These interesting FOSS applications are intended for later review, but for now they gather interest sitting on the back burner.

Future Linux

54 Open Source Alternatives for Server Software

Open source server software for file transfer, security, storage, collaboration and more.

Four Hidden Tools in Scribus | Linux Journal

Scribus is a powerful tool, but menus are poorly laid-out. Features you most frequently use may be hidden almost anywhere.

gEdit, an easy to use text editor with many advanced features

Some Analysts Still Don't Get It | Linux.com

Linux is doing just fine, despite what some Forrester analysts may think.

Cleaning up a Ubuntu GNU/Linux system | Ubuntu Geek

Open Source Clouds: Linux Distributions Choose Sides | TalkinCloud

While SUSE and Canonical's Ubuntu back OpenStack, Red Hat promotes cloud standards like OpenShift and CloudForms. Will cloud service providers choose sides?

Password cracking with John the Ripper on Linux

Password cracking with John the Ripper on Linux

 

KDE, XFCE, Trinity

GNOME vs. KDE vs. Unity: Performing Seven Basic Tasks - Datamation

How do the top Linux desktops compare when you're doing basic tasks? The answers may surprise you.

Kubuntu 11.10 | Desktop Linux Reviews

A full review of Kubuntu 11.10, including a gallery of images.

XFCE: Your Lightweight, Speedy, Fully-Fledged Linux Desktop

As far as Linux goes, customization is king. Here's your crash course on XFCE.

Why GNOME refugees love Xfce

KDE vs. Trinity: Is One Really Better?

How does KDE 4 compare with Trinity, the fork based on KDE 3? 

2 cool reasons to use the K Desktop Environment

You can always find a reason or two to like or not like something, and frequently, the reason you like one thing is exactly why the next guy does not. 

How I Learned to Love the KDE 4 Series

For nine years, my default desktop was GNOME...

LXDE and Xfce – the other desktops

GNOME and KDE may be the high profile Linux desktop environments, but they are not to everybody's tastes. Here are a couple of the more prominent alternatives

Puppy & more

Puppy Linux Racy Review

Puppy Linux is a lightweight distribution that is geared towards older machines that do not have enough resources for a modern desktop

Puppy Has A Litter

Puppy Linux 5.2 (Wary) optimized for older PCs

Puppy Linux 5.2 "Wary" released

According to the developers, the new release of the "Wary-series" of the distribution is a "massive upgrade" to the 5.1.x series. It includes an upgraded Linux kernel and has had all of its base packages recompiled

Lightweight Linux Review

Nostalgia and more...

Future FOSS

Create Bootable Windows or Linux USB with RMPrepUSB

Of the various applications for creating bootable Windows or Linux drives, RMPrepUSB offers some unique features which may be appealing to many users. 

Live USB Install Puts Linux On Your Thumb Drive With Ease

Boot one of over a hundred Linux distros from a USB disk. With Live USB, software you can run on both Windows and Linux computers, it only takes a couple of clicks to make your USB disk a bootable Linux disk. 

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Readers' Choice Awards 2011 | Linux Journal

The votes are in, the tallies are counted, the hanging chads have been evaluated, and we have our winners. 

Apple converting the enterprise? It could happen.

Prepare for Apple's gentle rapping, a-tapping at your data center door.

 

 

Not now...

How To Monitor and Log Your Bandwidth Usage with Tomato - How-To Geek

Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek

280 Slides - Create & Share Presentations Online

How To Install Additional Software On Your Home Router (DD-WRT) - How-To Geek

Have you ever wanted to have additional functionality like Email, Bit-torrent or even MySQL directly on your router? Well maybe now you can. How-To Geek dives into how-to install Opkg software on DD-WRT.

The 10 Most Important Open Source Projects of 2011 | Linux.com

What were the most important open source projects of 2011? If you guessed Linux, Hadoop, or Puppet, you might just be right.

Linux News: Community: What Open Source Can Learn From Steve Jobs, Part 2

The blind hatred of Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman toward proprietary programs is such that he has given speeches in which he advocated for software piracy. Stallman wrote this the day after Steve Jobs died: "As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, 'I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone.'"

