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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