Tuesday, March 2, 2010

3 months after the switch

I must admit that I am not missing any software I need and I am really glad to have everything I need on one machine instead of having some stuff done on one and have it copied back and fort to the other one.

ApplicationMacWindowsLinuxComments
Mozilla FirefoxYesYesYesI have been using Firefox before it got it's current name. Together with Mozilla Weave I can run same configuration on any platform it is suported
Mozilla ThunderbirdYesYesYesI was running email client on Linux for years. It was Evolution before I switched to Thunderbird.
Adobe LightroomYesYesNoMy workhorse of image processing which was done mostly on my Windows laptop. Moving to Mac let me have it on the same machine I got everything else.
Adobe PhotoshopYesYesNoI got Elements which does not contain Mac version so there was no way to install in on Mac. I got mac version of CS4.
FileZillaYesYesYesI was using FTP mostly on Linux sa that was best choice I could find. Likely it works on Mac.
VuzeYesYesYesMaybe KTorrent was lighter bittorrent client but there is no Mac version.
VLCYesYesYesSwiss army knife of media players that is not perfect but at least cross-platform. Native clients are sometimes better.
MPlayerYesYesYesThat was my best player on Linux. I am not very impressed with Mac version but I can convert everything to mov format with ffmpeg.
OpenOfficeYesYesYesJust to have something for opening Microsoft Office files before Google Docs era.
Canon UtilitiesYesYesNoWhatever comes with my camera usually got Mac version.
MPEG StrimclipYesYesNoSimple and efficient media converter
MediaCoderNoYesNoPartially works with Wine
ffmpegYesYesYesCommand line tool that can convert anything.
DeepMetaYesYesNoFor now there are no signs that iStockphoto would ever support FTP upload like any other microstock agency.
Garmin GPS softwareYesYesNoNot that I have to use it every day but I might need update software on my GPS device
Gisteq PhotoTrackrYesYesNoGPS logger I am using. There is Mac version of sotware
Google EarthYesYesYesNice thing that runs on 3 platform I have been using.
PicasaYesYesNoMay work with Wine
Photomatix ProYesYesNoBest HDR software
Noise NinjaYesYesNoMy choice for noise reduction
Genuine FractalsYesYesNoSince I got 5Dmk2 I do not have a need to upsize images but I bought this software and it got Mac version.
Turbo TaxYesYesNoRead my tax return file generated on Windows.
SkypeYesYesYesMy connection with family on the other side of the globe.
aMuleYesYesYesSo far best eMule clone I have seen.
sitecopyYesYesYesUsed for uploading images to multiple FTP servers
K3bNoNoYesI was pretty happy with it so I never looked for free burning software on Windows.
Mac Burn does not impress me either.
KopeteNoNoYesTrillian works great on Windows, Kopete was my choice on Linux.
On Mac I got Adium which does not support Gadu Gadu and beta version of Trillian.
AmarokNoNoYesI can leave with iTunes on both Mac and Windows
huey ProYesYesNoMonitor color calibration tool for
.NETYesYesYesMono is now supported.
Visual StudioNoYesNoMonoDevelop for C# development is OK.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro NoYesNoAs far as simple movie editor is concerned I did not go with Adobe Premiere Elements and I purchased MAGIX product.
Now it is not supported on Mac. I need to learn iMovie.
PtLensEditYesYesNoGreat lens correction software.
pythonYesYesYesNice scripting language
VirtualBoxYesYesYesIf needed I can run Windows or Linux in VM
Zinio ReaderYesYesNoGot some magazine subscriptions in this format. Glad they created Mac version of their reader.
Notepad++NoYesNoRuns under Wine but there are good replacements on Linux and Mac
EclipseYesYesYesBest Java development IDE.





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