5 Packs to Transform Windows to other OS

Vista Transformation Pack [Download]

Vista Transformation Pack does all kinds of appearance tweaks, and makes Windows XP look like Vista. From icons, transparency to new sounds, this pack does it all to make your XP look like Windows Vista.

Mac OS Transformation Pack [Download]

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Transforms XP to look like Mac OS X 10.5. Some important components like Windows Explorer and other shell files are patched to mimic Mac OS X appearance. Work only with Windows XP SP2 (English version).

FlyakiteOSX [Download]

Again, make your windows look like Mac OS X. However, it’s much more comprehensive than the above one. This enhancement utility does everything from registry tweaks, visual styles, sounds, icons to imitate the appearance of Mac OS X. See other screenshots here. If you’re using iTunes then make sure to deselect ‘iTunes Multi-Pugin’ option (under ‘Software’) in the installation wizard.

Fedora Transformation Pack [Download]

This tool is intended for making XP resemble the Fedora Linux Distro. Though the utility just packs a simple visual style, it does include icons, screensavers and wallpapers, and other Fedora-like skins for programs.

Ubuntu Transformation Pack [Download]

This pack contains visual styles, icons and other patches that can give the brownish Ubuntu look to Windows XP. If you just can’t get Ubuntu working on your PC, but still love its looks, you can download this pack. [via]

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AutoPatcher is Back Again!

AutoPatcher was once a utility for downloading and installing Windows Updates without having to connect with Microsoft’s Update Servers. Users could also burn the updates on a CD and install it on multiple PCs, without having to download the updates over and over again. Unfortunately, Microsoft exterminated the project saying that users can only download updates from Windows Update Server.

The AutoPatcher Team has now made a comeback by releasing an early beta of a new utility called AutoPatcher Updater. This new beta gets around Microsoft’s restrictions by downloading updates for Windows and Microsoft Office directly from Windows Update Server instead of their own. Once the updates have been downloaded, you can install them by running AutoPatcher.exe. However, the new beta is a bit handicapped - you cannot make the updates portable by burning them on a CD, which makes it pretty much like the built in Windows Update.

