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CONTENTS
AUGUST 2008
Issue 172
FEATURES
2 | august 2008 www.linuxjournal.com
48 THE BUG: A LINUX-BASED
HARDWARE MASHUP
With the BUG, you get a GPS, camera, motion
detector and accelerometer all in one hand-sized
unit, and it’s completely programmable.
Mike Diehl
52 BILLIX: A SYSADMIN’S SWISS
ARMY KNIFE
Build a toolbox in your pocket by installing Billix
on that spare USB key.
Bill Childers
56 FUN WITH E-INK, X AND GUMSTIX
Find out how to make standard X11 apps run on
an E-Ink display using a Gumstix embedded device.
Jaya Kumar
62 ONE BOX. SIXTEEN TRILLION BYTES.
Build your own 16 Terabyte file server with
hardware RAID.
Eric Pearce
ON THE COVER
• Neuros OSD, p. 44
• Cradlepoint PHS300, p. 42
• We've got BUGs, p. 48
• E-Ink + Gumstix—Perfect Match?, p. 56
• How To: 16 Terabytes in One Case, p. 62
• Billix—Kiss Install CDs Goodbye, p. 52
• Learn to Fake a UFO Landing Video, p. 80
• Wiimote Linux Interface How-To, p. 32