for some common, necessary, commercial applications.
Office Productivity
Microsoft Office -> Open Office
Photo / Imaging Editing
Adobe Photoshop -> GNU Gimp
Web Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer -> Mozilla Firefox
Email / Calendar Organiser
Microsoft Outlook -> Mozilla Thunderbird / Sunbird
Vector Graphics
Adobe Illustrator -> Inkscape
Desktop Publishing
Adobe Indesign-> GPL Scribus
3D Modeling
Autodesk 3ds Max -> Blender3D
Music Typesetting
Finale -> GNU Lilypond
Vector Animation
Macromedia Flash -> Synfig
Just a small list that come to my mind. Feel free to add more.


I think it would be a good idea to note that Synfig is still in the “developer preview” stage.