I've been on windows a very long time, and I'm not aware of anything like
software repos for linux. Nor have I seen anything like synaptic on windows.
Wish there were.
I do use free and open source software on windows. There are lots of
choices, but it's a matter of finding, downloading and installing each.
There are plenty of good, free apps for windows, but you have to find them.
Some well known free apps for linux also have windows ports. ie: Gimp,
OpenOffice, Pidgin.
-j
On 8/29/07, der.hans <
PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
>
> moin moin,
>
> anybody have suggestions for a Free Software for m$ platforms repository?
>
> I know someone who's stuck with m$ due to the realtor association
> requiring it. She's open to using Free Software. I'd like to give her
> something like Synaptic where she can GUIily search for and install Free
> Software.
>
> http://PortableApps.com/
>
> This site seems to only be for installing stuff on a thumb drive. It's
> also missing obvious stuff like PDFCreator.
>
> http://www.TheOpenCD.org/
>
> Only avialable in CD format and I don't want to have to explain burning
> ISOs. Also, it's generally lacking in software.
>
> I'm not complaining about either project ( especially since I've given out
> many copies of The Open CD and gnuWinII, which is no longer maintained ),
> just saying that they don't seem to be providing what I want.
>
> Installing GNU/Linux and putting m$ in a VM is an option she's open to,
> just not quite yet.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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