Ways of searching for new software

Hi everyone!
In the last 2 years that I've used Linux I've come across quite a couple of programs & tools to either replace the software that I used before with Window$ and/or to expand my freedom and productivity with tools which I had never thought of being in existence before.
But it has taken me a long way to find all these nifty programs and so I would like to know how everyone else finds new software, may it be by searching for tools to do a particular job or to frequently visit sites where (new) software is mentioned/compared/reviewed/etc.
In my case I have used the following resources up until now:
- reading the Newest Ebuilds RSS feed from Gentoo (an old habit of mine , but still helpful)
- searching through the pacman repository with psearch (back in the old days the same with portage/eix)
- reading the RSS feeds of the official arch repositories and the AUR
- sometimes taking a tour through the AUR looking for cool packages (to adopt )
- reading the RSS feeds of Newsforge (not many programs, but often with a nice review)
- taking a look at Wikipedia (e.g. (list|comparison) of (email clients|jabber client software|media players|etc.) )
- frequently visiting www.happypenguin.org (only games, but they're software, too )

I only go "after" software/tools if I need them, so my approach has been always to use:
1. google
2. RSS resources
3. pacman Ss
and so far so good.
In the event I cannot find one that works for me ... then I'll code it. ;-)
R

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