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Features

• Ultimate Linux Box 2004 [2]  by Paul Bibaud, Jesse Keating, Cosmo King, Eric Logan, Micah Spacek, Tim Lee and Don Marti
  We take a peek at a no-compromises system that will give everyone some PC construction ideas.
  
• Linux on Linksys Wi-Fi Routers [3]  by James Ewing
  This sub-$100 wireless box has 16MB of RAM and a 125MHz processor. Put it to work.
  

Indepth

• 2004 Editors' Choice Awards [4]  by LJ Staff
  Our newly expanded team of experts comes to some surprising conclusions on the year's best products and projects.
  
• Linux Serial Consoles for Servers and Clusters [5]  by Matthew E. Hoskins
  Keep your servers under control with one cable, not a rackload.
  
• Distributed Caching with Memcached [6]  by Brad Fitzpatrick
  Speed up your database app with a simple, fast caching layer that uses your existing servers' spare memory.
  
• Data Acquisition with Comedi [7]  by Caleb Tennis
  Whatever you're discovering or inventing, now you can use any data acquisition card with the same API.
  
• Declic: Linux 2.6 on the International Space Station [8]  by Taco Walstra
  Linux fits into this new research program in several ways, from meeting real-time requirements with the 2.6 kernel to offering a prototyping platform for microcontroller code.
  

Embedded

• Driving Me Nuts [9]  by Greg Kroah-Hartman
  
  

Toolbox

• At the Forge   Weblogs and Slash [10]  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Kernel Korner   Storage Improvements in 2.6 and for 2.7 [11]  by Paul E. McKenney
  
• Cooking with Linux   The Ultimate Cooking Box [12]  by Marcel Gagné
  

Columns

• Linux for Suits   Missing Pieces [13]  by Doc Searls
  
• EOF   Open Source Is for Pigs [14]  by Evan Leibovitch
  

Departments

• From the Editor [15]  
  
• Letters [16]  
  
• upFRONT [17]  
  
• On The Web [18]  
  
• Best of Technical Support [19]  
  
• New Products [20]