[PLUG] Looking for Open Source replacement for MS Visio

David Fetter david.fetter at fetterconsulting.com
Fri Mar 12 10:19:11 UTC 2004


Dia is Linux's answer to Visio.

http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/

On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 17:21, David Mandel wrote:
> Hey,
> 
>     What do people use for drawing network diagrams, organization
> charts, and the like?  The tools I have used for this do the job, but 
> are slow and clumsy to use.  
> 
>     My students have introduced me to MS Visio and at first glance it 
> seems pretty nice - except that it runs under Windows which is slow and 
> clumsy to use.
> 
>     So, is there any equivalent to MS Visio (preferably Open Source)
> that runs under Linux or some other Unix OS?
> 
>                                           Sincerely,
>                                           David Mandel
>                                           Chief Activist
>                                           Portland Linux/Unix Group
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>                                           Corvallis, Oregon 97333
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> 
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