When you want to call your friends in distant countries, don’t pick up the phone; just put on your headset and fire up Linphone.

Internet telephony does not need to be complicated. You can talk to the world with just Kphone, a normal sound card, and an account with an Internet phone provider.

This month we’ll show you some popular Linux tools for Internet telephony

The free but proprietary Skype is a popular calling option.

Is your Internet connection groaning under the load of too many simultaneous downloads? If so, try Trickle, a simple application that gives you more granular control over network traffic.

If you find your self executing the same few steps in FTP, you’ll save time and effort with a little automation.

If you have a LAN in your home or office, why not use it for something really important – listening to music?

The Simple Security Policy Editor (SSPE) helps you organize your network and keep track of security policies across multiple firewalls. You can reference a central policy to generate rulesets for packet filters and VPN gateways.