Features

• Controlling a Pinball Machine Using Linux  by John R. Bork
  The mechanical parts are bulletproof, but the 1980s electronics are beyond repair. Embedded Linux to the rescue.
  
• Radio's Next Generation: Radii  by Dan Rasmussen, Paul D. Norton and Jon Morgan
  Hours of commercial-free programs, your favorite music and you might even catch Doc Searls. Bring Internet radio to your regular listening spot.
  
• The Ultimate Linux Lunchbox  by Ron Minnich
  It fits under an airplane seat and uses a laptop power supply. No, not a laptop—a 16-node Beowulf cluster in a box.
  

Indepth

• 2005 Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards  by LJ Staff
  Your favorite distribution is what? This year, maybe the rest of the readers finally agree with you.
  
• Echo and Soft VoIP PBX Systems  by David Mandelstam
  An old problem for long-distance lines is back for the Internet. Fortunately, today we have better tools to deal with it.
  

Embedded

• Simple Linux IP Repeaters to Extend HomePlug Range  by Francisco J. González-Castaño, Pedro S. Rodríguez-Hernández, Felipe J. Gil-Castiñeira, Miguel Rodelgo-Lacruz and José Valero-Alonso
  Increase the range and functionality of your power-line network with an embedded Linux device that helps connect distant nodes.
  

Toolbox

• At the Forge   Rails and Databases  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Kernel Korner   Intro to inotify  by Robert Love
  
• Cooking with Linux   Hack the Net? No, NetHack.  by Marcel Gagné
  
• Paranoid Penguin   Two-Factor Authentication  by Corey Steele
  

Columns

• Linux for Suits   Dialogue with Don  by Doc Searls
  
• EOF   The Hardware Hacking behind the Software Radio  by Dan Rasmussen, Paul Norton and Jon Morgan
  

Reviews

• Happy Hacking Keyboard Pro  by Steve R. Hastings
  
• Linux Quick Fix Notebook  by Brian Warshawsky
  

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