Believe it or not, CrossOver, a software that lets Linux and Mac OS X users install popular Windows applications and games, is free for download (yes, FREE)... but only for one day! That day is today (October 28th, 2008), so you better go grab the serial number right now from the CodeWeavers website. Hurry up, because the code you will receive can be unlocked until 23:59 (Midnight) Wednesday, October 29th, Central Standard Time (CST). The software has a limit of 1 copy per customer.

How did this happen? Long story short, three months ago, Jeremy White (CodeWeavers CEO) launched the Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge, to "force" George W. Bush into achieving a major political or economic goal. Jeremy White stated that if one of the six goals would be accomplished, he would give his CrossOver application for free to customers worldwide, for one day. Well, this happened on October 14th, when the average price of gasoline dropped below $2.79 per gallon.

"My fellow Americans. As you probably know by now, we recently succeeded in reaching one of our Lame Duck Presidential Challenge Goals. Of course, we reached it in perhaps the worst way possible - by destroying the world economy. And while ostensibly President Bush was to get the credit/blame for meeting our goals, the bottom line is that I cannot help but feel personally responsible for the greatest financial collapse since the 1930s." - said Jeremy White, CodeWeavers CEO.

Below is a list of the applications and games that can be installed via the CrossOver software:

· Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 · Adobe FrameMaker 7 · Adobe Photoshop 6 / 7 / CS / CS2 · Cortona VRML Client · Dreamweaver MX · EndNote 7.0 · EndNote 8 · Flash MX · Flash Player · Internet Explorer 6.0 · iPIX Netscape Plugin Viewer · Lotus Notes 5 · Lotus Notes 6.5.1 · Microsoft Excel Viewer 97/2000 / 2003 · Microsoft Office 97 / 2000 / 2003 / 2007 / XP · Microsoft Outlook 2003 · Microsoft Project 2000 / 2002 / 2003

· Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97/2000 / 2003 · Microsoft Visio 2002 / 2003 · Microsoft Word Viewer 97/2000 / 2003 · Oracle JInitiator 1.1 · Quick View Plus · QuickBooks · Quicken · Quicken 2007 or 2008 · QuickTime 7 · Shockwave Player 8.5 · Superscape Viscape Universal · VP3 for QuickTime 5 · Windows Media Player 6.4 / 9 · EVE Online · Guild Wars · Half-Life · World of Warcraft

Linux users can grab the CrossOver Office and Games installers right now from Softpedia.