Gnome’s integrated burning tool is fine for simple tasks, but if you need to do more than just back up a couple of documents on a CD, you might prefer a more powerful program like Brasero.

Apple’s Darwin Streaming Server is a free version of the commercial Quicktime server. It can handle the seminal MP3 and MPEG-4 formats, and it has a web front-end.

Rockbox firmware brings new features to the iPod and a few other MP3 players. We’ll show you how to install Rockbox on an iPod, and with a little tinkering, you'll have the ability to play Ogg Vorbis files, customize the user interface, and add plug-ins.

If you want to offer visitors to your website more than a text-based howto, why not publish a video-based tutorial with Vnc2swf.

If your holiday videos and TV recordings are fillng up your home computer, burn them onto a DVD with Kmediafactory.

You need good software and plenty of CPU power to create virtual worlds. Luckily for today’s animators, powerful PCs are inexpensive, and some excellent animation tools are absolutely free.

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MythTV and its extensive ecosystem of add-ons let you turn your Linux computer into a full-featured home media center.