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If you run a full Linux distribution on your desktop or laptop, you might have wished for a faster, lighter system when you did not need all the functionality. SliTaz might be the solution. I’ve been able to perform a frugal setup of this tiny distro with Ubuntu, without a dedicated partition.

Normally, I’d recommend Damn Small Linux. I recently discovered SliTaz and found it to be

1. lighter (28mb instead of 50mb)
2. more modern (runs Linux kernel 2.6 instead of 2.4)
3. easier to set up (just two files to copy)

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Normally, CrossOver costs $40-$70. For one day only on October 28th, CodeWeavers will be giving away their software for free, complete with technical support.

In July, CodeWeavers launched the Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge to encourage President Bush to make the most of his remaining days in office by accomplishing a major economic or political goal by January 20, 2009. Due to an unexpected success on the part of Mr. Bush, every American (no, anyone) can now have CrossOver software for free.

To get the software, just visit the CoveWeavers website tomorrow for a promotion code. CrossOver is a commercial Wine-based distribution that lets Mac OS X and Linux users run Windows programs.