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If you’ve ever wanted to have Vista’s interface on Linux, you’re in luck. Vixta.org is a Fedora-based distribution that features the KDE Desktop Environment. Under the hood, this is still a Linux distro. On the surface however, well take a look.

Microsoft has yet to comment on the Vixta distribution. It’s possible that this version will […]

Most of you are familiar with the great posters from Demotivators.com. Those posters are easy enough to design using your favorite graphics software but what if I told you that you could make posters like those in seconds?
Poster Forge is a free poster maker that lets you create posters in seconds. There are three types […]

XnView is another free graphic viewer and converter that’s worth a download. This free application can import 400 image formats, and export them to 50 different formats. For an application that’s only 4.89MB, it’s surprising that it includes effects, filters, color modification, lossless rotate and crop, slide shows, etc.
The interface is similar to Windows Explorer […]

Everybody knows that defragging your hard drive takes a lot of time. If you happen to have multiple hard drives, defragging them means that you don’t get to use your computer for half a day(scary thought).
Defraggler is a free defragmentation utility that lets you decide what files you want to defrag, when you want to. […]

Novell has released the latest version of its popular Linux distro, openSUSE. openSUSE10.3 comes packed with a ton of upgrades. The latest version of the popular open source software features Gnome 2.20, dual boot support for Windows, KDE 3.5.7 with parts of KDE 4, GTK Yast which includes a one click install.

MP3 support is now […]

After featuring free Photoshop plugins, it’s time to look at another Photoshop essential, brushes. It’s easy enough to find free brushes to download, but the time it takes to browse every search result can waste a lot of time. Those of you looking for more brushes for your forum signatures or custom artwork are […]

Looking for free CD and DVD burning software that packs a lot of features? Take a look at this. CDBurnerXP Pro 4 is a free application that will let you burn CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVDs. Aside from being able to burn audio discs, this free authoring tool even lets you burn and create ISO […]

If you’re considering moving your photos to a different image host or service, but don’t want to go through the long process of downloading each photo, and uploading them to the new host, I’ve got good news.
Migratr is a free application that will let you move your photos from one service to another quickly and […]