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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

4 good quality places to appear for alternative programs

There are some pages that collect tables of equivalences between applications; so that someone can not use an exact application by the conditions that may be launching a search to see what other program perform the same function, what alternative exist in this software. Using these sites, a user of an exacting in service system can find similar application for a program that only runs on one more platforms. Or in background of licensing, you can perform a search for some free software application that is very similar to a private code, and vice versa.

Alternative To
It is last sheet of this type that I have known; this is a put where you can find alternative by thorough your own name as your platform (Windows, Mac, GNU / Linux and Online) or by license. Is very well designed and very contented navigating dissimilar sections. Possibly most compound and complete of three, one for each request has detailed account and a list of associated tags, commentary and feedback from users. Moreover, it allows searching straight what is being discussed in Twitter on this program and certainly gives us a list of probable alternative to the software.

Free Alternatives

Free alternative is a site to already have for several years running was started by Isaac Clemencies and already discuss some time ago in Quivered. As its name suggest, focuses exclusively on a free show option programs with private certify. Programs are organized by topic: office automation, network, gaming, multimedia, education for each segment is a comparison chart that lists all free application new technology that can serve as alternative to each owner. In addition to contribution two search boxes to the name of free or proprietary application, the cover may be several lists with latest software accompaniments, the most popular and some random.

Osalta
On the cover is offered through two Top 10 free and proprietary applications, as well as a search engine and a menu to navigate through different areas of application. Each time you add a new application or a friendship with a comment on the news site’s home page, which offers an RSS feed so users can subscribe and get the latest news and development in their feed aggregator.

Linux App Finder
Finally, focusing on users of GNU / Linux, the popular Linux App Finder website, which contain a huge file of applications for GNU / Linux distributions, it also offers an choice service that specialize in the platform where software workings. This section lists alphabetically a lot of programs that run on Windows and Mac, along with their alike applications that are available in the system of the penguin.

posted by Hadson @ 8:34 PM