Linux Alternative Project - Unlock the Open Possibilities

Windows Software	Linux Equivalent/Alternative
3D Home Architect	Sweet Home 3D ( http://sweethome3d.sourceforge.net/index.html )
3D Studio Max	K-3D ( http://www.k-3d.org/ ) Wings 3D ( http://www.wings3d.com/ ) Art of Illusion ( http://www.artofillusion.org/ ) Blender ( http://www.blender.org/ )
ACDSee	KuickShow ( http://kuickshow.sourceforge.net/ ) ShowImg ( http://www.jalix.org/projects/showimg/ ) Gwenview ( http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/ ) GQview ( http://gqview.sourceforge.net/ ) Eye of GNOME ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/eog/ )
Adobe Acrobat Reader	okular ( http://kpdf.kde.org/okular/ ) Xpdf ( http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ ) Evince ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/ ) ePDFView ( http://trac.emma-soft.com/epdfview/ ) KPDF ( http://kpdf.kde.org/ )
Adobe Audition	Audacity ( http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ )
Adobe Illustrator	Skencil ( http://www.skencil.org/ ) Inkscape ( http://www.inkscape.org/ ) Karbon14 ( http://www.koffice.org/karbon/ ) Xara Xtreme for Linux ( http://www.xaraxtreme.org/ )
Adobe PageMaker	Scribus ( http://www.scribus.net/ )
Adobe PhotoAlbum	F-Spot ( http://f-spot.org/Main_Page ) KPhotoAlbum ( http://www.kphotoalbum.org/ ) digiKam ( http://www.digikam.org/ )
Adobe Photoshop	CinePaint ( http://www.cinepaint.org/ ) Krita ( http://www.koffice.org/krita/ ) GIMP ( http://www.gimp.org/ )
Adobe Premiere	PiTiVi ( http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page ) LiVES ( http://lives.sourceforge.net/ ) Kino ( http://www.kinodv.org/ ) Cinelerra ( http://cvs.cinelerra.org/ ) kdenlive ( http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/ ) Jahshaka ( http://www.jahshaka.org/ )
Ant Movie Catalog	Moviefly ( https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lmc/ )
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)	Kopete ( http://kopete.kde.org/ ) Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im )
APC PowerChute	Network UPS Tools ( http://www.networkupstools.org/ ) Apcupsd ( http://www.apcupsd.com/ ) PowerD ( http://power.sourceforge.net/ )
CDex	Sound Juicer ( http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer ) Rubyripper ( http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Rubyripper ) ripperX ( http://ripperx.sourceforge.net/ ) Grip ( http://nostatic.org/grip/ ) KAudioCreator ( http://www.icefox.net/programs/?program=KAudioCreator )
Collectorz	aviManager ( http://avimanager.sourceforge.net/ ) GCstar ( http://www.gcstar.org/ ) Tellico ( http://periapsis.org/tellico/ ) Alexandria ( http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/ ) Griffith ( http://griffith.vasconunes.net/ ) vMovieDB ( http://vmoviedb.sourceforge.net/ ) Katalog ( http://salvaste.altervista.org/ )
Dreamweaver	Quanta Plus ( http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ ) Geany ( http://geany.uvena.de ) Nvu ( http://www.nvu.com/index.php ) Screem ( http://www.screem.org/ ) KompoZer ( http://www.kompozer.net/ ) Bluefish ( http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html )
DVDShrink	k9copy ( http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/ ) OGMRip ( http://ogmrip.sourceforge.net/ ) Thoggen ( http://thoggen.net/ ) xdvdshrink ( http://dvdshrink.sourceforge.net/ ) DVD Rip-O-Matic ( http://dvdripomatic.sourceforge.net ) qVamps ( http://vamps.sourceforge.net/ ) dvd::rip ( http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ ) AcidRip ( http://untrepid.com/acidrip/ )
Everest	HardInfo ( http://hardinfo.berlios.de/web/HomePage )
Finale	Lilypond ( http://www.lilypond.org ) Denemo ( http://denemo.sourceforge.net/index.html ) Rosegarden ( http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/ ) NoteEdit ( http://noteedit.berlios.de/ ) Brahms ( http://brahms.sourceforge.net/ )
Flash	F4L ( http://f4l.sourceforge.net/ )
Fontographer	FontForge ( http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ )
Forte Agent	Pan ( http://pan.rebelbase.com/ )
FruityLoops	LMMS ( http://lmms.sourceforge.net/ ) Hydrogen ( http://www.hydrogen-music.org/ )
Google Desktop Search	Google Desktop ( http://desktop.google.com/linux/index.html ) Beagle ( http://beagle-project.org/ )
