list of alt soft 2

Desktop Applications
Communication


Email Client = [WWW] Thunderbird
Compare to: Microsoft Outlook
IRC Client = [WWW] X-Chat 2, [WWW] Bersirc, [WWW] HydraIRC
Compare to: Unknown

Universal Instant Messaging Client = [WWW] Pidgin (formerly Gaim), [WWW] Miranda IM
Compare to: Trillian

Web browser = [WWW] FireFox
Compare to: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Voice Over IP = [WWW] OpenWengo
Compare to: Skype

Engineering
EDA = [WWW] KiCad
Compare to: Eagle

Educational
Learning Games = [WWW] Childsplay
Compare to: Unknown

Planetarium = [WWW] Stellarium
Compare to: Unknown

Space Simulator = [WWW] Celestia
Compare to: Unknown

Flight Simulator = [WWW] FlightGear
Compare to: MS Flight Simulator

Typing Tutor = [WWW] Tux Typing
Compare to: Unknown

Beginner Drawing Program = [WWW] Tux Paint
Compare to: KidPix

Financial
Personal Accounting = [WWW] HomeBank, [WWW] Grisbi, [WWW] jGnash
Compare to: Quicken, Microsoft Money

Accounting: [WWW] TurboCash
Compare to: Intuit Quickbooks

Monitoraggio Finanziario = [WWW] MFbyAS
Compare to: Unknown
Productivity
Database (Desktop) = [WWW] OpenOffice (Base)
Compare to: Microsoft Office (Access)

Desktop Publishing = [WWW] Scribus
Compare to: Microsoft Publisher

Mind Mapping = [WWW] FreeMind
Compare to: Mindjet MindManager, Inspiration

PDF creator = [WWW] PDF Creator
Compare to: Adobe Acrobat

Presentation = [WWW] OpenOffice (Impress)
Compare to: Microsoft Office (Powerpoint)

Spreadsheet = [WWW] OpenOffice (Calc)
Compare to: Microsoft Office (Excel)

Word Processor = [WWW] OpenOffice (Writer), [WWW] AbiWord
Compare to: Microsoft Office (Word)

Scientific Word Processor = [WWW] Lyx (Latex gui frontend)
Compare to: Scientific Word

Notepad Replacement = [WWW] Notepad2, [WWW] Notepad++, [WWW] SciTE
Compare to: Notepad

Management
Gantt chart = [WWW] GanttProject
Compare to: Microsoft Project

Project management = [WWW] Planner, [WWW] OpenWorkbench
Compare to: Microsoft Project

Report Creator = [WWW] JasperReports
Compare to: Crystal Reports Analisi dei processi = [WWW] APbyAS
Compare to Unknown

Gestione Attività = [WWW] PMbyAS
Compare to Microsoft Project

Team Collaboration = [WWW] Mindquarry
Compare to Microsoft Sharepoint

Misc

Animal Shelter Manager = [WWW] Animal Shelter Manager
Compare to: Unknown

Virtual PC emulator = [WWW] Bochs, [WWW] Qemu
Compare to: VMware, Microsoft Virtual PC
Linux environment = [WWW] Cygwin
Compare to: Unknown

Recipe Manager = [WWW] Gourmet Recipe Manager
Compare to: Unknown

Screen Saver = [WWW] Really Slick Screensavers
Compare to: Unknown

Language Translation tool = [WWW] OmegaT
Compare to: Unknown

Countdown Timer = [WWW] CookTimer
Compare to: Unknown

Application Launcher = [WWW] Launchy
Compare to: Unknown

Multimedia
3D
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3D Animation = [WWW] Blender, [WWW] Wings 3D
Compare to: Alias Maya

3D Graphics = [WWW] POV-Ray
Compare to: Unknown

3D Game Development Kit = [WWW] Crystal Space, [WWW] Ogre3d
Compare to: Unknown

Audio


Audio Editing = [WWW] Audacity
Compare to: Adobe Audition

Audio Player = [WWW] Coolplayer, [WWW] Zinf
Compare to: WinAMP, Windows Media Player

Drum Machine = [WWW] Hydrogen
Compare to: Unknown

MP3 Ripper = [WWW] CDex
Compare to: Exact Audio Copy

Volume normalizer = [WWW] MP3Gain
Compare to: Unknown

Drawing
Diagram Editor = [WWW] Dia
Compare to: Microsoft Visio Image Editing = [WWW] Gimp, [WWW] Paint.NET

