How would you like an easy way to set up a point-and-click Linux image backup that always makes perfect copies if the physical system is OK? That will point and click to a mirror drive or a multiple DVD backup set as you wish? New LinuxPlanet contributor A. Lizard details how to get this done.

Source: Tutorial: Point-and-Click Linux LVM Filesystem Workstation Backup, Part 1

Following weeks of anticipation, open source software fans can now buy three Dell computers preloaded with Linux. The machines — the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops, and the Inspiron E1505n notebook — have factory-installed Ubuntu 7.04 Linux operating systems. Although the move is expected to lure some Linux enthusiasts into the company’s fold, it has likely alienated a big segment of the open source community who might feel jilted by Dell.

Source: Dell’s Linux PC Shop Opens for Business