{"id":238,"date":"2008-08-27T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T09:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=238"},"modified":"2008-08-27T11:28:52","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T09:28:52","slug":"weekly-newsletter-issue-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter – Issue 59"},"content":{"rendered":"

* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

mintInstall 5 was released<\/a> in Romeo\u00a0 (the unstable branch of our repositories)<\/p>\n

Clem states in the announcement for mintInstall that the Elyssa KDE CE should be released anytime now.<\/p>\n

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

Security alert:<\/p>\n

Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack <\/a>– this works on Windows, Mac and Linux<\/p>\n

Better MSN support in Pidgin <\/a><\/p>\n

Linux popularity<\/a> across the globe<\/p>\n

The final release of Zenwalk<\/a> Linux 5.2 “GNOME” edition<\/p>\n

MEPIS released of antiX MEPIS<\/a> 7.5 designed to run on computers with older or limited hardware<\/p>\n

At approximately the same time as our server was hacked Red Hat \/ Fedora experienced a more severe intrusion<\/p>\n

Link for Fedora<\/a> (this is the message from Fedora published by IDG.se – the best link I found).<\/p>\n

This is now resolved but some packages were signed by the intruder<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft to pay Novell <\/a>$100 mln more for Linux support<\/p>\n

openSUSE to Add SELinux <\/a>Basic Enablement in 11.1<\/p>\n

10 Most Beautiful Plasma Themes <\/a>for KDE 4 Desktop – more beautiful than Mint KDE \ud83d\ude42 ?\u00a0 (Mint still don’t use KDE 4)<\/p>\n

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

SecondLife rolls out Mono-powered servers <\/a><\/p>\n

Thousands of UK file-sharers face legal action<\/a><\/p>\n

Comcast to “throttle down<\/a>” “bandwidth hogs”<\/p>\n

UK.gov to spend hundreds of millions<\/a> on “snooping silo”. This is very similar to a controversial\u00a0 Swedish act.<\/p>\n

A rather technical article on security when you log in<\/a> to your bank, for those who want a deep background. More here – about PCI-DSS<\/a><\/p>\n

A growing list of name-brand websites<\/a> are accused of exposing its readers to dangerous ads.<\/p>\n

OSU Open Source Lab gets $300,000<\/a> from Google<\/p>\n

US presidential candidate John McCain is a pirate<\/a><\/p>\n

As a result of some skilful phishing 1.5m spam emails<\/a>\u00a0 was sent from compromised University accounts<\/p>\n

Scammers replace<\/a> credit card readers in Irish stores<\/p>\n

Groups urge states<\/a> to tackle more cybercrime<\/p>\n

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

IBM and AMD first at 22 nm<\/a>, challenge Intel\u2019s manufacturing lead<\/p>\n

Intel shows off<\/a> solid-state drive road maps<\/p>\n

Security flaw in Nokia cell phones<\/a> – did they pay to get the informatio<\/a>n?
\n* Trivia and other links\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

You find the Wallpaper of the Month in the Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Blog<\/a>\u00a0 The planet\u00a0<\/a> Wiki<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Forum<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

Enjoy life<\/p>\n

Husse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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