Quote Originally Posted by Delsus View Post
As you said if you don't want to look at open source alternatives Linux may not be for you, some linux software I use is GNS3 (network simulation), Firefox, Transmission torrent client, libre office (you can use Open office if you want) Skype, VLC player, VMWare and I am trying to get various software to run in Wine, as I said earlier basically all I can't do is game because of my hybrid graphics issues, but I have Windows for that.
For the software Altena mentioned, there is no alternative on Linux and running such applications in WINE usually doesn't cut it.