{"id":288,"date":"2008-09-16T13:08:32","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T11:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2008-09-16T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T11:08:32","slug":"weekly-newsletter-issue-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter – Issue 61"},"content":{"rendered":"
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* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Linux Mint 5 Elyssa KDE Community Edition is released<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have RC1 (aka beta045) you don’t need to do anything. The difference between the two is that a bug that duplicated some folders in home is fixed<\/p>\n

Linux Mint 5 Elyssa Fluxbox Community Edition RC1 is released<\/a><\/p>\n

Keep your eyes open – more news soon.<\/p>\n

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

The next Ubuntu is to be called Jaunty Jackalope<\/a> (let’s hope it becomes more than a myth…)<\/p>\n

The talks at Ubuntu Developer Week are found here<\/a><\/p>\n

Ubuntu puts all man pages<\/a> on the internet<\/p>\n

Mark Shuttleworth<\/a> on design, user experience and development<\/p>\n

Lenovo denies<\/a> ditching Linux<\/p>\n

The spread<\/a> of the Linux virus Linux\/Rst-B according to Sophos (quite a few root infected boxes out there)<\/p>\n

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

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

The invaluable NoScript for Firefox plug-in just got a tad better.<\/a><\/p>\n

A new version of VLC<\/a><\/p>\n

ZoooS takes OpenOffice to web<\/a><\/p>\n

Google to have data center at sea<\/a>?<\/p>\n

HP is trying to make Windows better<\/a><\/p>\n

The Association of National Advertisers (US) wants the pact between Google and Yahoo stopped<\/a><\/p>\n

Google-backed satellite project<\/a> aims to give 3 billion more people Net access<\/p>\n

Google closes hole<\/a> in Single Sign-On service<\/p>\n

Language of text messages can give you away<\/a><\/p>\n

French oppose<\/a> sinister government database<\/p>\n

The major Internet outages<\/a> so far in 2008<\/p>\n

Phishing Cyber Gang Upgrades<\/a> to Fast-Flux Botnet<\/p>\n

Study: Weak Passwords Still Main Security Defense<\/a><\/p>\n

San Francisco hunts for mystery device<\/a> on city network<\/p>\n

Threat From DNS Bug Isn’t Over,<\/a> Experts Say<\/p>\n

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

Cisco pushes ‘network memory<\/a>‘ to alleviate high-speed bottlenecks<\/p>\n

Intel vPro and the future<\/a> of tech support<\/p>\n

Ultrasound to give feel<\/a> to games<\/p>\n

Startup introduces<\/a> ‘unclonable’ chip technology<\/p>\n

USB-stick with hardware AES-encryption has been cracked<\/a>
\n* Trivia and other links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scientists get death threats <\/a>over Large Hadron Collider (because of the risk of creating black holes) and it has already been hacked<\/a>.<\/p>\n

VMware Fusion Helps CERN <\/a>Physicists Analyze Data From Coolest Place on Earth<\/p>\n

\"phonet\"<\/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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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