| Programs |
| Putty the SSH windows client (port available) |
| Mozilla Firefox cross platform webbrowser |
| Pan Cross platform newsreader |
| XChat Cross platform IRC client |
| Evolution Gnome mail client (outlook workalike) |
| VIM Cross platform text editor. Thousands of features |
| Open Office Don't use Microsoft! This is an MS office workalike. |
| Programming: |
| SuperParr Image Class Library-An image library I wrote. I like it. |
| Image Magick-Image Processing and Display Package |
| Knowledge Repositories: |
| Informit - good free book archive |
| Netlibrary -HUGE free book archive. |
| IEEE LibraryIEEE's journals and conference proceedings(must be a member) |
| Shopping: |
| Pricewatch Computer stuff |
| Outpost Computer stuff |
| TigerDirect Computer stuff. |
| Retrobox Old computer hardware for cheap |
| Computer Shopper |
| Froogle Google's ad search engine. |
| Ebay If you don't know what this is by now...go look |
| Internet News |
| Slashdot - News for nerds. Stuff that Matters |
| Software Repositories |
| Freshmeat -The Authoritative Open Source Software Archive |
| Tucows -Huge site for internet related software |
| Comprehensive Perl Archive Network Source for lots and lots of perl libraries |
| Recommended Linux Distributions |
| Mandrake Linux probably still the best distribution for new users. |
| Gentoo Linux probably best for experienced users |