in Ubuntu Dapper using Conky, my new favorite Ubuntu app. Along with todo.txt and remind, it has successfully allowed me to scrap Rainlendar2 and its non-existent r2skin skins (see here) for a much more customizable and robust system of organizing my life. Below is a snapshot of my desktop with computer info […]

of best free software.
I’ve been searching for good free software for a while, mostly for Windows, but since I switched to Linux, for that too. Some of these links are starting points (websites with great info to sift through), others are plain lists. In no particular order:

lifehacker - one of my favorite places […]

You can officially download the new beta Photoshop CS3 now from Adobe’s website right here. With a CS2 serial number, you can get a working CS3 serial number to activate the product. Without one, you have only a 2-day (yes, you heard me) trial.
Lightbox, on the other hand, is another new beta Adobe […]

I tried to do this myself, but found I was much better off following this guide here. Make sure you don’t do what I did - fiddle around with Tbird before following his outline — because you’ll have to uninstall / reinstall everything again.
But this brings me right back to my earlier issue - […]

To me it seems that some of Ubuntu Dapper’s default programs are not the best, and there are other simple things completely missing which need to be brought up to a more comfortable user-friendly standard.
There are various ways of downloading new applications–a very clean & simple guide can be found here. Basically, you have […]