I wanted to highlight Open Source Living as a valuable resource for OSS for beginners and end users. OSLiving is a community-driven dynamic archive of Open Source software spanning all major platforms. The site is well designed and run by a small team of 4. It's a good way to find out about OSS, particularly via the frontpage classification table.

Firefox is a well known success case. I ’ve been using it for years and version 3 (which is almost ready) has great improvements. Opera has been around for years and it’s a stable browser, known for innovations in the browsing experience. So, after seeing the cool new features of Firefox, I was curious at what Opera was offering these days.

If you've always wanted to build a computer from the ground up but never really had the time to find the necessary parts online, a coupon-centered blog called Coupon Codes Mall has done all the work for you. We think their choices lead to a pretty solid build, and all the coupon/sale links are current, but let's just say this straight-up: You should temper your expectations right now.

I have been an avid openSUSE user in the past as it worked perfectly on my main workstation. However, I switched to Xubuntu as I'm more obsessed with speed and simplicity nowadays more than anything else.

There are thousands of programs available to install on Ubuntu. These programs are stored in software archives (repositories) and are available for installation over the Internet. This makes it very easy to install new programs. It is also very secure, because each program you install is thoroughly tested and built specifically for Ubuntu.

This Thursday, June 5th, Tim Ansell will give a presentation "Gaming for Freedom." Tim, Founder of the Thousand Parsec project, will explore the universe of Free and Open Source computer games, drawing on his personal experience as a case study for successfully building and contributing to an Open Source game project.

As I continue to test and work with Ubuntu, I have come across a few more very pleasant surprises:

Here is a collection of security tools that you should look through to add to your arsenal to help keep the peace on your pc/network or unleash war on others for whatever reason.