KAlarm is a lean alternative calendar program. You can use this handy alarm clock as an easy-to-use replacement for cron.

A handy Firefox extension called ScrapBook lets you save, manage, and annotate web pages.

Linspire is pushing a new non-commercial version called Freespire. We took the Freespire beta for a test drive.

Mindmaps are useful for organizing ideas and data. Treeline is a promising mindmap tool for KDE.

Is Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake worthy of an update? That depends on what you are looking for. We took a tour of the latest Ubuntu.

If the no-frills Metacity window manager doesn’t give you the functio nality you need, try the Metacity add-ons Brightside and Devil’s Pie.

If you have given up hope of ever finding your way around the mess of data on your desktop, a desktop search engine can help you penetrate the gloom. Kerry and KBeaglebar bring the Beagle engine to the KDE desktop.

In the June 2006 issue of Linux Magazine, we took a look at the new features introduced by the imminent Suse version. Read on to find out if the final version is worth an update.