KAlarm is a lean alternative calendar program. You can use this handy alarm clock as an easy-to-use replacement for cron.

A handy Firefox extension called ScrapBook lets you save, manage, and annotate web pages.

Mindmaps are useful for organizing ideas and data. Treeline is a promising mindmap tool for KDE.

If you have a need for custom groupware, try rolling your own with the Simple Groupware suite.

If the no-frills Metacity window manager doesn’t give you the functio nality you need, try the Metacity add-ons Brightside and Devil’s Pie.

If you have given up hope of ever finding your way around the mess of data on your desktop, a desktop search engine can help you penetrate the gloom. Kerry and KBeaglebar bring the Beagle engine to the KDE desktop.

If you’re looking for a way to organize your next novel, try StoryLines and the Writer’s Cafe suite.

Whether you are creating backups, rescuing data, or burning bootable CDs, dd and mkisofs help you handle the job in style.