| Category |
Programs
written for Microsoft® Windows Costing
$2,000+ |
Comparable Click-N-Run Programs* Costing only $0-$49 |
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| Office
Programs |
Microsoft®
Office |
StarOffice,
OpenOffice, Koffice,
Thinkfree
Office, Thinkfree
Online |
| Microsoft®
Word |
StarOffice
Writer, OpenOffice, Koffice, Thinkfree
Office, Thinkfree
Online |
| Microsoft®
Excel® |
StarOffice
Calc, OpenOffice, Koffice, Thinkfree
Office, Thinkfree
Online |
| Microsoft®
PowerPoint® |
StarOffice
Impress, OpenOffice, Koffice, Thinkfree
Office, Thinkfree
Online |
| Microsoft®
Visio® |
Koffice,
Dia |
| Microsoft® Publisher® |
Scribus, OpenOffice, Koffice |
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| Document Viewers |
Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader |
Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader |
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| Web Development |
Microsoft®
FrontPage® |
NVU, Kompozer, Quanta
Plus
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| Software Development |
Microsoft®
Visual Basic® |
REALbasic,
Open
Insight, GAMBAS |
| Python |
Python |
| Java |
Netbeans |
| Microsoft
C/C++ |
Kdevelop |
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| Internet and E-mail |
Microsoft®
Outlook® |
Thunderbird,
Novell Evolution |
| Microsoft®
Internet Explorer® |
Firefox, Opera |
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| Graphics |
Adobe®
Photoshop® |
GIMP, Pixel
Image Editor |
| Adobe®
Illustrator® |
Sketch,
Sketsa |
| Photo
Editing |
Lphoto |
| Photo
Organizing |
Lphoto |
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| Finance and
Accounting |
Intuit®
Quicken® |
GNUCash,
Moneydance |
| Intuit®
Quickbooks® |
MyBooks,
KMyMoney,
Linux
General Ledger, Basicbooks |
| Quickbooks®
Point-of-Sale |
Quasar,
Tux
Shop |
| Budgeting |
Essential
Budget |
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| Project Managers |
Microsoft®
Project® |
Project
Management |
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| Messenging |
AOL®
Instant Messenger |
Kopete, Pidgin |
| Yahoo
Messenger |
Kopete, Pidgin,
Yahoo
Messenger |
| MSN
Messenger |
Kopete, Pidgin, aMSN |
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| Multimedia |
Real
Player |
Real
Player |
| MP3
Players |
Lsongs,
XMMS |
| CD
Player |
Lsongs,
Kplayer |
| CD/DVD Burning |
K3B CD Burner, DVD:RIP, DVD Creation Wizard (Tovid) |
| DVD
Playing |
DVD
Player, Xine,
Power
DVD |
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| Time
Management |
Time Manager |
Time
Organizer (Korganizer), JPilot |
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| File Sharing |
P2P File
Sharing |
Limewire,
Bittorrent,
Edonkey
2000
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| Music |
Music
Digitizing |
G-Rip,
Lsongs |
| i-tunes |
MP3Tunes, Mindawn
Player, Lsongs |
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| VOIP, Internet
Telephony |
Vonage,
Skype |
Gizmo, Skype
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| Migration Software |
Migration
from Windows |
Versora
Progression Desktop |
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| Security Software |
Anti-Spam |
Thunderbird,
Mailwasher
Pro |
| Anti-virus |
QTF-prot,
Virus
Scanner |
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| Games |
3D Games |
Scorch
3D, Quake
2, America's
Army, Wolfenstein
3D, Doom
2, Open
Quartz, DH
Lore: Invasion |
| RPGs |
Majesty
Gold, Eternal
Lands |
| 2D
Scrollers |
Maelstrom,
Super
Tux, Defendguin,
Battle
for Westnoth, Project
Starfighter |
| Board
and Card Games |
Risk,
Gnulactic
Konquest, |
| Sports
Games |
GTKPool
Billiards, Tux
Racer, Tux
Cart, Billiard-GL,
Emilia
Pinball, Soul
Ride |
| Arcade
Games |
Frozen
Bubble, Pacman,
Solar
Wolf, Xgalaga,
Breakout
2, Orbz,
Marble
Blast |
| Puzzles |
Neverball,
Guessage,
Boxit,
Candy
Cruncher, Tetris
Plus, Mahjongg |
| Flight
Simulators |
GL-117,
Orbit,
Thunder
and Lightning, Flight
Gear |
| Strategy
|
War
Of Conquest, Uplink,
Dark
Oberon |
| Combat |
Atomic
Tanks, Tank
Lgeneral, Star
Voyager |
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| Education |
Games |
Gcompris,
Guesage,
Word
Zap, The
Memory Game, Jigsaw
Puzzle |
| Tutors |
Tux
Typing, Vocabulary
Trainer (flash cards) |
| Utilities |
Qgeo,
Maestro |
| Teaching
Aids |
Bible
Time, Periodic
Table, Klogo-turtle |
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| Geneology |
Family
Tree Maker |
GRAMPS |
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| Emulation |
Console
Gaming |
zsnes |
| Windows
Gaming |
Transmeta
Cedega |
| Windows
Environment |
Win4Lin
9x, Win4Lin
Home |
| Windows
Emulation |
Crossover
Office |
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| Backup and Recovery |
Microsoft
Backup |
Keep,
Konserve |
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| CAD |
AutoCAD |
Qcad,
Linux
CAD |
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| Video Editing |
ABC
Video roll |
Kino,
LiVES |
| DVD
Creator |
Tovid |
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| Video Capture/ PVR |
Windows
Media Center |
MythTV,
KDETV |
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| Others |
Podcasting |
CastPodder |
