[Leaplist] Free alternatives

[Jason Boxman]

On Saturday 29 November 2008 12:54:57 Hank Lambert wrote:
> When moving from micro$oft to Linux, one of the difficult task is
> finding what program to use to do the same thing as the not-free ms
> program. While not all programs have compatible alternatives (ms Visio),
> most do. Here is a list of 50 proprietary programs and their open-source
> equivalent:
>
> http://whdb.com/2008/the-top-50-proprietary-programs-that-drive-you-crazy-a
>nd-their-open-source-alternatives/

Interesting, but woefully incomplete.  For example, the Quickbooks alternative 
is seriously enterprisey and Web based.  A far better example, sans-payroll, 
would be postbooks, at least if you want Open Source, too.

The Quicken replacement's URL is dead.  I've been using Moneydance, which is 
Java based, and mostly like it.  It's not Open Source, but is only $30 for a 
perpetual license with updates.

He didn't mention Kopete, either, for IM.  Pidgin/Gaim's interface is horrid.

Probably should've mentioned gnumeric for an Excel replacement.

Certainly, it's hard for such a list to be exhaustive and not be eight times 
longer.


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