The Linux Alternative Project

http://www.linuxalt.com/

Welcome to the Linux Alternative Project (formally the Linux Equivalent Project). The goal is to provide an informational and available website for all linux users. The website is currently in beta form. I will be periodically updating the database with Windows software and the Linux equivalents and alternatives.

Windows Software	Linux Equivalent/Alternative
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 Premier	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/ )
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/ )
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 )
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	Gourmet Recipe Manager ( http://grecipe-manager.sourceforge.net/ )
Microsoft Access	Kexi ( http://www.koffice.org/kexi/ ) 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 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/ ) 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/ )
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	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/ )
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/ )
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/ ) 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/ )
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/ )