Have you heard about Boxee? Boxee is a social media center based on the SourceForge.net Community Choice Award-winning XBox Media Center (XBMC) open source project.

We take a closer look at photo stitching, a photo gallery application, an audio player, and video-recording software. for a more complete summary of the article.

Totem brings Hollywood to your Linux desktop. We'll show you how to get started with this movie player.

We'll show you the free and easy way to set up digital signatures for office documents and email.

Several free game engines are available for Linux users, but programming with them is often less than intuitive. Panda3D is an easy-to-use engine that is accessible enough for newcomers but still powerful enough for the pros at Disney Studios.

Jarnal provides some handy features that make this application more than just a note-taking tool.

Diff finds the differences between two versions of a file. We’ll show you how diff finds changes and matches in files without affecting a system's resources.

Klaus Knopper is the creator of Knoppix and co-founder of the LinuxTag expo. He currently works as a teacher, programmer, and consultant. If you have a configuration problem, or if you just want to learn more about how Linux works, send your questions to: klaus@linux-magazine. com