Foxit Reader
A small free reader for PDF (Portable Document Format) documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it. It doesn’t need any installation, so you can start to run it as soon as you’ve downloaded it.

PDFCreator
Easily creates PDFs from any Windows program.

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• In the Trenches Podcast
• Mike Tech Show – Show #36 – Beginning Linux
• Which Linux Distribution is for you?
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• 10 most popular Ubuntu sites on the net
• K3B – CD/DVD burning application for Linux
• Tech Podcast Round Table

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• Best way to extract audio in MP3 format in Linux?
• Is there an open source program that can manage and deploy Windows XP images for several desktops?
• Tips on installing a new motherboard while keeping existing Windows XP hard drive and not loosing applications and data?
• What are your favorite Firefox extensions?
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