Linux Equivalents of Windows Software

There are many articles about why and how to convert to Linux, and all the sites praise Linux for a common reason:

1. The freely distributable software
2. Open Source code
3. Open file formats
4. Favorable licensing terms
5. Improved security
6. Support from the Linux community
7. Wide variety of platforms

However, until a desktop user is provided with real alternatives to the existing software that is been currently used, migration to a different operating system is going to be very difficult.

There is more application software available for Windows. Then again, there may be sufficient Linux software for your needs.

Following is the flat list of Linux Equivalents of Windows Software I know about, you are free to add your list in the comment box below and I will have to the list:

Category	Windows	Linux	Comments
Browser	Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari	Firefox Epiphany Konqueror Opera
File Manager	Windows Explorer	Dolphin (KDE) Nautilus (Gnome)
Media Player	Windows Media Player iTunes	Amarok Banshee Exaile gtkpod Rhythmbox Songbird Totem	There is much other software for both Windows and Linux however these are few of them.
Mail Client	Outlook Express MS Outlook ThunderBird	Kontact (KDE) Evolution ThunderBird
CD / DVD Burner	Windows Media Player (very basic)	K3b (KDE) GnomeBaker (Gnome) Coaster Brasero Goobox Graveman Grip Serpentine
Instant Messenger	Yahoo MSN GTalk Pidgin IRC ICQ	Kopete Pidgin Gajim Gabber Smuxi XChat
Office Suite	MS Office Star Office	Open Office Star Office Google Docs & Spreadsheets
IDE	Eclipse XEmacs .NET Studio EditPlus TextPad NotePad	Eclipse XEmacs KDevelop Anjuta Mono Scaffold OpenLDev Kate Gedit Kedit
.NET	Microsoft Visual Studio	Anjuta Code::Blocks Eclipse Geany KDevelop NetBeans IDE
.NET Development	Microsoft .NET Framework	Mono
XML Editor	XMLEdit	Conglomerate KXML Edit
Web Server	IIS	Apache
Programming Languages	.NET Java PHP Perl Python	Java PHP Perl Python
Graphics	Photoshop	GIMP F-Spot – Photo Manager
	3D Studio Max	Art of Illusion Blender Dia – a diagramming application K-3D
Image Viewer, Image Manager	Microsoft Image viewer ACDSee	gThumb – Image Viewer Eye for GNOME (GNome) KphotoAlbum (KDE) Kview (KDE) Cornice Gwenview Imgv
Adobe	Adobe Illustrator	Inkscape – a vector drawing application. Skencil Xara Xtreme
CAD	AutoCAD	K-3D QCad BRL-CAD
FTP Client	FileZilla	gFTP Filezilla FireFTP KFTPgrabber
Download Manager	GetRight	Downloader for X GWGET KGet
Accessories	MS Calculator	Gcalctool SpeedCrunch
Others	MS Project	Planner – Project Management Software
System Tools	Disk Management Partition Magic	GParted – Partition Editor
Search Tool	Google Desktop Search Yahoo Desktop Search	Beagle Google Desktop
Database	MS SQL Server MySQL	MySQL
Astronomy	MegaStar	Celestia Stellarium