Excited to find good substitutes which is pay-free and hazzle-free, esepcailly becuase I believe in the positive value of open source movement.
Open-source software rated: Ten alternatives you need (CNet)
Summary List
- microsoft office vs. openoffice
- Microsoft Windows Media Centre vs. MediaPortal
- Windows Media Player vs. VLC Media Player
- WinZip vs. 7-zip
- Adobe Photoshop vs. GIMP
- Google Reader, Bloglines vs. RSSOwl
- Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger vs. Pidgin
- Nero Burning Rom vs. InfraRecorder
- Adobe Audition vs. Audacity --- (audio editing program)
- Internet Explorer vs. Mozilla FireFox
