More and more folks I know are ditching Microsoft Windows in favor of either Mac OS X or some flavor of Linux. They tell me that they switched because they wanted their computer to be more stable and secure; that they were “sick” of pop-ups, spyware, and viruses (just to name a few things).
But then they ask about iTunes. “How can I use my iPod with Linux?” or “Can I use Photoshop with Linux?”
Here is a nice article going over the Linux replacements for these (and more) applications: