wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareEquivalents

[Matthew East]

> I'm new to the group

Welcome aboard!!

> My concern is for duplication of information and confusing of end users.
> I'm leaning towards "yes, we should port the pages not in their current
> format". I think the main Software Equivalents page could remain as it
> does have value for new to Linux users understanding what new applications
> they can use to solve current needs. But I think the page should be made
> more of a jumping point to existing wiki pages such as
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultimediaApplications and create new
> pages for things like the CAD software.  I think this could be more
> productive than listing of one for one "old application vs new application
> and fit better into the community wiki style and format.

That sounds like a very sensible idea to me. There are bare lists of
equivalents elsewhere on the internet that can be linked to if users are
interested in that sort of list.

I'm surprised we don't have pages of this type somewhere on the help wiki
already - have a quick rummage around.

Matt