Compare to: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop

Vector Drawing = [WWW] Inkscape, [WWW] Sodipodi
Other

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HTPC/PVR Media Centre = [WWW] MediaPortal
Compare to: Microsoft Media Centre Edition (MCE), Showshifter, SageTV

Media Player = [WWW] VLC media player
Compare to: Windows Media Player, PowerLink PowerDVD, Intervideo WinDVD

Web Design = [WWW] Nvu
Compare to: Microsoft Frontpage, Macromedia Dreamweaver

Video


Internet TV platform = [WWW] Democracy Player
Compare to: iTunes, FireAnt

Video Capture = [WWW] VirtualDub
Compare to: Sorenson Squeeze

Video MPEG-4 codec = [WWW] ffdshow, [WWW] XviD
Compare to: DivX

Video Editing = [WWW] Jashaka, [WWW] Avidemux,
Compare to: Adobe After Effects, Pinnacle Studio, Apple Final Cut

Security

802.1x client (EAP-TTLS) = [WWW] SecureW2
Compare to: Unknown

Anti-Spyware = [WWW] Winpooch, [WWW] Spybot Search&Destroy (not OpenSource, but FreeWare)
Compare to: Unknown

Anti-Virus = [WWW] ClamWin
Compare to: Unknown

Encryption = [WWW] Truecrypt
Compare to: Win Zip?

Network protocol analyzer = [WWW] Wireshark
Compare to: Sniffer

Password strength testing = [WWW] Ophcrack 2

Compare to: LOphtCrack
Password safe = [WWW] KeePass Password Safe, [WWW] Password Safe
Compare to: Unknown

VPN client = [WWW] OpenVPN client GUI for Windows
Compare to: Cisco VPN client, Nortel VPN client

Software Development
Framework/Platform = [WWW] Mono
Compare to: Microsoft .NET Framework, Java Integrated Development Environment = [WWW] Eclipse, [WWW] SharpDevelop, [WWW] Code::Blocks, [WWW] Lazarus IDE, Free Pascal
Compare to: Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland IDE

Windows Installer = [WWW] Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, [WWW] Inno Setup
Compare to: InstallShield, Microsoft Installer
Utilities
BitTorrent client = [WWW] Azureus, [WWW] BitTorrent Client

Compare to: Unknown

File compression = [WWW] 7-Zip
Compare to: WinZip

FTP Client = [WWW] Filezilla FTP client
Compare to: SmartFTP, BulletProof FTP

Statistics on Disk usage = [WWW] WinDirStat
Compare to: Unknown

P2P file-sharing = [WWW] Shareaza, [WWW] Ares
Compare to: Napster

Remote Administration = [WWW] UltraVNC
Compare to: PCAnywhere, GoToMyPC.com, Windows Remote Desktop

Process Usage Analysis = [WWW] Process History
Compare to: Unknown

Daphne, process list & manager = [WWW] Daphne
Compare to: Windows task manager

Server ApplicationsDatabase


Database server = [WWW] Firebird, [WWW] MySQL, [WWW] PostgreSQL
Compare to: Microsoft SQL server, Oracle database
File Server

FTP server = [WWW] Filezilla FTP server
Compare to: Unknown

Messaging

Email server = [WWW] hMailServer
Compare to: Microsoft Exchange server, Novell GroupWise server Instant messaging server = [WWW] Jive Messenger
Compare to: Novell GroupWise Messenger

Security

Intrusion Detection System (IDS) = [WWW] Snort
Compare to: Unknown

VPN server = [WWW] OpenVPN
Compare to: Cisco VPN

Web

Application server = [WWW] JBoss
Compare to: BEA Weblogic, IBM Websphere

Rich Internet Application Server = [WWW] OpenLaszlo
Compare to: Macromedia Flex

Statistics Generator = [WWW] AWStats
Compare to: Unknown

Web server = [WWW] Apache
Compare to: Microsoft Internet Information Services (ISS)

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list of alternative software

Audio

Audio Player

Winamp; Windows Media Player

* Audacious* amaroK* BMPx* Banshee* Jinzora* Rhythmbox* Mesk* XMMS* Zinf* Exaile!


