{"id":254,"date":"2008-09-08T11:49:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T09:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2008-09-08T11:49:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T09:49:56","slug":"weekly-newsletter-issue-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter – Issue 60"},"content":{"rendered":"
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* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

XFCE CE (stable) has been released<\/a><\/p>\n

Fluxbox CE (RC) will be released about a week later<\/p>\n

KDE CE RC1 was close to being stable. There was a tiny little glitch which now is fixed so hopefully it will be released any time soon. If you have the latest beta (045) you have the final, but with the glitch not fixed – and you will be told how to fix it<\/p>\n

Work on the x64 edition is on hold for a few days, so we can release as per above<\/p>\n

There won\u2019t be any time dedicated to the Debian and Enterprise Editions until after the release of Mint 6 Felicia<\/p>\n

There will be a revision 2 of Elyssa main around the time when Felicia is released<\/p>\n

This and more is found in a blog post by Clem<\/a><\/p>\n

mintInstall 5.1 and 5.2 was released<\/a> in Romeo\u00a0 (the unstable branch of our repositories)<\/p>\n

An interesting interview with Clem<\/a><\/p>\n

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

UbuntuDeveloperWeek<\/a> first week in September<\/p>\n

This is the Year of the Linux Desktop Breakout<\/a> (heard it before?)<\/p>\n

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys<\/a> lead to rootkit<\/p>\n

Open source release takes Linux rootkits mainstream<\/a> – it cloaks itself by burrowing deep inside a server’s processor and availing itself of debugging mechanisms available in Intel’s chip architecture. What about AMD?<\/p>\n

In defense of Ubuntu<\/a> (by Jonathan Corbet)<\/p>\n

Use of community Linux distributions like Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian are on the rise in the enterprise, PC world AU claims<\/a><\/p>\n

Gentoo developer moves away<\/a> from Gentoo<\/p>\n

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

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

The Internet’s Biggest Security Hole<\/a> (Not the DNS problem)<\/p>\n

Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass<\/a> the U.S. (This is not the security hole \ud83d\ude42 You have to wait for an ad before you get to the article)<\/p>\n

U.S. to deploy DNSSEC <\/a>in two years<\/p>\n

The Brittish Home Office is considering to track <\/a>in real-time every kind of electronic activity undertaken by citizens. They are not alone both Germany and Sweden have similar plans as noted in earlier editions of the newsletter. And the US backed Echelon<\/a> has been running for a long time<\/p>\n

Cisco buys PostPath<\/a>, targets Microsoft Exchange<\/p>\n

Mozilla introduces Ubiquity<\/a> which is an application that is to connect other applications<\/p>\n

Changes in the development<\/a> of Ecmascript (Ecmascriptis the basis for javascript if not javascript in itself)<\/p>\n

Microsoft to Acquire Greenfield Online<\/a> in a transaction valued at approximately $486 million (US).<\/p>\n

This is “fun” – Microsoft patents<\/a> ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’<\/p>\n

Mozilla’s Google deal extended<\/a> Here’s another article<\/a> on that<\/p>\n

Google to buy GeoEye satellite imagery<\/a><\/p>\n

Google releases the Chrome browser<\/a> (so far just for Windows)<\/p>\n

A comic strip<\/a> is used to introduce Chrome<\/p>\n

Google Chrome takes more than just inspiration<\/a> from Mozilla<\/p>\n

If Google\u2019s new browser isn\u2019t even available on Linux, why is this great news<\/a> for Linux?<\/p>\n

Comcast sets monthly bandwidth limit<\/a> for customers<\/p>\n

A glitch in a computer<\/a>, one of just two in the US that play the vital role of distributing flight plans brought air traffic to a standstill in the US<\/p>\n

Engineer accidentally deletes<\/a> cloud computing on FlexiScale<\/p>\n

Facebook Application Transforms Social Network Into Botnet<\/a><\/p>\n

The evil genius of XP Antivirus<\/a> 2008<\/p>\n

Attackers are increasingly using encoding <\/a><\/p>\n

The Number of Machines Controlled by Botnets<\/a> Has Jumped 4x in Last 3 Months<\/p>\n

TeliaSonera IC launches child porn sites blocking service <\/a>for free use by any ISP<\/p>\n

Neo-Nazi forum hacked<\/a><\/p>\n

Headcount for Bank of New York Mellon’s lost backup tapes<\/a> rises from 4.2 million to 12 million personal identities<\/p>\n

Skype ignores PayPal<\/a> siphoning hijack scheme<\/p>\n

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

ATI to Enable<\/a> High-Definition Video Playback on Linux-Based Computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bad soldering<\/a> behind nvidas problems?<\/p>\n

Intel acquires<\/a> Linux distro developer<\/p>\n

* Trivia and other links <\/strong><\/p>\n

China counters<\/a> U.S. invisibility cloak – this is almost scaring<\/span><\/p>\n

\"binary_heart\"<\/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> The planet <\/a> Wiki<\/a> 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><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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