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Yesterday, Steve Jobs worked his charm, attempting to wow the world with the Apple iPad, a new, super-slim computer he touted as the missing link between iPhones and laptops. It's an undeniably beautiful device, but it also represents some serious problems.

It's bound to roil open source advocates, but some Ubuntu leaders are asking the community which third-party, proprietary applications should be available for easy installation. You can weigh in on Photoshop, iTunes, Evernote, and more in an online survey.

Windows/Mac/Linux: The new version of Amarok may not be life-changing, but it could certainly make your music life easier. BPM filtering, font changing, podcast importing, and reorganization join the regular bug fixes to make Amarok a more stable and streamlined media player.

Web Server w/ PHP: If you're not too keen on hosting your team's projects on a 3rd party server—or pay the high fees associated with commercial project management tools—Collabtive is an open-source project management suite you can host yourself.

Linux only: Previously mentioned media center GeeXboX has finally released a stable version of their new interface, called Enna. Used with GeeXboX or as a standalone application, it handles all your music, photos, videos, and even ebooks—with style.

Windows/Mac/Linux: Previously mentioned Songbird, the open source, Mozilla-powered, supposedly iTunes-killing media player has updated to 1.4.2, bringing a host of new features, including AAC metadata support, a new feather (skin), CD ripping, and support for many mass storage devices.

A decent video editing tool that's not exclusive to Macs—it's something a lot of us have been asking and hoping for. The team behind Lifehacker favorite VLC Media Player is working on one, and it's a promising prospect.

A new browser, two new Ubuntu releases, and more than one new netbook OS—2009 was a big year for open-source software. Here are the Linux-related posts that caught our readers' attention in 2009.

A few days after Google sent a cease and desist letter to the maker of the CyanogenMod custom Android firmwares—the kind we really dig—there comes some reassurance that the hackers won't fall silent.

Windows/Mac OS X: Enlarging images, especially from lower resolution source images, can be dicey business. Want to enlarge an image and you don't want it to look like an 8-bit video game sprite? SmillaEnlarger can keep things smooth and artifact free. Photo by 512 Photography.