Alternate applications for Windows User On Linux Plateform.

Alternate applications for Windows User On Linux Platform.

It is already known to everyone that Microsoft has the major domination on Desktop in all Domains. And if someone really likes to switch from Windows to Linux (with respect to the desktop user), the problem which he/she faces is that "what are the substitute application on Linux which I used on Windows Platform". 

So here is the list of the Substitute application, as the list is just presenting the Basic Applications,

Windows Software	Linux Equivalent/Alternative
3D Home Architect	Sweet Home 3D
3D Studio Max	K-3D Wings 3D Art of Illusion Blender
ACDSee	KuickShow ShowImg Gwenview GQview Eye of GNOME
Adobe Acrobat Reader	okular Xpdf Evince ePDFView KPDF
Adobe Audition	Audacity
Adobe Illustrator	Skencil Inkscape Karbon14 Xara Xtreme for Linux
Adobe PageMaker	Scribus
Adobe PhotoAlbum	F-Spot KPhotoAlbum digiKam
Adobe Photoshop	CinePaint Krita GIMP
Adobe Premiere	PiTiVi LiVES Kino Cinelerra kdenlive Jahshaka
Ant Movie Catalog	Moviefly
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)	Kopete Pidgin
APC PowerChute	Network UPS Tools Apcupsd PowerD
CDex	Sound Juicer Rubyripper ripperX Grip KAudioCreator
Collectorz	aviManager GCstar Tellico Alexandria Griffith vMovieDB Katalog
Dreamweaver	Quanta Plus Geany Nvu Screem KompoZer Bluefish
DVDShrink	k9copy OGMRip Thoggen xdvdshrink DVD Rip-O-Matic qVamps dvd::rip AcidRip
Everest	HardInfo
Finale	Lilypond Denemo Rosegarden NoteEdit Brahms
Flash	F4L
Fontographer	FontForge
Forte Agent	Pan
FruityLoops	LMMS Hydrogen
Google Desktop Search	Google Desktop Beagle
Guitar Pro	TuxGuitar DGuitar kguitar
iTunes	Banshee aTunes Quod Libet SongBird Exaile Amarok Listen Rhythmbox gtkpod
Legacy Family Tree	GRAMPS
LimeWire	FrostWire
Meal Master	krecipe Gourmet Recipe Manager
Microsoft Access	Kexi knoda GNOME-DB
Microsoft Excel	KSpread Open Calc Gnumeric
Microsoft Frontpage	Quanta Plus Nvu KompoZer Bluefish
Microsoft HyperTerminal	minicom GtkTerm
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Epiphany Opera Firefox Konqueror
Microsoft Money	KMyMoney GNUcash Gnofin Grisbi
Microsoft Office	GNOME Office KOffice OpenOffice
Microsoft OneNote	BasKet
Microsoft Outlook (Express)	Thunderbird Evolution
Microsoft Powerpoint	Open Office Impress KPresenter
Microsoft Project	KPlato OpenProj GanttProject Planner TaskJuggler
Microsoft Visio	Dia Kivio
Microsoft Windows Media Center	Freevo Elisa Media Center XBMC Media Center MythTV LinuxMCE
Microsoft Word	Open Office Writer AbiWord Kword
mIRC	Konversation KVIrc BitchX Xchat ChatZilla! irssi Pidgin
Mp3tag	Kid3 Pinkytagger EasyTAG Cowbell Audio Tag Tool
MSN messenger	Mercury Messenger Kopete aMSN Pidgin
Mudbox	SharpConstruct
Nero Burning Rom	X-CD-Roast Brasero GnomeBaker Graveman! K3b
NetMeeting	Ekiga
NetStumbler	Kismet SWScanner
NewzCrawler	RSSOwl Liferea BasKet Akregator Blam Straw
Notepad	leafpad NEdit jEdit Kate gedit Scribes tpad
OrangeCD Catalog	GWhere
Origin	SciGraphica
Partition Magic	Partimage GParted QtParted
Picasa	F-Spot KPhotoAlbum digiKam
Pro Tools	Ardour
Quicken	KMyMoney GNUcash Gnofin Grisbi
SoulSeek	Nicotine Nicotine-Plus
SoundForge	ReZound
Total Commander	GNOME Commander xfe Tux Commander Midnight Commander Krusader
Traktor DJ	Mixxx terminatorX
Videora	thin liquid film
Winamp	Audacious Amarok XMMS
Windows Media Player	KPlayer VideoLAN xine mplayer
Windows Movie Maker	PiTiVi LiVES Open Movie Editor Avidemux Cinelerra kdenlive
WinIso	ISO Master KIso
WinMerge	KDiff3 Meld xxdiff Kile
WinTV	XdTV tvtime
WS_FTP	gFTP FireFTP
Zbrush	SharpConstruct
ZoneAlarm	Guarddog Firestarter

I think after reading this post you will be able to switch on Linux easily. In the next posts I will try my best to discuss about best Linux distributions for desktop users.