{"id":1042,"date":"2009-09-15T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T09:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2009-09-15T12:59:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T10:59:54","slug":"the-mint-newsletter-%e2%80%93-issue-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"The Mint Newsletter \u2013 issue 93"},"content":{"rendered":"
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* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Linux Mint 7 \u2018Gloria\u2019 XFCE released!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Ubuntu \u2013 Mint cheat sheet<\/a><\/p>\n

New Bulgarian mirror for ISO downloads and package repositories.<\/p><\/div>\n

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* News about Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n

Debian switching<\/a> to upstart<\/p>\n

Third Plasma Summit<\/a> Lifts KDE Desktop To Higher Grounds<\/p>\n

VIA Technologies, Inc. Joins Linux Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

Linux 2.6.31 kernel released<\/a> on 9 September, 2009 with support for USB 3.0<\/p>\n

According to Greg Kroah-Hartmans blog<\/a> the contribution from Microsoft to the kernel is at risk to be rejected – no one answers his calls<\/p>\n

The latest news about the kernel is always found here<\/a><\/p>\n

* News about Open Source<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microsoft Forms, Funds New Open-source Foundation<\/a> – CodePlex<\/p>\n

Sam Ramji is leaving<\/a> Microsoft – ah well he is to be the president of CodePlex<\/p>\n

And Miguel de Icaza leaves<\/a> FSF for CodePlex after what was obviously a conflict with Richard Stallman<\/p>\n

* News about IT<\/strong><\/p>\n

iPhone passcode bugs revealed<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Jobs is back at work<\/a>, Apple says<\/p>\n

Microsoft attack Linux at the retail level<\/a><\/p>\n

Enterprises Confront the Ugly Truth of Hidden Malware<\/a> in Their Networks (by Trend Micro)<\/p>\n

The “pirate site” OiNK was shut down <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

DoJ decides<\/a> that Microsoft-Yahoo deal deserves more scrutiny<\/p>\n

* Hardware news<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Other news<\/strong><\/div>\n

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* Comic of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Credit goes to xkcd<\/a><\/div>\n

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* More about Linux Mint<\/strong><\/p>\n

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How to donate <\/a><\/p>\n

Home page <\/a><\/p>\n

Blog<\/a> The planet <\/a> Wiki<\/a> Forum<\/a> Twitter<\/a> Mintcast<\/a><\/p>\n

* Editors comment<\/strong><\/p>\n

As always \u2013 if you find something I\u2019ve missed in the newsletter please tell me \u2013 you can post a comment.<\/p>\n

I have been working long hours lately and there\u2019s a lot to do in the forum so this edition is much delayed<\/p>\n

Enjoy life<\/p>\n

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