I just got my MSI Wind Barebones desktop unit a few days ago.  I had been looking at some of the net-media players around, and honestly it seems like most of them have some sketchy reviews.  When I saw this unit at Newegg, I had to order one.  I'd been looking at Atom based Mini-ITX boards, and cases, and this barebones came in under what the board and case of similar style would have been.  I didn't get a Mini PCIe wireless board for it, I wasn't aware it had such a slot until after I recieved the unit. More...

Sun's Java doesn't have a working 64-bit plugin, and the IcedTea version included with Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 doesn't work properly... however loading a newer version will resolve the issue.  Note, not all java applets will work, but most of the ones I have tried work without issue. More...

After spending a day on this, I figured it would be worthwhile information for anyone that may be interested in configuring mod_mono2 (ASP.Net) for Ubuntu Gutsy.  I'm personally using an Ubuntu JeOS base configuration.  You may want to install your database of choice (mySQL, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, etc) in addition to other supported modules for apache2. More...