Hi Rajeev,
If you are trolling, I'll bite the bait.
> Which applications can we say are really original on Linux ?
If by originality you are implying a new and different approach, I would
say all the applications you mentioned are pretty original. You may choose to
learn a bit more about the applications to appreciate this fact.
If however you actually meant that the applications look, feel and behave
like their Windows counterparts, well that is absolutely correct and most
importantly _intentional_ . The creators of KDE, GNOME, OO, Evolution have
intentionally designed their apps in a way that would seem familiar to new
users who are migrating from a windows environment.
If real originality is what you want I'd suggest the following apps.
however, be warned that this would be akin to a culture shock that one might
experience when moving from one familiar physical environment to a totally
different unfamiliar one.
Desktop environments:
WindowMaker: http://www.windowmaker.org/gallery.html
waimea: http://freedesktop.org/Software/waimea
xfce: http://www.xfce.org/index.php?lang=en
3Ddesktop: http://desk3d.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php
(really original ..n'est pas ?)
many more at: http://freshmeat.net/browse/56/
Mail Tools:
Pine, Mutt, Emacs, Kmail, Mozilla Thunderbird ...etc
Office Suites:
Well, now you got us there :) ...most of 'em really do look like MS
Office ....but 'ehe ...how many original ways can there be to create
documents or presentations ??
In closing, I'd like to just add one lil' thing. The *best* part about linux
(or any Free/Open Source Software for that matter is), if you think there is
a lack of something (like for instance, originality that you allege), you are
welcome to write something up of your own, and if your ideas really are path
breaking, the community will jump right in and give you all the assistance
you might need to make your original ideas a success.
HTH
Regards
Steve
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