SoulseekQt

It’s great when software is still around after almost 10 years. Soulseek has been one of my favourite p2p filesharing tools since the very beginning. The original client hasn’t been updated in a long time, but since the last couple of months Nir Arbel, the man behind Soulseek, is working on SoulseekQt, an updated version of this very cool program. It’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Check it out and don’t forget to share!

>> SoulseekQt website

Instantbird 1.0

Instantbird is the new messaging tool from Mozilla. It can connect to Windows Live Messenger, Facebook Chat, Yahoo, ICQ, IRC, Google Talk and many others. Building on the experience available via open-source software, Instantbird is able to harness the power of Pidgin (via its libpurple protocol library) and of Mozilla’s Firefox technology, to provide access to a wide variety of instant messaging networks, while providing an easy (and well known) extension platform. Although Instantbird is fully cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux), we strive to present a native look-and-feel to the user interface.

>> Instantbird website
>> Download Instantbird 1.0

Firefox 4.0

It’s been long overdue, but it’s available now: the final version of Firefox 4 ! Based on the Gecko 2.0 engine, Firefox 4 sports an all new user interface, new ways to organize tabs, a revamped add-on manager, support for HTML5 video standards, multitouch support on Windows 7 and a range of performance and security enhancements.

>> Download Firefox 4.0 (Windows / Dutch)
>> Download Firefox 4.0 (Windows / English)
>> Download Firefox 4.0 Other OS / Languages

openSUSE 11.4

“We are proud to announce the launch of 11.4 in the openSUSE tradition of delivering the latest technology while maintaining stability. The 11.4 release brings significant improvements along with the latest in free software applications. Combined with the appearance of new tools, projects and services around the release, 11.4 marks a showcase of growth and vitality for the openSUSE project. openSUSE 11.4 is based around Linux kernel 2.6.37 which improves the scalability of virtual memory management and separation of tasks executed by terminal users.” openSUSE exists in KDE , Gnome and other flavours. And there’s now the option to make your openSUSE into a rolling distribution, so you always have the most recent packages installed. I know what I’ll be doing tonight …

>> openSUSE website

Linux Mint 10 Julia

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 10. New features: install codecs and upgrade to the DVD edition from the welcome screen; the menu highlights newly installed applications and makes them easier to find; the menu finds and installs software from the repositories; addition of search engines to the menu’s search box; Software Manager with a better categorization of software and use of application icons; update manager can ignore updates and shows download size; upload manager improvements; new look and feel featuring a traditional light theme and dark background; various system improvements…

>> Linux Mint website
>> Download Linux Mint 10 Julia (all versions)

LimeWire Pirate Edition

LimeWire Pirate Edition is free, open source software based on the final beta version of the popular LimeWire filesharing application. After Lime Wire LLC stopped distributing its software in October 2010, a horde of piratical monkeys climbed aboard the abandoned ship, mended its sails, polished its cannons and released it FREE to the community to help keep the Gnutella network alive.

LimeWire Pirate Edition is pure P2P software; it does not depend on any servers operated by Lime Wire LLC or other companies. It does not include any adware or spyware, and it cannot be remotely monitored or shut down.

>> Download LimeWire Pirate Edition

Note: You can only download crappy music with LimeWire. And you should support the artists you like.