[kevin818]

Could anyone recommend a good/free program for making these kind of animated gifs that record your computer (like the one on Shuttle's homepage)?

I've been trying to add the same kind of thing to my site but I don't know how to do it.

[loupeabody]

I've heard and seen many good things about LICEcap[0]. There doesn't appear to be a Linux install, just so you know.

[0]http://www.cockos.com/licecap/

[D9u]

I use ffmpeg to record my desktop and convert the output to animated gif.

I'm not sure about OS X, but FreeBSD and Linux distros should have ffmpeg in ports/repos.

There's also byzanz for ubuntu.

[fitztrev]

I used the built-in Quicktime Player to do a screen recording. Then I used an online mov-to-gif converter. I had a hard time getting it down to a decent size, though. Hope that helps!