Fast: Ubuntu 12.04 loads quickly on any computer, but is super-fast on new machines. It has no unnecessary program and trial software that slow things down the system. Ubuntu is fast and it stays fast.
- Accessible: Ubuntu is completely free and has been translated to over forty languages to ensure that it is accessible.