Hi, It's that time of year again. I am calling for image submissions for the "Most Loaded Desktop" competition. Deadline: 30 June 2009 You can see previous years winners at this address. http://quicktoots.linuxaudio.org/index.php?t=1 Since it has been almost 3 years since the last competition was run this time round we should be able to officially retire the current reigning champion from Tim Orford. The competition is open to everyone who has the motivation to submit an image of their desktop running as many audio and multimedia apps as possible. The winner is selected by page views once the shots are put live to the competiton page so the sooner you submit the more chance is that you clicks will add up to the highest total. The winning receives a prominent spot on the lau guide http://lau.linuxaudio.org and we may even organise a real physical prize this time. The rules are that there are no rules. If you can take screen shots of the apps that you run on your system and present the final image in a convincing layout then you will probably be the winner. Last rounds winner was Tim Orford and he stated clearly that he could not actually run all the apps he displayed at the same time. Still all the opengl eye candy looked great and that's what people wanted to see. There must be a couple of people who could get a 16 or even 32 screen shot compiled now that several of us have quad core/8GB machines to work with. I have 8 screens running on my dual core/4GB rig at the moment but can I can get 16 screens filled with apps if I try? -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd