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The world of open source is structured to invite unusual, often downright quirky contributions from people with unusual skills, and that inevitably leads to offbeat inventions. On the Linux front, especially because of easily executed embedded Linux concepts, both hardware and software inventions of the quirky type appear regularly. Some of them are quite useful, some of them are fun, and some are both. Here are five products and inventions based on Linux that Rube Goldberg might have been envious of.