Call it frugality. Call it insanity. Call it what you will, but I’m converting my computers that I use for my consulting business to Linux. That’s right, I’m a Microsoft Certified computer consultant whose going to switch to Linux. Actually, I’ll go one step further: I’m going to try to switch completely to Free Software. This is the start of my journey.

This post links to a free download of a document that I created to help users identify and avoid infection of the Win32/FakeSecScan virus. I encourage everyone to download, print, and distribute as many copies as they like. I think it will prove very useful!

This post provides a list of ten free programs I use every day to manage my computer, my business, and my life. I’m hoping that others have programs and free services they would like to suggest with a comment as well!