Audio Editor

SoundForge; Adobe Audition
* Audacity * LMMS* Rosegarden * Sweep* Glume* ReZound * Wired * Ardour

Stream Browser * Streamtuner * last.fm

CD Ripper
* Goobox * Rubyripper * Arson * GRip * Sound Juicer


Video

Video Player

BSplayer; Windows Media Player; VLC
* Xine * MPlayer * Kaffeine * VLC * Totem

Video Editor

Adobe Premiere
* Kino * Cinelerra * Jahshaka * LiVES * Diva * Avidemux * Iriverter


DVD Ripper
* AcidRip * dvd::rip * Handbrake * k9copy

Screen Capture
* Istanbul * Xvidcap


Graphics & Design

Image viewer
* digiKam * gThumb * Gwenview * XnView * GQview
* Goby* Quick Image Viewer

Image organizer

Picasa
* F-Spot


Image editor

Adobe Photoshop

* GIMP * Krita * Tux Paint * mtPaint * XPaint


Vectorgraphics editor

CorelDraw
* Inkscape * Synfig

3D Modeler

3D Max; Maya
* Blender3D * Wings 3D* Equinox-3D * Misfit Model 3D * Sharp 3D


Computer Aided Design

AutoCAD; MathCAD
* qCAD * BRL-CAD * gCAD3D * FreeCAD

Internet & Network

Internet Browser

Internet Explorer
* Firefox aka Iceweasel* Opera * SeaMonkey * Konqueror * Galeon* Dillo * Lynx - Text browser for the World Wide Web


E-mail

Outlook Express, Outlook
* Evolution * Thunderbird * KMail


Usenet/Newsreader

Outlook Express, Forte Agent
* Pan

RSS Feed Reader

* Liferea * aKregator * Straw * BottomFeeder * RSSOwl

FTP Clent

FileZilla * gFTP

Instant messenger

AIM; ICQ; MSN; Yahoo!; Jabber

* Pidgin (Formerly GAIM) * Kopete * BitlBee * aMSN * GYachI - enables Yahoo! webcam

Internet Relay Chat

mIRC

* XChat * Irssi * BitchX * Konversation * KVirc Direct Connect DC++

* Valknut * Linux DC++



Torrents

µTorrent, BitComet

* Deluge * BitTornado * aria2* Azureus* Transmission* KTorrent* Gnome rrent
* GnomeBT


P2P

eMule, LimeWire

* aMule * LimeWire* GTK-Gnutella


VoIP

Skype

* Skype* Gizmo* Ekiga* Wengo


Graphical User Interface

Desktop Environment

Explorer, Aston, GeoShell

* KDE* Gnome* Xfce* Enlightenment* ROX* XPde


Window Manager

Explorer, WindowsBlind, bb4win

* FluxBox* Waimea* OpenBox* IceWM* Integrity* FVWM* AfterStep* Matchbox - for


Development

Web

Dreamweaver

* Aptana* Nvu* Bluefish* cssed - CSS Editor* Quanta Plus* Screem* KompoZer


IDE

MS Visual studio

* KDevelop * NetBeans* Anjuta - Anjuta is a versatile IDE for C and C++, written for GTK/GNOME
* Eclipse - An extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle* Eric - Python IDE* SPE - Stani's Python Editor


Education

* Stellarium - Virtual Palanetarium* The KDE Edutainment Project* FreeMind - Mind Mapping* Maxima - Mathematica and Maple equivalent


Games

only free or opensource games listed


Office

Office Suite

MS Office

* OpenOffice.org * KOffice* GNOME Office* Siag Office


Calendar

Ms Outlook

* Evolution* Mozilla Sunbird* Mozilla Calendar Extension for Thunderbird and Firefox


Desktop Publishing

Microsoft Publisher

* Scribus

Diagram Creation

Microsoft Visio

* Dia* Kivio (part of KOffice)* Umbrello UML* Visual Paradigm for UML (Community edition)* ArgoUML* Graphviz


System tools

File managers

Total Commander; FAR

* Krusader* GNU Midnight Commander* GNOME Commander* vifm


Windows Explorer

* Konqueror* Nautilus* Evidence* ROX-Filer* Thunar* Dolphin


CD Burners

Nero

* K3B* Grab&Burn* AcetoneISO* GnomeBaker* NeroLINUX* Brasero


Partition Managers

Partition Magic

* Gparted* QtParted


GUI Program installers

none

* Synaptic* Yumex* Kyum


Commercial Applications

* Cedega - Can help play Windows games on Linux* CrossOver Office - Run Windows software on Linux* AC3D - 3D modeling software


Commercial Games

* Tux Games - The online store for Linux Games


Other

* KBPublisher - knowledge base software* GRAMPS - Genealogy database recording software