Features

Call MisterHouse to Regulate Your Heat  by David Lynch

One-Wire interfaces and MisterHouse come to the rescue for allergies.

Do-It-Yourself Robots with Linux  by Michael Surran

Robotics made easy—especially if you get free sonar detectors.

Building a Digital Lifestyle with Open-Source Technology  by Mike Diehl

Proof positive that nerds have all the cool toys.

Manage Your Photos with F-Spot  by Daniel Bartholomew

Get a taste of the power of Mono in this photo management tool.

Indepth

Advanced Video Coding on Linux  by Dave Berton

How do you make high-quality low-bitrate digital video?

Chapter 10: Personalizing Ubuntu: Getting Everything Just Right  by Keir Thomas

Whoever thinks you can't personalize a GNOME desktop needs to think again.

Digital Photography and Linux  by Adrian Klaver

Whether you're Kooka or SANE, these digital photography tools could be for you.

Columns

Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge   JavaScript, Forms and Ajax  

Marcel Gagné's Cooking with Linux   Your Media: Out of the Kitchen, and into Every Other Place  

Dave Taylor's Work the Shell   Analyzing Log Files  

Jon “Maddog” Hall's Beachhead   What's in a Name?  

Doc Searls' Linux for Suits   Breaking the Matrix  

Nicholas Petreley's /var/opinion   MythTV Goes Amiss  

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