We talked about VirtualBox before as a free alternative to Parallels or VMware Fusion.  The new version 2.0 makes it more compelling than before.

For the security conscious TrueCrypt is a must. It has several different encryption options, I’m not going to pretend to understand the difference between them but from what I understand they are all pretty ridiculous. Better yet it allows you to use multiple encryption layers at once, making your files super-secure. Best of all it works with Windows, Mac, and Linux, so if you have things on your computer you want to keep ridiculously private, TrueCrypt is the way to go.
P.S. TrueCrypt is also a good way to hide pornography …

Adium gets updated with new features. Click to find out more.

For Mac users out there who want to run Windows programs frequently, Boot Camp does not really cut it because it requires a restart to get into Windows.  Parallels and VMware Fusion both allow you to run Windows apps in Mac OS X seamlessly.  Those two programs solve the issue of constantly restarting, but they are also rather pricey (at least they are too expensive for my budget).  For those people, there is another option: VirtualBox.  VirtualBox works the same way as Parallels and VMware Fusion and has most of …

There are none.  I’m pretty upset about it, but the LiveCD wouldn’t even work on my desktop.

As a Boot Camp user, I have run into many frustrations when I can access the files on my Windows partition from the Mac side, but cannot access files on the Mac partition from the Windows side.  I know I could just buy MacDrive, but I don’t have $50 to spend on a single purpose application like that.  Luckily, I discovered HFSExplorer.  While not nearly as elegant as MacDrive, HFSExplorer gets the job done for accessing files on my Mac partition.  Since it is free, it can’t hurt to try …

Linux Mint Live CD
I make it no secret that I love Ubuntu, and usually love any offshoot of the project.  Linux Mint is supposed to be a more user friendly variation of Ubuntu.  I gave Revision 1 of  Linux Mint 5 Elyssa Main Edition a test run and it was less stable than I anticipated for a revision of a release edition, but it does show promise.  Read on to find out more.

Evan has already written an article about Pidgin already where he mentioned Adium, but I felt that Adium deserved its own article considering how great it is.  Back when I did not have a Mac, Adium was the application that made me jealous of Mac owners.  Adium supports all the major IM platforms and even a bunch that I have never heard.  The current beta version even supports Facebook chat.  Adium has a large library of Xtras that includes everything from user interface skins to a plugin that lets you …

If you’re like me you’re not willing to shell out the ridiculous $650 for Adobe Photoshop, but you are willing to spend nothing. Here’s the good news, there is a free alternative to Photoshop called GIMP, here’s the better news, it’s cross-platform. That means all you Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX users can get on the GIMP wagon. Read on after the break to find out more.

In one word, Linux is awesome. Most of you out there are probably Windows, or recently converted Mac users. I’m sure if you’ve never used Linux you think its only for the Tech elite but in the past couple years Linux has made huge strides and become much more user friendly. To find out more, read on after the jump.