open source offices

LibreOffice is open, for free and fully functional - Get it here!

Alternatives are AbiWord or KOffice

Linux Distributions

Slackware
The oldest linux distribution, yet fast and simple ;-)
current changelog ( ISO) and user forum

Slackware distribution - additional software builds
and of course the alien directories.

Redhat Enterprise Linux
Enterprise grade linux distribution with lots of hardware (e.g HP)
and software (e.g. SAP, Oracle) certifications.

Redhat Enterprise Linux or its open-source pendant CentOS

Free Blue-Ray

The last frontier ... playing blue-ray discs on Linux.
See how the BD+ support is growing on doom9.net.

Got the blue-ray content on your disk - play it with vlc THE generic player for linux

hay fever

the actual pollen statistics in Switzerland

"Test your mind!"

on the hackers challenges...

I'm currently on position 411 with 147 solved challenges.