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So you’ve got your new computer set up – you’re ready to hit the web, rock out on e-mail, catch up with all your friends over IM and Skype, and crank out the documents in your office suite. But what else can the thing do?

If you run Windows, we’d recommend getting cozy with some anti-virus software, and maybe yanking your PC’s power plug a couple of times to get used to the feeling of losing your work unexpectedly. But if you happen to run Linux, Dave Hayes has some slightly more-interesting advice: Aside from having the most made-of-win blog tagline ever at his blog – davehayes.org – Dave has put together a bonzer list of 7 Cool Things to Do With Linux that every aspiring geek ought to at least try out once or twice…