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Linux Equivalents Websites

I love simple ideas, and The Linux Equivalent Project is delightfully simple: a single-page website that lists Linux alternatves to Windows software, with links to each project's home page. A super resource if you're hesitant about Linux and the availability of critcal software applications.

All software cited is end-user software, but I'd love to see the scope expanded to include development, back-end, server, and other kinds of enterprise software, as well as Windows equivalents to Linux programs.

And the day after I discovered The Linux Equivalent Project, I ran across The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux..

The link is to an Englsh translation of a Russian webpage that has been up and running since at least 2003, and that does what it says: lists software function categories from desktop apps to games to servers, developer tools and scientific apps, with lists of approximately equivalent software for Windows and Linux, as well as links to most of them. Bigger and broader coverage, yes, but also a bit messier and with more holes/bugs (and the authors actively solicit feedback to fix those).

Finally, check out this Foogazi blog entry, about Alternatives to Windows Programs. It's a little chattier, but another nice little roundup.

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