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Weighing in at 505 grams (just over a pound) and selling for around 100$(USD) the MicroClient Jr. is an inexpensive SFF machine. PCBurn takes a look to see what it's got internally and how well it can run Slax, DSL, or as an LTSP thin client. Will it be a good fit as your next always-on web browser or POS machine?

Need to program Apache modules from the ground up or figure out what someone else's module is doing behind the scenes? Help is now at hand. Find out if The Apache Modules Book is the definitive guide to both that you've been looking for.

Dell is starting to get serious about selling their computers to the Linux crowd. Aside from all the talk on the ideas blog, Dell has started running Google ads for the XPS gaming PCs to gain placement under Linux related keywords. Talk is nice, but when ad budgets are being committed we might actually see some action!

Running Linux on Sony's PS3 console isn't just allowed, it's encouraged. PCBurn has a quick overview of the PS3, Linux, and links to the relevant information.

WineHQ has released another snapshot of their popular WINE APIs for Unix. Included in this release are the usual round of bugfixes plus additional installer support updates. Serve chilled.

CORE - Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL by Marc Wandshneider discusses the weighty topic of PHP and MySQL integration. While it might look like another over-sized reference book, it fit surprisingly well in the training category.

Mandriva is out with their latest Mandriva Linux release, 2007. They're touting AIGLX and Xgl as this releases main feature along with a newly updated theme. In addition to superficial enhancements they've also included a round of updates to KDE, Firefox, OpenOffice, and the Linux kernel.

Microsoft is reporting (at El Reg) that by releasing an operating system it will magically create $40 Billion dollars rather than simply suck money out of Europe. They've done this by positing a story similar to the theory of "broken window" economics. Let me explain...

Sometimes you just need to run a process in the background. Today we're going over an easy method of accomplishing that using the full screen multiplexer program "screen" with a port forwarded SSH session as an example.

Michael Jang has written a new book in Bruce Perens' Open Source Series tackling the often sticky subject of Linux patch management. PCBurn has a review and a practical examination of how well the book works for setting up a repository.

This Friday we've got a look at one of last years PyWeek contestants, Endgame:Singularity. Play the roll of an A.I. that's just gained sentience and needs to hide itself from detection. Try to make it off the Earth and discover a way to keep humans from finding and destroying your newly discoverd self!

This week on PCBurn's Linux Game Review we're taking a look at Infinite Dungeons, BioWare's newest (and last) official module for Neverwinter Nights.

It's a professionally crafted game expansion that aims to replicate the automatic dungeon generation game play of rogue style dungeon romps such as nethack or ADOM. Let's see how it stacks up.

Take a trip back in time to Russia towards the end of the USSR in the latest spy/thriller FPS port by Linux Game Publishing. PCBurn has screen shots and review of Cold War, soon to be released by LGP. Check out what this game is going to offer and if it's worth your hard earned gaming dollar.

Triplex Invaders, Maniadrive, and Lost Labyrinth are perfect for some quick gaming before going out to weekend activities. PCBurn takes a look at what these three Linux games have got and why you might want to give them a try.

ATI has just released a new proprietary Linux driver for both x86 and x86-64 architectures. Interesting features and fixes? Support for X.org 7.0+, toggling between console and X no longer hangs, and you can run more than one X server at a time.

Although I can't say much for their choice of a name, Linspire will soon have a cost-free variation available. Freespire aims to offer up all the binary/proprietary package goodness of Linspire in an even lower cost package. Is it's proprietary-ness a problem?

Linux World 2006 Boston is in full swing, and PCBurn is updating our coverage of the event to bring you some of the happenings from the showroom floor and what's being said at the keynotes.

So what's going on at LinuxWorld 2006 in Boston next week? PCBurn has an overview of the event, who's going to be speaking, and what's new this year.

Theo de Raadt of OpenSSH fame brings up a question we'll be taking a closer look at in coming weeks. Pointedly, who pays for open source?

While it's great that companies save obscene amounts of money by selling their customers open source solutions sometimes they don't reciprocate to the people providing the work. An OpenSSH dev ML post by Theo de Raadt follows illustrating the issue.

Point & Click OpenOffice.org! is Robin "Roblimo" Millers latest book introducing new users to the excellent OpenOffice.org software package. PCBurn has taken a look at what Point & Click has to offer and which users it's appropriate for.