Guitar Pro	TuxGuitar ( http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/home.html ) DGuitar ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/dguitar/ ) kguitar ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/kguitar/ )
iTunes	Banshee ( http://banshee-project.org/Main_Page ) aTunes ( http://www.atunes.org/ ) Quod Libet ( http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet ) SongBird ( http://www.songbirdnest.com ) Exaile ( http://www.exaile.org/ ) Amarok ( http://amarok.kde.org/ ) Listen ( http://listengnome.free.fr/ ) Rhythmbox ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/ ) gtkpod ( http://www.gtkpod.org/ )
Legacy Family Tree	GRAMPS ( http://gramps-project.org/ )
LimeWire	FrostWire ( http://www.frostwire.com/ )
Meal Master	krecipe ( http://krecipes.sourceforge.net/ ) Gourmet Recipe Manager ( http://grecipe-manager.sourceforge.net/ )
Microsoft Access	Kexi ( http://www.koffice.org/kexi/ ) knoda ( http://www.knoda.org ) GNOME-DB ( http://www.gnome-db.org/ )
Microsoft Excel	KSpread ( http://www.koffice.org/kspread/ ) Open Calc ( http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html ) Gnumeric ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ )
Microsoft Frontpage	Quanta Plus ( http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ ) Nvu ( http://www.nvu.com/index.php ) KompoZer ( http://www.kompozer.net/ ) Bluefish ( http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html )
Microsoft HyperTerminal	minicom ( http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/ ) GtkTerm ( http://freshmeat.net/projects/gtkterm/ )
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Epiphany ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/ ) Opera ( http://www.opera.com/download/ ) Firefox ( http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ ) Konqueror ( http://www.konqueror.org/ )
Microsoft Money	KMyMoney ( http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/ ) GNUcash ( http://www.gnucash.org/ ) Gnofin ( http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/ ) Grisbi ( http://www.grisbi.org/ )
Microsoft Office	GNOME Office ( http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/ ) KOffice ( http://www.koffice.org/ ) OpenOffice ( http://www.openoffice.org/ )
Microsoft OneNote	BasKet ( http://basket.kde.org/ )
Microsoft Outlook (Express)	Thunderbird ( http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ ) Evolution ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ )
Microsoft Powerpoint	Open Office Impress ( http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html ) KPresenter ( http://www.koffice.org/kpresenter/ )
Microsoft Project	KPlato ( http://www.koffice.org/kplato/ ) OpenProj ( http://openproj.org/openproj ) GanttProject ( http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/ ) Planner ( http://live.gnome.org/Planner ) TaskJuggler ( http://www.taskjuggler.org/ )
Microsoft Visio	Dia ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ ) Kivio ( http://www.koffice.org/kivio/ )
Microsoft Windows Media Center	Freevo ( http://freevo.sourceforge.net/ ) Elisa Media Center ( http://www.fluendo.com/elisa/ ) XBMC Media Center ( http://xbmc.org/ ) MythTV ( http://www.mythtv.org ) LinuxMCE ( http://www.linuxmce.com/ )
Microsoft Word	Open Office Writer ( http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html ) AbiWord ( http://www.abisource.com/ ) Kword ( http://www.koffice.org/kword/ )
mIRC	Konversation ( http://konversation.kde.org/ ) KVIrc ( http://www.kvirc.net/ ) BitchX ( http://www.bitchx.org/ ) Xchat ( http://www.xchat.org/ ) ChatZilla! ( http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/ ) irssi ( http://www.irssi.org/ ) Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im )
Mp3tag	Kid3 ( http://kid3.sourceforge.net/ ) Pinkytagger ( http://pinkytagger.sourceforge.net/ ) EasyTAG ( http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ ) Cowbell ( http://more-cowbell.org/ ) Audio Tag Tool ( http://pwp.netcabo.pt/paol/tagtool/ )
MSN messenger	Mercury Messenger ( http://www.mercury.to/ ) Kopete ( http://kopete.kde.org/ ) aMSN ( http://amsn-project.net/ ) Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im )
Mudbox	SharpConstruct ( http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net )
Nero Burning Rom	X-CD-Roast ( http://www.xcdroast.org/ ) Brasero ( http://perso.orange.fr/bonfire/index.htm ) GnomeBaker ( http://gnomebaker.sourceforge.net/ ) Graveman! ( http://graveman.tuxfamily.org/ ) K3b ( http://www.k3b.org/ )
