Open Source
Take Mark Shuttleworth's advice, try Arch Linux
My experiences switching from Ubuntu to Arch Linux
Install Sun Java 6 JRE and JDK from .deb packages
An alternative approach to install Sun Java 6 on Ubuntu
Sun Java 1.6.0.30 packages for Ubuntu
Get Sun Java 1.6.0 packages from a PPA
Installing GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 11.10
Creating a pure GNOME 3 experience on Ubuntu 11.10
Shotwell 0.11 PPA available for Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick
Showell 0.11 is available in a PPA for Ubuntu 10.04 & 10.10
Shotwell 0.8.1 PPA available for Ubuntu Lucid
Get the latest Shotwell 0.8.1 via a PP for Ubuntu 10.04
Bash script to retrieve Ubuntu codenames and versions
Get a list of Ubuntu codename and version with wget
Goodbye F-Spot. Hello Shotwell
F-Spot you serve me well, but here comes Shotwell
Give XFS a chance. Don't believe the FUD.
In which I dispel some myths about XFS and fanboi a little