Looking for some good alternatives for W*nd*ws programs

[cweisiger at i-55.com (Chris Weisiger)]

Olaf Greve wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Well, the installation of the dual W*nd*ws 2000 and CentOS boot worked 
> swell. I have followed the instructions regarding first setting up 
> Win2K on a separate drive, then making that the slave drive, and 
> setting up CentOS on the second drive. After performing the Grub 
> patch, it now works fine! :)
>
> I already like CentOS a lot, and I've got most of the important things 
> set-up (i.e. Firefox, Thunderbird, Gaim, Openoffice, webserver 
> software, ...), so I'm almost ready to roll.
>
> However... There are a few W*nd*ws programs which I actually like, and 
> for which I'd like to get good Linux alternatives. I hope someone can 
> make some good suggestions for that...
>
> In particular, I'm looking for good substitutes for the following 
> W*nd*ws software:
>
> - Ultraedit (!!! very important !!!) - vi is cool for terminal stuff, 
> but for programming etc. I prefer Ultraedit (column mode, multiple 
> windows, replace in files, regular expressions, etc.).
>
> - Jasc Paint Shop Pro, or Adobe Photoshop - often The Gimp is 
> mentioned, but is it really as powerful? I particularly like PSP (as I 
> think it's more intuitive than PS), but over here at work we also use 
> PS a lot... I fear this may be one of the very few remaining reasons 
> to keep W*nd*ws at all on the 2nd drive...:(
>
> - Flash MX (7.20). I fear there is no Linux variant of this one, but 
> I'm asking just in case...
>
>
> Cheers!
> Olafo
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Just do a clean install of windows with all the updates...yet just 
create the partition big enough to run the apps you need and any files 
you may create....

thats what i do...