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Recently, Matthew Garrett, a developer who works with a number of open source projects, including Debian and Ubuntu, wrote a guide for good power management practices. Though he states the guide is mainly for those working with desktop environment implementation and power management interfaces and utilities, he points out a few hardware/software relationships that might interest the casual end-user.

On the O'Reilly Media site, there is an intriguing interview with kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman. Kroah-Hartman says he has evidence that Linux now supports more devices than any other operating system.

In the lengthy interview, he talks about why this is true now, and how hardware suppliers and open source developers can work together to bring more peripherals to life.

Sam has recently written a few excellent posts about open source software being used in unusual ways. He's also covered a few open source hardware projects.

Though it may not be as epically geek as the NetBSD toaster, there is a certain appeal to Chumby, the Linux alarm clock. The hardware and software are open and hackable, for the hands-on type.

For the rest of the population, it's still an interesting and functional little device.