When Microsoft first sued TomTom for patent violations in TomTom's Linux-powered navigation devices, I wasn't sure how much of a fight TomTom would put up. Legally TomTom was between a rock and a hard place. You can't use restricted-use patents in GPLed software.

A while ago somebody asked me what he could tell his boss to convince him to migrate to Linux, so I made him a small list.

For those interested in turn-based strategy games, Battle For Wesnoth 1.6 is now available on Linux and other supported platforms. This major update to Battle For Wesnoth brings a new campaign (called The Legend of Wesmere), many multi-player improvements, improved game graphics, new terrain types, user-interface improvements, and an improved map editor.

1. Brag about how much free RAM you have on Linux:

free

2. Where is that application I just installed (all directories)

whereis [app]

3. Disk space usage

df -h

4. To make a playlist of the audio files in a folder

ls -R > playlist.m3u

A cool collection of Google logos over the years. From 1998 to almost now.

With thousands of Linux tools available, it is inevitable that some of the best ones get lost in the crowd. Jack Wallen introduces apps that more admins should know about.

Our own Geek Queen Blair Mathis is back with 50 ways to increase your Linux knowledge and help you along the way to true geekdom.