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Can Open Source apps compete with commercial ones?

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zridling:
Beyond Firefox, what open source desktop [client] apps are there that are better than their commercial counterparts? I'm wondering if there are any.

urlwolf:
amarok is pretty good, Not sure I'd say better than the commercial alternatives...

justice:
In my opinion

http://FileZilla is my choice of ftp client
http://AutoHotkey is my choice of macro language
http://VLC is my choice of video player (but not perfect)
http://Locate32 is my choice of file-search
http://KeePass is my choice of password manager (but not perfect)
http://JkDefrag ismy choice of defragmentation tool
http://Notepad++ is my choice of text-editor

I think I'll keep it to that just now. Definately all are competitive even if its not your favorite. Obviously what is better depends on your needs but they're my best programs in their category.

f0dder:
Notepad++ is lovely, partly because it's so light-weight. It might not have the same featureset as ultraedit, but I don't really miss anything in it... and it does sport plugins.

Locate32 is wonderful as well, really does speed up searches (I know, I know, I should try one of those indexing/desktop search things).

Ralf Maximus:
Define "better".  More market share?  More zealots?  Technically acclaimed?  Raw emotion?

Personally, I believe Thunderbird is better than Outlook... but so much of that is subjective.

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