Google has released version 3.0 of the photo management software Picasa for Linux. Picasa is a program for comprehensively locating and organizing images on a computer system. It’s main objective is to help you to get the large quantity of photos under control that you may have downloaded from your digital camera. It can handle up to one million photos. Read more...

This is a very easy to use, yet very useful software for creating graphical documents for children. The user interface is designed for intuitive use by children as young as three to five years. Even when saving or loading images, no knowledge of the computer's file system structure is required. Tux Paint includes the following tools: rubber stamp, shape, paint brush, text tool, and many special effects. Read more...

There are a number of Linux commands you can use to copy files from one computer to another. The rcp ("remote copy") command is meant to work like the cp ("copy") command, except that is allows you to copy files and directories over the network to and from remote computers. Read more...

In this game your objective is to move a set of atoms into the configuration of a particular molecule. The atoms are placed in a maze-like environment, but the user has limited control over the movements. Increasingly complex molecules keep the game interesting. The names of the molecules being synthesized are displayed, so that the player also learns some chemistry along the way. For more information see here.