Windows Software <=> Linux Software

Windows Software	Linux Equivalent/Alternative
3D Studio Max	K-3D (http://www.k-3d.org/) Wings 3D (http://www.wings3d.com/) Art of Illusion (http://www.artofillusion.org/) Blender (http://www.blender.org/)
ACDSee	KuickShow (http://kuickshow.sourceforge.net/) ShowImg (http://www.jalix.org/projects/showimg/) Gwenview (http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/) GQview (http://gqview.sourceforge.net/) Eye of GNOME (http://www.gnome.org/projects/eog/)
Adobe Acrobat Reader	okular (http://kpdf.kde.org/okular/) Xpdf (http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/) Evince (http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/) ePDFView (http://trac.emma-soft.com/epdfview/) KPDF (http://kpdf.kde.org/)
Adobe Audition	Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
Adobe Illustrator	Skencil (http://www.skencil.org/) Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) Karbon14 (http://www.koffice.org/karbon/) Xara Xtreme for Linux (http://www.xaraxtreme.org/)
Adobe PageMaker	Scribus (http://www.scribus.net/)
Adobe PhotoAlbum	F-Spot (http://f-spot.org/Main_Page) KPhotoAlbum (http://www.kphotoalbum.org/) digiKam (http://www.digikam.org/)
Adobe Photoshop	CinePaint (http://www.cinepaint.org/) Krita (http://www.koffice.org/krita/) GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/)
Adobe Premier	PiTiVi (http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page) LiVES (http://lives.sourceforge.net/) Kino (http://www.kinodv.org/) Cinelerra (http://cvs.cinelerra.org/) kdenlive (http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/) Jahshaka (http://www.jahshaka.org/)
Ant Movie Catalog	Moviefly (https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lmc/)
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)	Kopete (http://kopete.kde.org/) Pidgin (http://pidgin.im)
APC PowerChute	Network UPS Tools (http://www.networkupstools.org/) Apcupsd (http://www.apcupsd.com/) PowerD (http://power.sourceforge.net/)
CDex	Sound Juicer (http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer) Rubyripper (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Rubyripper) ripperX (http://ripperx.sourceforge.net/) Grip (http://nostatic.org/grip/) KAudioCreator (http://www.icefox.net/programs/?program=KAudioCreator)
Collectorz	aviManager (http://avimanager.sourceforge.net/) GCstar (http://www.gcstar.org/) Tellico (http://periapsis.org/tellico/) Alexandria (http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/) Griffith (http://griffith.vasconunes.net/) vMovieDB (http://vmoviedb.sourceforge.net/) Katalog (http://salvaste.altervista.org/)
Dreamweaver	Quanta Plus (http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/) Geany (http://geany.uvena.de) Nvu (http://www.nvu.com/index.php) Screem (http://www.screem.org/) KompoZer (http://www.kompozer.net/) Bluefish (http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html)
DVDShrink	k9copy (http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/) OGMRip (http://ogmrip.sourceforge.net/) Thoggen (http://thoggen.net/) xdvdshrink (http://dvdshrink.sourceforge.net/) DVD Rip-O-Matic (http://dvdripomatic.sourceforge.net) qVamps (http://vamps.sourceforge.net/) dvd::rip (http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/) AcidRip (http://untrepid.com/acidrip/)
Everest	HardInfo (http://hardinfo.berlios.de/web/HomePage)
Finale	Lilypond (http://www.lilypond.org) Denemo (http://denemo.sourceforge.net/index.html) Rosegarden (http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/) NoteEdit (http://noteedit.berlios.de/) Brahms (http://brahms.sourceforge.net/)
Flash	F4L (http://f4l.sourceforge.net/)
Forte Agent	Pan (http://pan.rebelbase.com/)
FruityLoops	LMMS (http://lmms.sourceforge.net/) Hydrogen (http://www.hydrogen-music.org/)
Google Desktop Search	Google Desktop (http://desktop.google.com/linux/index.html) Beagle (http://beagle-project.org/)
Guitar Pro	TuxGuitar (http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/home.html)
iTunes	Banshee (http://banshee-project.org/Main_Page) aTunes (http://www.atunes.org/) Quod Libet (http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet) SongBird (http://www.songbirdnest.com) Exaile (http://www.exaile.org/) Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/) Listen (http://listengnome.free.fr/) Rhythmbox (http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/) gtkpod (http://www.gtkpod.org/)
Legacy Family Tree	GRAMPS (http://gramps-project.org/)
LimeWire	FrostWire (http://www.frostwire.com/)
Meal Master	krecipe (http://krecipes.sourceforge.net/) Gourmet Recipe Manager (http://grecipe-manager.sourceforge.net/)
Microsoft Access	Kexi (http://www.koffice.org/kexi/) GNOME-DB (http://www.gnome-db.org/)
Microsoft Excel	KSpread (http://www.koffice.org/kspread/) Open Calc (http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html) Gnumeric (http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/)
Microsoft Frontpage	Quanta Plus (http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/) Nvu (http://www.nvu.com/index.php) KompoZer (http://www.kompozer.net/) Bluefish (http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html)
Microsoft HyperTerminal	minicom (http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/) GtkTerm (http://freshmeat.net/projects/gtkterm/)
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Epiphany (http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/) Opera (http://www.opera.com/download/) Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/) Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org/)
