I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I know that I enjoyed the days off of school, and thankfully having nothing better to do than finally install the latest Ubuntu: 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon." So onwards now, lets see how it fared:

Fossil is a new version control system based on sqlite (and in fact authored by sqlite's author). While the world doesn't really need another source control system, Fossil has some very interesting, if not downright compelling, unique features.

Skype has released a beta version of its VIOP software with video support. Though in beta, it performs very well. Its very easy to install on SUSE, here is a small howto.

This article is about Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) and let me tell you all my beloved readers. I’m impressed!

Tux Paint 0.9.18's color palette now includes a rainbow-colored button which brings up a color picker. The colors available for painting have expanded from less than twenty to over 50,000!

This week we begin your Puppy training in earnest and we'll start by connecting to the Internet. If the PC you are running Puppy Linux has a connection through a router or Wi-Fi adaptor then it should be a breeze. If you are using a dial-up modem see this week's Top Tip.

Of all of the "how-to" articles that we've been bringing to the front page as of late, it seems that the most popular have been the Linux series from our resident guru, Ken Gypen. Many of you have asked for these artilces to be a regular feature here on bit-tech, and we've been listening.

HowtoForge has a very good and successful series in for of "The Perfect Desktop". I liked it too much, but feel that they install too many software. Here is my take on it.