NetMeeting	Ekiga ( http://www.gnomemeeting.org/ )
NetStumbler	Kismet ( http://www.kismetwireless.net/ ) SWScanner ( http://www.swscanner.org/ )
NewzCrawler	RSSOwl ( http://www.rssowl.org/ ) Liferea ( http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ ) BasKet ( http://basket.kde.org/ ) Akregator ( http://akregator.kde.org/ ) Blam ( http://www.cmartin.tk/blam.html ) Straw ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/straw/ )
Notepad	leafpad ( http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/ ) NEdit ( http://www.nedit.org/ ) jEdit ( http://www.jedit.org/ ) Kate ( http://kate-editor.org/ ) gedit ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/gedit/ ) Scribes ( http://scribes.sourceforge.net/ ) tpad ( http://tclpad.sourceforge.net/ )
OrangeCD Catalog	GWhere ( http://www.gwhere.org )
Origin	SciGraphica ( http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/ )
Partition Magic	Partimage ( http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page ) GParted ( http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ ) QtParted ( http://qtparted.sourceforge.net )
Picasa	F-Spot ( http://f-spot.org/Main_Page ) KPhotoAlbum ( http://www.kphotoalbum.org/ ) digiKam ( http://www.digikam.org/ )
Pro Tools	Ardour ( http://www.ardour.org )
Quicken	KMyMoney ( http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/ ) GNUcash ( http://www.gnucash.org/ ) Gnofin ( http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/ ) Grisbi ( http://www.grisbi.org/ )
SoulSeek	Nicotine ( http://nicotine.thegraveyard.org/ ) Nicotine-Plus ( http://nicotine-plus.sourceforge.net/ )
SoundForge	ReZound ( http://rezound.sourceforge.net/ )
TexnicCenter
Total Commander	GNOME Commander ( http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/ ) xfe ( http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/ ) Tux Commander ( http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/ ) Midnight Commander ( http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ ) Krusader ( http://krusader.sourceforge.net/ )
Traktor DJ	Mixxx ( http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/ ) terminatorX ( http://www.terminatorx.org/ )
Videora	thin liquid film ( http://thinliquidfilm.org/ )
Winamp	Audacious ( http://audacious-media-player.org/Main_Page ) Amarok ( http://amarok.kde.org/ ) XMMS ( http://www.xmms.org/ )
Windows Media Player	KPlayer ( http://kplayer.sourceforge.net/ ) VideoLAN ( http://www.videolan.org/ ) xine ( http://xinehq.de/ ) mplayer ( http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html )
Windows Movie Maker	PiTiVi ( http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page ) LiVES ( http://lives.sourceforge.net/ ) Open Movie Editor ( http://openmovieeditor.sourceforge.net/HomePage ) Avidemux ( http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ ) Cinelerra ( http://cvs.cinelerra.org/ ) kdenlive ( http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/ )
WinIso	ISO Master ( http://littlesvr.ca/isomaster/ ) KIso ( http://kiso.sourceforge.net/ )
WinMerge	KDiff3 ( http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/ ) Meld ( http://meld.sourceforge.net/ ) xxdiff ( http://furius.ca/xxdiff/ ) Kile ( http://kile.sourceforge.net/ )
WinTV	XdTV ( http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/ ) tvtime ( http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/ )
WS_FTP	gFTP ( http://gftp.seul.org/ ) FireFTP ( http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ )
Zbrush	SharpConstruct ( http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net )
ZoneAlarm	Guarddog ( http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/ ) Firestarter ( http://www.fs-security.com/ )

Linux Alternative Project aims in establishing awareness to all users and developers on windows equivalent Open Source tools, which you can deploy for better productivity and service. There are plenty of forums and community which will help you in installing and maintaining these open source software. Students can download the source code repositories in the host websites and through sourceforge.net for learning purposes. If any one finds it difficult to install and use the above said software tools, you can feel free to post your queries to me and I'll help you in troubleshooting them.

Use Open Source....Unlock the Open Possibilities.....