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Mon Sep 24 22:27:09 EDT 2007
It is approaching a year. I've worked on this site on and off. You might have noticed a name change along with a few CSS changes. I added some advertising, but nothing too obtrusive. I hope.

Big changes in the works. I am also looking to trade links with related sites. Anybody interested? E-mail me here.

Tue Dec 26 10:15:34 EST 2006
Is anybody actually reading this blog? Anyhow. I hope everybody had a happy and safe holiday so far.

As I stated before, I am off of work this week and plan on devoting some time to this site. I am currently writing a CMS type application for me to use when updating this site. I already wrote some code this morning but I'm having an overwelming sense that I am re-inventing the wheel here. I think I'm going to take some time and throw some google dust around to see what I can find. I plan on getting the RSS feed done sometime today.
Tue Dec 19 21:38:10 EST 2006
This week I was featured on LifeHacker. This drove a good amount of visitors to the site. (But not nearly as many as digg did!) It seems that I am getting flamed a little more on LifeHacker than on Digg, but I really don't care. For those who are interested, here is the article: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/linux/find-linux-equivalents-to-windows-software-222554.php.

I've been busy working on the code and updating the site. I just found out that I will be off the week between Christmas and New Years and I hope to get a lot of things done on the site. The new code will allow me update and admin the site with ease, but ultimately, the HTML will be generated and simply uploaded to the server. I believe this allows for the greatest scalability and the growth of the site. In the future and if needed, mirrors can be made and hosted on a simple shared hosting plan. But thats kind of dreaming now, isn't it?

As I mentioned earlier I've been flamed a bit on LifeHacker and Digg. Mostly because of my poor choice of words in naming this website. "Equivalent" suggests a true 100% equal to a piece of software. For example, GIMP is not a true equivalent to Photoshop, to the true definition of the word. A true equivalent would be if Adobe made a Linux version of Photoshop. In general, I think that visitors are understanding what this site is about and what I'm trying to do. I don't think its a huge problem. In hindsight, I should of probably used "alternatives" or "replacements" or something like. I was looking for a simple name that people would remember and show that you can do everything on Linux that you can do on Windows. However, to be fair, I have also registered linuxalt.com (for Linux Alternatives) and pointed it to the site. If it makes you feel better, please use that domain name instead.

Some of the following are cool links I found in my referrers log:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/12/05/the-linux-equivalent-project/
http://www.techspot.com/news/23754-Linux-Equivalent-Project-seeks-to-aid-transition.html
http://dailydiy.com/2006/12/18/find-linux-equivalents-to-windows-software/
Sat Dec 9 15:41:35 EST 2006
It's been a cool ride the last few days. The site has survived my first digging with out an issue. For those who didn't discover this site through digg, the url is: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Wanna_find_a_linux_equivalent_to_a_windows_app

At the time of this writing its up to 2262 digg's. I think thats good. I don't see a lot of articles with that high of a count. I'm flattered, really.

I decided to throw this blog up to give updates and records the thoughts of the future of this site. This site started out as a pet project and never thought that it would explode like this. I've got a ton of great suggestions and I think the first one I am going to work on is including an RSS feed. Problem is, I'm not sure how to implement it. I can do the technical aspects, but I'm not sure what I should include in the feed itself. I welcome suggestions.

Finally, advertising. A few people e-mailed me and told me that I should implement non-intrusive ads to this site. I agree with them and it would be nice get back something in return the time I spend on this site. However, I think I have a better idea. I am thinking of putting a link to an Amazon affiliate program. However, instead of putting up those banners and such I will just have a simple link to a page off the main page explaining that if you want to support this site go through the link before you buy anything at Amazon. This with allow supporters to support the site and keep it ad free for everybody. What do you think?.
2006-12-04 5:17pm EST
I've been Dugged! Thank you all for the great words both e-mailed to me and left in the comments on digg.com. I was not expecting this today but I will be replying to most of you who e-mailed me soon. Keep the submissions and suggestions coming!