KompoZer for webpage editing
If you do any website authoring or work with HTML, you need a web page editor. Though you'll probably have OpenOffice.org installed, which supports basic HTML editing, you should have a tool specifically for web authoring. One choice is the open source KompoZer application, available for GNU/Linux, plus Windows and Mac OS X.
Like Microsoft's FrontPage and Expression Web and Adobe's Dream Weaver, KompoZer is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. This means you can visually edit the web pages in addition to being able to edit the raw HTML code. Other key features include integrated FTP uploading, tabbed editing, and CSS support.
WINE is not just any application. Its more like an emulator or program loader, capable of running Windows applications in Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X. Its there so you can't make any excuses to why you can't move to Linux. You can run any must-have Windows-based programs, right inside your favorite distro. Though not every program works with WINE, millions of people use it. Want the cost-savings and freedom of Linux inside the familiar Microsoft OS? Well with andLinux, you can seamlessly run Linux right in Windows. You get the best of both world's! After the installation, you'll find several apps already installed and available from the system tray icon. You can use apt-get or Synaptic to install any others. You can run the Linux and Windows applications simultaneously. You can even copy, cut, and paste between them.WINE for running Windows apps inside Linux
andLinux, an opposite of WINE
Conduit syncs almost everything
If you use multiple computers or mobile devices, check out Conduit. Its an all-in-one synchronization application. Keep your files, photos, emails, contacts, notes, calendar data and other info up-to-date on another computer, an online service, or mobile device. For instance, sync your Tomboy notes with another PC, sync your email/PIM client to your mobile phone or iPod. You might even want to keep photos up-to-date among Flickr, Picasa, and your iPod. There are so many options.
CheckGmail gives you quick email access
If you use Google's Gmail for your emailing, CheckGmail is a must-have app. Like Google's official Gmail Notifier for Windows and Mac users, this application puts an icon in the system tray to let you know when new messages arrive. After the quick install, all you have to do to configure it is enter your Gmail username and password.
CheckGmail will also give you a sneak peek of all new or unread message with a quick and easy hover over the icon. You'll see the message's subject, sender, and the first few lines of the message. Shortcuts are even given for each message, to open, mark as read, archive, report as spam, or delete.
Banshee is a media player and iTunes alternative
If you're a music-lover, you might miss Microsoft's Windows Media Player or Apple's iTunes after moving to Linux. If a simple audio or music player won't cut it, you ought to look into a full-featured media player and synchronization application like Banshee. You can play music and videos, search for Podcasts, rip music from CDs, create a queue, check out album art, and discover recommended artists. Best of all, you can sync your music and videos to your Android, iPod, or other device, or import to your computer.
If you must have the official iTunes (for example if you have a 3.0 iPhone or iPod Touch) look into using Wine, or run Windows inside Linux via Virtualbox or VMware.
SynCE is for syncing Windows Mobile devices
If you have a Windows Mobile PDA or SmartPhone you can still sync it outside of Microsoft's world. One Linux-alternative to the Windows-based ActiveSync application is SyncCE. It supports the old legacy devices (Windows Mobile 2003 or earlier) and the new platforms: Windows Mobile 5, 6, and 6.1.
SynCE supports USB and Bluetooth. Once you're connected you can browse the device's files and install applications and synchronize the contacts, calendar, tasks, and files.
Source: www.linuxplanet.com
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