Microsoft Money	KMyMoney (http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/) GNUcash (http://www.gnucash.org/ ) Gnofin (http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/) Grisbi (http://www.grisbi.org/)
Microsoft Office	GNOME Office (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/) KOffice (http://www.koffice.org/) OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/)
Microsoft Outlook (Express)	Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/) Evolution (http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/)
Microsoft Powerpoint	Open Office Impress (http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html) KPresenter (http://www.koffice.org/kpresenter/)
Microsoft Project	KPlato (http://www.koffice.org/kplato/) OpenProj (http://openproj.org/openproj) GanttProject (http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/) Planner (http://live.gnome.org/Planner) TaskJuggler (http://www.taskjuggler.org/)
Microsoft Visio	Dia (http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/) Kivio (http://www.koffice.org/kivio/)
Microsoft Windows Media Center	Freevo (http://freevo.sourceforge.net/) Elisa Media Center (http://www.fluendo.com/elisa/) MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org) LinuxMCE (http://www.linuxmce.com/)
Microsoft Word	Open Office Writer (http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html) AbiWord (http://www.abisource.com/) Kword (http://www.koffice.org/kword/)
mIRC	Konversation (http://konversation.kde.org/) KVIrc (http://www.kvirc.net/) BitchX (http://www.bitchx.org/) Xchat (http://www.xchat.org/) ChatZilla! (http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/) irssi (http://www.irssi.org/) Pidgin (http://pidgin.im)
Mp3tag	Kid3 (http://kid3.sourceforge.net/) Pinkytagger (http://pinkytagger.sourceforge.net/) EasyTAG (http://easytag.sourceforge.net/) Cowbell (http://more-cowbell.org/) Audio Tag Tool (http://pwp.netcabo.pt/paol/tagtool/)
MSN messenger	Mercury Messenger (http://www.mercury.to/) Kopete (http://kopete.kde.org/) aMSN (http://amsn-project.net/) Pidgin (http://pidgin.im)
Mudbox	SharpConstruct (http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net)
Nero Burning Rom	X-CD-Roast (http://www.xcdroast.org/) Brasero (http://perso.orange.fr/bonfire/index.htm) GnomeBaker (http://gnomebaker.sourceforge.net/) Graveman! (http://graveman.tuxfamily.org/) K3b (http://www.k3b.org/)
NetMeeting	Ekiga (http://www.gnomemeeting.org/)
NetStumbler	Kismet (http://www.kismetwireless.net/) SWScanner (http://www.swscanner.org/)
Notepad	leafpad (http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/) NEdit (http://www.nedit.org/) jEdit (http://www.jedit.org/) Kate (http://kate-editor.org/) gedit (http://www.gnome.org/projects/gedit/) Scribes (http://scribes.sourceforge.net/) tpad (http://tclpad.sourceforge.net/)
OrangeCD Catalog	GWhere (http://www.gwhere.org)
Origin	SciGraphica (http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/)
Partition Magic	GParted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/) QtParted (http://qtparted.sourceforge.net)
Picasa	F-Spot (http://f-spot.org/Main_Page) KPhotoAlbum (http://www.kphotoalbum.org/) digiKam (http://www.digikam.org/)
Pro Tools	Ardour (http://www.ardour.org)
Quicken	KMyMoney (http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/) GNUcash (http://www.gnucash.org/ ) Gnofin (http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/) Grisbi (http://www.grisbi.org/)
SoulSeek	Nicotine (http://nicotine.thegraveyard.org/) Nicotine-Plus (http://nicotine-plus.sourceforge.net/)
SoundForge	ReZound (http://rezound.sourceforge.net/)
Total Commander	GNOME Commander (http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/) xfe (http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/) Tux Commander (http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/) Midnight Commander (http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/) Krusader (http://krusader.sourceforge.net/)
Traktor DJ	Mixxx (http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/)
Videora	thin liquid film (http://thinliquidfilm.org/)
Winamp	Audacious (http://audacious-media-player.org/Main_Page) Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/) XMMS (http://www.xmms.org/)
Windows Media Player	KPlayer (http://kplayer.sourceforge.net/) VideoLAN (http://www.videolan.org/) xine (http://xinehq.de/) mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html)
Windows Movie Maker	PiTiVi (http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page) LiVES (http://lives.sourceforge.net/) Avidemux (http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/) Cinelerra (http://cvs.cinelerra.org/) kdenlive (http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/)
WinIso	ISO Master (http://littlesvr.ca/isomaster/) KIso (http://kiso.sourceforge.net/)
WinMerge	Meld (http://meld.sourceforge.net/) xxdiff (http://furius.ca/xxdiff/)
WinTV	XdTV (http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/) tvtime (http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/)
WS_FTP	gFTP (http://gftp.seul.org/) FireFTP (http://fireftp.mozdev.org/)
Zbrush	SharpConstruct (http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net)
ZoneAlarm	Guarddog (http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/) Firestarter (http://www.fs-security.com/)