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Office Suites and Applications
| Windows Application |
Linux Alternatives |
| Microsoft Office (suite) |
LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org, KOffice, siag office |
| Microsoft Word |
LibreOffice Writer, OOWriter, AbiWord, KWord |
| Microsoft Excel |
LibreOffice Calc, OOCalc, KSpread, Gnumeric |
| Microsoft Access |
LibreOffice Base, OOBase, Kexi |
| dBase |
LibreOffice Base, OOBase, Kexi |
| Microsoft Powerpoint |
LibreOffice Impress, OOImpress, KPresenter |
| Microsoft Project |
OpenProj, Planner, Gantt, MOOS Project Viewer |
| Microsoft Publisher |
Scribus |
| Quark |
Scribus |
| Microsoft Visio |
gliffy, Kivio, LibreOffice Draw, OODraw |
| Notepad |
gedit, Kate, KWrite |
| Wordpad |
gedit, Kate, KWrite |
| Adobe Acrobat viewer |
Evince, Xpdf, Okular |
| Adobe Acrobat Distiller |
CUPS-PDF, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org |
| Adobe Acrobat PDF editor |
pdfedit, pdftk, pdfjam |
| Microsoft Money |
GnuCash, KMyMoney, grisbi, Homebank |
| Quicken |
GnuCash, KMyMoney, grisbi, Homebank |
| Microsoft FrontPage |
KompoZer, Amaya, Bluefish |
| Dreamweaver |
KompoZer, Amaya, Bluefish |
| Autodesk AutoCAD |
Bricscad |
Internet Applications
| Windows Application |
Linux Alternatives |
| Internet Explorer |
Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Konqueror |
| Microsoft Outlook |
Thunderbird, Kontact, Zimbra Desktop, Evolution |
| MSN Messenger |
Pidgin, aMSN, Kopete, Emesene, Gabber, Psi |
| Microsoft Netmeeting |
Ekiga |
| eMule |
aMule |
| uTorrent |
Transmission, Ktorrent, Vuze, Deluge |
| Azureus |
Transmission, Ktorrent, Vuze, Deluge |
| Skype (VoIP) |
Skype, Ekiga |
| CuteFTP |
FileZilla, KFTPgrabber, FireFTP |
| WS FTP |
FileZilla, KFTPgrabber, FireFTP |
| mIRC |
Xchat, Pidgin, Konversation |
| UltraVNC |
rdesktop, NX, TightVNC, x11vnc, SSH, Synergy |
| Remote Desktop |
rdesktop, NX, TightVNC, x11vnc, SSH, Synergy |
Multimedia Applications
| Windows Application |
Linux Alternatives |
| Adobe Photoshop |
GIMP, GIMPshop, Krita |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements |
F-Spot, KPhotoAlbum, gThumb, Gwenview, digiKam |
| Corel Draw |
Inkscape, Xara Xtreme |
| Adobe Illustrator |
Inkscape, Xara Xtreme |
| Microsoft Paint |
Tux Paint, KolourPaint |
| ACDSee |
XnView, Mirage, gThumb, GQview, Gwenview |
| Irfanview |
XnView, Mirage, gThumb, GQview, Gwenview |
| 3D Studio MAX |
Blender, K-3D, Softimage, Maya |
| Maya |
Blender, K-3D, Softimage, Maya |
| Windows Movie Maker |
Kdenlive, Cinellera, Kino, LiVES, AviDemux |
| Adobe Premiere |
Kdenlive, Cinellera, Kino, LiVES, AviDemux |
| TMPGEnc DVD Author |
DeVeDe, Bombono, KMediaFactory, ‘Q’ DVD-Author |
| ConvertXtoDVD |
DeVeDe |
| videora |
thin liquid film |
| Windows Media Player |
VLC, Totem, Kaffeine, xine, MPlayer |
| Winamp |
Rythmbox, Amarok, Banshee, Audacious, aTunes |
| iTunes |
Rythmbox, Amarok, Banshee, Audacious, aTunes, Ubuntu One |
| Cubase |
Ardour, Audacity, Beast, GNUsound, Rosegarden |
| CoolEdit |
Ardour, Audacity, Beast, GNUsound, Rosegarden |
| Cakewalk |
KMid, Rosegarden |
| NoteWorthy Composer |
MuseScore, LilyPond |
| Guitar Pro |
TuxGuitar |
CD/DVD Recording
Server & Networking Applications
| Windows Application |
Linux Alternatives |
| Microsoft IIS |
Apache, lighttpd, Zope, thttpd, Yaws |
| Serv-U FTP Server |
vsftpd, Pure-FTPd, ProFTPD |
| FileZilla FTP Server |
vsftpd, Pure-FTPd, ProFTPD |
| File/Printer Sharing |
Samba |
| Microsoft Exchange |
Zimbra, Open-Xchange, Citadel |
| Microsoft Sharepoint |
KnowledgeTree, Open-Xchange |
| Small Business Server |
eBox, ClearOS, Zentyal, SME Server |
| NetLimiter |
L7-filter, MasterShaper, trickle, Bandwidth Arbitrator |
| PA Server Monitor |
ZenOSS, Nagios, Zabbix |
| Norton AntiVirus |
ClamAV, Avira, AVG, Avast |
| McAfee AntiVirus |
ClamAV, Avira, AVG, Avast |
| ZoneAlarm Firewall |
Firestarter, FireHOL, Guarddog, Gufw, KMyFirewall |
| Sygate Personal Firewall |
Firestarter, FireHOL, Guarddog, Gufw, KMyFirewall |
Utilities
| Windows Application |
Linux Alternatives |
| Norton Partition Magic |
Gparted, QtParted, Parted Magic |
| Norton Ghost |
Clonezilla, Partimage, g4u, dd |
| Winzip |
File Roller, Ark, Karchiver |
| Winrar |
File Roller, Ark, Karchiver |
| 7-Zip |
File Roller, Ark, Karchiver |
| Capsa Network Analyzer |
Wireshark, Ethereal |
| Bitvise Tunnelier |
Gnome SSH Tunnel Manager, HotSSH |
This page is a “continual work in progress”, so more software will be added as it becomes available or we become aware of it, so if you know of anything you think should be in this list, feel free to leave a comment.
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I would like to mentions Seavus Project Viewer also which alternative for viewing Microsoft® Project files.