I recently clean installed Windows XP on my laptop, and this meant that I had to re-install all the essential software that I use. It also presented an opportunity to write a posting about how you can outfit your computer with all the essential (and non-essential) software you need using strictly 100% freeware and/or open source titles.This posting could have been titled any of the following:

Martin from Ghacks posted a curious post called “Blog Feed Dependencies“. The idea was to list his top 10 tech blogs and to get these blogs to post a similar story with linkbacks to his original posting. In theory the idea (if I understand it correctly) is to facilitate the creation of some sort network of tech blogs connected by linkbacks to each other.

Relequestual from Appaholic has just published an interview with me on his blog entitled Samer, THE Freewaregenius, reveals all his secrets (surely I have some secrets left!). Check it out (and let me have your comments).

Art of Office is a website for people to submit and share MS Office documents (Word, Powerpoint, or Excel) that have an artistic theme or that are interesting or useful. It was created by the MS Office Mac team at Microsoft.

Easily terminate visible applications and processes using RevoUninstaller.

Rating: 5

We’re going camping, so no postings for a couple of days. In the meanwhile check out the sitemap for a list of cool freeware apps reviewed on Freewaregenius.

Rating: 5

I am honored and humbled that Freewaregenius was chosen ’Site of the Month’ for March at Donationcoder.com.

Rating: 5 pick