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Linux Planet: "Inquiring Linux minds want to know if they can make an iPad work with Linux, without a Mac or Windows box. The answer is sort of yes, as Paul Ferrill discovers."

Linux Planet: "Watts don't tell the whole story and bigger isn't always better; Paul Ferrill shows us the key specifications to consider when selecting a new computer power supply."

Linux Planet: "What is a lightweight Linux? It seems the bar keeps moving upwards. But there are still genuine lightweight Linuxes that keep good old PCs out of landfills, as Paul Ferrill discovers with Puppy Linux"

Linux Planet: "There are more options than ever for mobile Internet, from ubiquitous wi-fi hotspots to purchasing your own personal MiFi to carrying all of Wikipedia with you.

Paul Ferrill looks at some cool mobile gadgets for traveling Linux users."

LinuxPlanet: "With the purchase of SUSE by Novell many feared that the brand would be subsumed into the corporate borg and contaminated with proprietary add-ons.

But openSUSE goes its own way, and the result is a sleek, reliable distribution with all the bells and whistles.

Paul Ferrill takes it for a spin and reports."

LinuxPlanet: "Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) edition has been around since Ubuntu 8.04, and has taken on some pretty stiff competition of late from Moblin.

Inquiring minds want to know which version is better for my netbook? Paul Ferrill pummels UNR in hopes of finding an answer."

LinuxPlanet: "In this final installment of Paul Ferrill's series on building your own high-powered Linux workstation, it is time to install the operating system.

Or actually several operating systems, putting a whole computer lab in a box."

LinuxPlanet: "In part one of this series we looked at the basic building blocks needed to put together your very own high-end Linux workstation.

This time Paul Ferrill finishes the actual hardware assembly, encounters Windows-required-for-BIOS-update follies, and starts to gaze towards putting some software on this beast."

LinuxPlanet: "Paul Ferrill shows how adding a graphical user interface (GUI) component to any utility script can make it more user friendly, and introduces us to an excellent tool for doing this---Zenity."

LinuxPlanet: "The Official Ubuntu Server Book from Prentice Hall comes in several versions, including a Barnes & Noble Special Edition with extra content and a bonus DVD.

Paul Ferrill reviews this new book that covers the important basic tasks every admin needs to master."