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Switching from Windows to Linux: an app-centric view

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IT Wire; By David M Williams 		Mail this story
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Previously in ITWire we put forth the view that one reason people stick to Windows is because they have to run specific applications that only exist for that platform. We’d like to introduce you to two tremendous web sites which help find open source equivalents for proprietary Windows software.

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hkwint ·
In my opinion, they missed the most elaborate Lin/Win equivalents list:

http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html

Already four years old, and still rather up to date (07[2007). Best job I could find. OK, not very user-friendly, but anyone knowing how to hit Ctrl-F (or better, enable search while you type in FF) should have no problems using it.
nikkels ·
Yep, but there are an awfull lot of well known and popular programs missing. I will partly remedy this today

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