Last.fm tracks your musical tastes and helps you find users with similar interests.

Create your own podcasts with the free and easy Audacity sound editor.

For live Internet radio, you need a streaming server. We’ll show you how to get started with Icecast, an open source streaming alternative for Linux.

Many Webcam owners use MSN Messenger by Microsoft for video messaging. Linux users can run Amsn to connect eye to eye.

Wordpress is an easy, frugal, and feature-rich tool for creating a personal weblog. If you always wanted your own blog, but you don't have time for the technical details, Wordpress lets you get started in style.

Just a few tweaks can give your system that individual touch.

Linux provides tools and patches for speeding up the priority of multimedia applications. So if you're not getting the performance you expect, try shifting into overdrive.