Open Source alternatives - Lilux-help

28 Mar 2007

Good morning everyone.
As this list has been slow recently, I thought it might be nice to get a
discussion started about Open Source equivalents or replacements for
common proprietary software.  It might be interesting to capture the
results of this thread on the Lilux web page to help new comers out.
Similar to our old distribution matrix.  So, here goes:
What open source applications are available to replace commonly used
proprietary applications.  I am primarily thinking about Linux in an
enterprise environment, but there is no need to limit ourselves.  I'll get
us started, please feel free to add or amend as you see fit.
End USer PC Software:
Proprietary                   Open Source
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MS Office                     OpenOffice
MS Visio                      Dia?
Outlook                       Evolution
Mindmanager                   Freemind
MS Project
Internet Explorer             Firefox
Server Based Software:
Proprietary                   Open Source
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VMware                        Xen/KVM (Does anyone know a good open source
VM management package that works similarly to Vmotion?)
HP Open View                  Nagios/OpenNMS
Systems Management Server
Exchange Server
Exchange Webmail              Squirrel Mail
SharePoint Server
SQL Server                    MySQL/PostGRE SQL
Anti-Virus
SPAM Filters
Web Security Filters
Another area to think about:  What management software exists for managing
a large number of devices?  Think about patch management, IP Address
management, software management (installing/uninstalling software on a
large scale), security management....
Have fun!
Mike