Non-commercial, uncomplicated and ever popular, 3,500 developers met on the campus of the Free University of Brussels for FOSDEM 2006.

Conary promises a new approach to package management, and the Ecology howto provides tips on sustainable computing. We’ll also look at Stopmotion, a tool for creating cartoons, and we’ll tell you about the latest Debian controversy.

Redet helps you create regular expressions, and solving Go problems is a good way to relax. We also examine the latest events at Debian, including recent talk about the GNU Free Documentation License.

This month, we examine two Gnome programs: Tomboy gives users Wiki-style notepad management, and Searchparty helps Google users find people with similar interests. We’ll also report on WW2D and the Debian-Private mailing list.

Create virtual 3D worlds with Worldforge, and launch Windows programs with the Wine-derived ReactOS.

Linux New Media put together an international jury to recognize outstanding contributions to Open Source. We’ll tell you who brought home the prizes when the 2005 Linux New Media awards were presented at Linux World Frankfurt.