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Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna will reach end of life on April 18, 2009. This release was based on Ubuntu 7.10 which is planned to reach end-of-life at the same date.

Repositories will remain open for another while but no more updates or security fixes will be made available. Users of Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna are asked to migrate to Linux Mint 5 LTS Elyssa (Long Term Release which will be supported until April 2011) or Linux Mint 6 Felicia (which will be supported until April 2010).

Announcement from Ubuntu: “As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 7.10 will reach end of life on Saturday, April 18, 2009. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 7.10.”

Note: Linux Mint follows the Ubuntu release cycle with a new release every 6 months, a lifespan of about 1.5 years per release and 3 years per LTS release. LTS stands for Long Term Support. Linux Mint 5 is an LTS release.

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Charles Olsen and Rothgar published another episode of the mintCast podcast. Happy listening everyone!

In this episode:

  • Possible data loss in Ext4
  • French Police Save Millions Switching To Ubuntu
  • Desktop Linux is ready for the mainstream
  • Org-mode
  • Emacs
  • Linux Mint on a HP/Compaq TC1100 Tablet PC
  • Website of the Week: Zero Punctuation

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* News about Mint

Monthly Stats – February 2009

mintCast – Episode 8

Email problems in Forums now completely solved

Short news about Mint from Twitter/Identica

* News about Linux

The Linux Foundation is taking over Linux.com.

OpenSUSE hard hit by Novell’s layoffs

KDE 4.2.1 released

FFmpeg 0.5 released

Xandros introduces Presto

Codeweavers to incorporate DX 10 (roadmap)

The latest news about the kernel is always found here

* News about Open Source

French police: we saved millions of euros by adopting Ubuntu

The Open Source replacement for Flash called Gnash has reached 0.8.5

* News about IT

One small mistake (if it even was a mistake) almost brought down the entire internet

What happened and why (why – basically not all routers on the internet are Cisco routers)

New Variant of Koobface Worm Spreading on Facebook (as always Windows only)

IT pro gets four years for building botnets

Google Privacy Blunder Shares Your Docs Without Permission

Exploit can hit Adobe Acrobat Reader for Windows without even opening the file.

BBC team exposes cyber crime risk

L0phtCrack is back!

CSRF vulnerability in GMail service

Safekeeping Twitter Accounts

Security vendors to block police hacks

Arbor Networks Unveils the World’s Most Comprehensive Internet Monitoring System

* Hardware news

Intel Kept Global Chip Crown in 2008, AMD Fell From Top Ten

IBM Zone Trusted Information Channel (ZTIC) – a USB pen drive for safe banking business

* Other news

Judge orders defendant to decrypt PGP-protected laptop

The Bush administration listened to “everything” according to papers just released

* Comic of the week

I’ll report about this trial when the sentence has been passed

Credit goes to xkcd – http://xkcd.com/

* More about Linux Mint

How to donate

Home page

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* Editors comment

As always – if you find something I’ve missed in the newsletter please tell me – you can post a comment.

Enjoy life

Husse