These are all 'commodity' applications that exist on all desktops. It's inevitable that free/open source versions will gradually replace their commercial counte

These are all 'commodity' applications that exist on all desktops. It's inevitable that free/open source versions will gradually replace their commercial counterparts, actually this is already happening: * Image Edititing - GIMP (ok, ok, it still a long road to catch up with Photoshop, but it's already good enough for most users) * Video Player - VLC & Co * Chat - Pidgin * Downloading/FTP/Torrenzt - uTorrent, Deluge, etc * Software Developmnent - most tools are already free * Music Player - Banshee, Amarok... event iTunes is free