Tutorial: Put your bookmarks online with SemanticScuttle

Marco Fioretti shows you a feature-rich open source program that allows you to store and organize online bookmarks.

Mint 12 Links

Linux Mint 12 Released - The Peacemaker? | ZDNet UK

One of the most anxiously-awaited Linux releases in quite some time is now available for download on the Linux Mint Mirrors worldwide. It has not yet been officially "announced", either on the Linux Mint web page or on Distrowatch, but...

The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 12 (Lisa)

Linux Mint 12: A Great desktop Linux stays Great | ZDNet

If you want a Linux desktop that’s both full-featured and comes with a familiar GNOME 2.x style desktop, look no further than the latest version

Does Linux Mint 12 Measure Up? | Linux.com

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier takes a look at Linux Mint 12, the first of the Mint line to embrace GNOME 3 - with its own special take on GNOME.

Linux Mint 12: A much-needed, much-improved Linux desktop | TechRepublic

With the best of both GNOME worlds, Linux Mint has managed to create the perfect combination of new and familiar features. Jack Wallen examines the la

Linux Mint Swap Banshee Affiliate Code, Take 100% of Profits

Install GNOME 3 (With Mint GNOME Shell Extensions) Or Mate On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Install GNOME 3 (With Mint GNOME Shell Extensions) Or Mate On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

How to run Unity desktop on Linux Mint 12

Out of the box, Linux Mint 12, the latest edition of Linux Mint, a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Desktop, comes with a choice of two desktop environments – GNOME 3 with Mint GNOME Shell Extension (MGSE), and MATE, a fork of GNOME 2. While the combination of GNOME 3 and MGSE is an [...]

Enabling Compiz On Linux Mint 12 (GNOME Classic) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Enabling Compiz On Linux Mint 12 (GNOME Classic)

Another GNOME Fork? Can Cinnamon Survive? - InternetNews.

From the 'RIP MATE' files:

Kindle Fire

4shared.com - free file sharing and storage

Online file sharing and storage - 10 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ported to the Kindle Fire

Industrious Android enthusiasts have begun the process of porting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Kindle Fire; check out this video to see it in action.

Review: Android

OSNews is Exploring the Future of Computing with news on desktop, server, mobile, and specialty operating systems and new computing technology.

 

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8 Things to Do Once You Fire Up Your New Kindle Fire - How-To Geek

The Amazon Kindle Fire is a great tablet, but it’s a little sparse when you first take the device out of the box and power it on. There are no books to read, no music and not very many apps. Prepare yourself before leaving the house with your new toy. Here are some things you’ll want to do the first time you fire up your Kindle Fire.

How-To Install Google Android Apps On Your Kindle Fire - Tech & Trend

If you're looking to download a few Google Android apps without the hassle of rooting your Kindle Fire, we offer you five easy steps for downloading any Android application onto your new Kindle Fire.

Documents To Go Offers Version for Kindle Fire - Mario Armstrong

Tech Expert, Tech show Host, Commentator, Digital Lifestyle Expert, Small Biz Tech Advocate, Youth Tech Motivator!

How to Make the Kindle Fire Silk Browser *Actually* Fast! - How-To Geek

Not that long ago, we reviewed the Kindle Fire, and one of our biggest complaints was how lousy the browser is—but we’ve discovered the trick to making it actually fast. Here’s how to fix it.

Five free Kindle Fire apps everyone should sideload | ExtremeTech

8 Amazon Kindle Fire Apps for Newbies CIO.com

Here are eight apps that every Kindle Fire newbie should consider downloading to get themselves started.

GetJar - Appsolutely Everything for Nokia, BlackBerry, Android, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, Palm.

Dropbox Android App Review

How I got Dropbox installed on Kindle Fire « apocryph.org

 

 

LinuxMint Debian (a work in progress)
LegacyOS (sometimes also called TeenPup for older computers)

Transfer On LAN - a cross-platform improvement of Giver

CurrPorts- find all ports which are communicating on Internet

UnkleBill - Newer financial software offers double-entry accounting to track personal or small business accounts.

Seo Panel - World's first seo control panel for multiple websites

FreeNAS
Openfiler
easyLife

RadioTray
StreamTuner2