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 […]

Recently I decided to upgrade my computer’s RAM. I have a Dell Inspiron 600m. I decided to be cheap (a bad idea), and look on ebay. I found a couple sellers with RAM guaranteed to work on my laptop, so I picked the cheapest one: 2 1/2gig modules for under $80. […]

No need for an extra program! (but if you really want a full-fledged program, try gFTP)
For small ftp needs, you can just open your Nautilus (regular file browser, under Apps –> Accessories), and follow this simple guide from about.com:
In the Location Bar, enter the following:
For SSH, use: ssh://username@ssh.server.com
For FTP, use: […]

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 […]

This was not hard to do, and I’d recommend it to anyone. Kubuntu offers the KDE interface, while Ubuntu has the Gnome one. Most important here, is what’s your preference. A decent breakdown of the differences between the two can be found here. But you’d probably have to try each one […]

My story of trying out Ubuntu Dapper, in my own words.
Like I mentioned earlier, I have a Dell Inspiron 600m laptop with (now)1gb RAM and about 33gb hard drive. I decided to roll-back my entire Windows XP Pro to it’s first configuration (as it was when it was shipped to me), of course after […]

I have Windows XP Pro with all the updates (SP2 or whatever) on a Dell Inspiron 600m, only a year and a half old. A couple weeks ago, I upgraded my RAM from 512mb to 1gb and added a bunch of lightweight programs (while uninstalling bulky counterparts). Suddenly Firefox or some other program […]

Almost lost my finger today. I was at my studio trying to use my serger after it had been in storage for months, and I found that I had a lot of cleaning and realigning to do. When I just about got it set up for a certain stitch, the threads got stuck […]