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

I love using Pidgin on my personal computer, but when I’m out and about in the real world I often need access to instant messaging.  Meebo fills this large void in my life by letting me IM my contacts from anywhere with internet access. It works with AIM, Yahoo, Google talk, MSN and more.  Meebo is great for use in public spaces like on library computers.  Give it a try and I guarantee it will become one of your more useful web apps.

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.

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Alright, so the rumors that the Dell Mini Inspiron would come out last Tuesday were not exactly legit, but the Internet is abuzz with new rumors this Friday morning. The new information is saying that rather than being the Dell E, the new mini laptop will be called the Dell Inspiron 910 and will be released on August 22nd. After being burned earlier this week I don’t know how much stock I would put into this rumor. Read on for technical specifications.

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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.

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I’ve used ZoneAlarm firewall software before and its pretty good, this is free for today only, so get downloading. Sorry Mac/Linux users, this one is Windows only.

Heli Attack 2, who doesn’t love shooting down helicopters while being able to slow time and jump ridiculously high? I know I do. If you want to waste a few hours of your day, give it a try. Yes I know there is a Heli Attack 3, but Heli Attack 2 is more fun, and I’ve never played Heli Attack 1. So go now, have some fun. Comment if you get an absurdly high score, and remember the golden rule: pics or it didn’t happen.

I’ve tried a lot of different media players for my mp3 library over the years, and I always end up using both Winamp and iTunes, while one is significantly better than the other. Both are free and neither is open source, Winamp is Windows only and iTunes is for Mac OSX and Windows. Read on to find out which is better.

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We’ve mentioned gOS on the site before, the Ubuntu based, Google software laden gem of the low end PC market. I decided to give the liveCD a try, if you don’t know, a liveCD is a good way of testing a Linux distribution without making any changes to your hard drive. Before testing I thought gOS would be good, solely based on the fact its built off of Ubuntu, which is great. After testing gOS I realize it’s even better than i had expected. Read on after the jump to find out why.

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Touché Google. You’ve bested me this time.