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    Particular software - or replacements that I would like to use.

    I'm old and not as technically astute as some. I am however utterly committed to linux, and Kubuntu in particular. My last Windows machine was retired more than a year ago when I found X-Plane to replace Flight Simulator and haven't missed Windows or FS at all.

    There is some Windows type software that I would like to use however, or find a suitable substitute for. I am wondering if anyone else has been able to find ways to either run or substitute for the following.

    Poser 8 - I'm writing a book and would like to illustrate it. Unfortunately I am talentless and Poser seems to have sufficient point and click stuff so that an incompetent bum might do well. Substitutes?

    Alpha 5 - This is a quick to use easy to use database. A moron can use this one.

    Anything that can read (or convert) a MS Publisher file. I can use Scribis for new stuff.

    What good Publishing or book writing software exists for Linux? Note - I wrote a 260 page novel in Open Office, but sometimes an actually Publisher software is better.

    And yes, I'm willing to pay for useful software.

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    Can't help with suggestions for an alternative to Poser. No doubt you could run it in Virtualbox if you still have an XP system disk around. I'm not familiar with Alpha5 but, in my experience, OpenOffice Base works quite well for flat-file database applications. There is a web-based service called Zamzar for converting MS Publisher files to .odt (amongst many other formats). It seems to be free for small documents. See www.zamzar.com.

    Hope that helps.

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      Re: Particular software - or replacements that I would like to use.

      Welcome to the party

      This may be of use for poser:
      http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=748671

      http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=11404


      http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-linux-479439/
      HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
      4 GB Ram
      Kubuntu 18.10

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        Re: Particular software - or replacements that I would like to use.

        There are a couple of sites that list Linux "work-alikes" for windoze and apple software. My favorite site for this purpose is the Linux App Finder, but I am graphically challenged, (I achieved the almost impossible by failing mechanical drawing in high school.), so I have no personal experience with Poser, or any Linux substitute, thereof.

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