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	<title>Comments on: 5 Sites To Find Free Alternatives To Popular Software</title>
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		<title>By: Bob3000</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-435515</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob3000</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a huge fan of http://www.techsupportalert.com/
Peer reviewed and plenty of user comments. And all free of course.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a huge fan of <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.techsupportalert.com/</a><br />
Peer reviewed and plenty of user comments. And all free of course.</p>
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		<title>By: retimer</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-431682</link>
		<dc:creator>retimer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It all depends on the OS you use. I prefer Ubuntu so I have no problem finding free open source software in repositories. Sometimes sourceforge helps me. So, get rid of commercial Windows and become opensource-guys!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It all depends on the OS you use. I prefer Ubuntu so I have no problem finding free open source software in repositories. Sometimes sourceforge helps me. So, get rid of commercial Windows and become opensource-guys!</p>
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		<title>By: pevinsghost</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-425164</link>
		<dc:creator>pevinsghost</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I use source forge whenever I&#039;m looking for a program to do something.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I use source forge whenever I&#8217;m looking for a program to do something.</p>
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		<title>By: ACS</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-422305</link>
		<dc:creator>ACS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Searching for applications is one way to adopt open source.  Developers who are looking for open source &quot;code&quot; can find it at the free site Koders.com.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Searching for applications is one way to adopt open source.  Developers who are looking for open source &#8220;code&#8221; can find it at the free site Koders.com.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-420663</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.softwaresuggest.com is a new site in beta as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.softwaresuggest.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.softwaresuggest.com</a> is a new site in beta as well.</p>
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		<title>By: JK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see you have added MUO directory in the list :D

Nice list. Does anyone know of a &quot;good&quot; alternative to Adobe Flash (for animation). I have tried synfig, but I am looking for something more simple, something that would appeal to beginners.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see you have added MUO directory in the list <img src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif?323f2c" alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Nice list. Does anyone know of a &#8220;good&#8221; alternative to Adobe Flash (for animation). I have tried synfig, but I am looking for something more simple, something that would appeal to beginners.</p>
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		<title>By: nvr</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-419132</link>
		<dc:creator>nvr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand you can&#039;t include all sites.. but techsupportalert.com is really an excellent site... It should certainly be here...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand you can&#8217;t include all sites.. but techsupportalert.com is really an excellent site&#8230; It should certainly be here&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Rama</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-419104</link>
		<dc:creator>Rama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s a massive list here: http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a massive list here: <a href="http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-419089</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I cannot believe you list your own website in your own article....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I cannot believe you list your own website in your own article&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
		<link>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-find-free-alternatives-to-popular-software/#comment-419058</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or use for-free-on-internet to get full legal copies from offers http://for-free-on-internet.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or use for-free-on-internet to get full legal copies from offers <a href="http://for-free-on-internet.com/" rel="nofollow">http://for-free-on-internet.com/</a></p>
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