{"id":417,"date":"2008-11-06T14:05:05","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T12:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=417"},"modified":"2008-11-10T23:44:38","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T21:44:38","slug":"the-mint-newsletter-issue-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"The Mint Newsletter – issue 66"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Intrepid has been released and work has started to produce Mint 6 Felicia<\/p>\n

We will use another approach than earlier and make the production more scripted\u00a0 which will make the editions a bit more like each other<\/p>\n

Some of the news in Felicia have been presented earlier in the blog. This includes the new features in Intrepid and a bunch of Mint specific news
\n– MintUpdate 3 (see blog for list of improvements)
\n– MintInstall 5 (see blog..)
\n– MintUpload 2 (FTP support)
\n– MintNanny (see blog..)
\n– command line improvements (especially the new search command added to mintSystem)
\n– an upgrade tool (which will be released AFTER Mint 6)
\n– easy file-sharing within same network via integrated Giver
\n– upstream: multi-tabs in Nautilus and multiple Gnome 2.24 improvements
\nAnd more….
\n* News about Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) was released <\/a> Desktop<\/a> Server<\/a><\/p>\n

Ubuntu Linux: 8 Million Users <\/a>and Growing<\/p>\n

Dell developer<\/a> joins Ubuntu Core Development Team<\/a><\/p>\n

Shuttleworth<\/a>: Ubuntu developer Canonical may need 3-5 more years of funding<\/p>\n

Microsoft invited the Samba Team<\/a> to it’s home campus for a week of hands on testing with their engineers<\/p>\n

Mac, Linux, BSD open for attack according to Kaspersky <\/a><\/p>\n

Mark Shuttleworth on GNOME usability hackfest <\/a><\/p>\n

Linux to Ship<\/a> on More Desktops than Windows<\/p>\n

What is PackageKit<\/a>? It’s gaining support<\/p>\n

Linus Thorvalds<\/a> on GPL and Richard Stallman<\/p>\n

Linux Hater’s Blog<\/a> closed \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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

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

Internet Watch foundation<\/a> for reports on Child sexual abuse content hosted worldwide<\/p>\n

EuroPriSe<\/a> -the European Privacy Seal for IT Products and IT-Based Services<\/p>\n

Google Book Search comes to an agreement<\/a> with authors and publishers.<\/p>\n

Google Web Server ranks #3<\/a> in the Netcraft Web Server Survey, with 5.76% of all domains<\/p>\n

Google guarantees<\/a> 99.9% uptime for Google Apps<\/p>\n

Google abandons deal<\/a> with Yahoo<\/p>\n

Yahoo’s Yang says Microsoft deal still best option<\/a><\/p>\n

The end of an era<\/a> – Windows 3.x – On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences<\/p>\n

Microsoft has introduced Office web<\/a> applications<\/p>\n

Windows Live ID Commits to Support<\/a> OpenID (and so does Google)<\/p>\n

Check Your Passwords<\/a> Against Brute Force Attacks<\/p>\n

Student charged<\/a> after alerting principal to server hack<\/p>\n

6 nabbed for Sarkozy hack <\/a><\/p>\n

French Senate passes bill<\/a> to disconnect filesharers<\/p>\n

BD+, the Blu-ray copy protection system that was supposed to last 10 years, has now been solidly broken<\/a><\/p>\n

Click Fraud<\/a> Increasingly Driven by Botnets<\/p>\n

OpenOffice Multiple Vulnerabilties<\/a> and Security Issue<\/p>\n

Microsoft Blue Hat: Researcher Demos No-Hack Attack<\/a><\/p>\n

Delayed Java update<\/a> finally ships<\/p>\n

Microsoft to open up ‘M’<\/a> language<\/p>\n

Only hours after Microsoft released an emergency patch the hole in Windows was being abused<\/a><\/p>\n

Sinowal Trojan May Be One of the Worst Crimeware<\/a> Ever Created<\/p>\n

McCain pulls ahead in pharmaceutical spam<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

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

Scientists build<\/a> world\u2019s smallest storage device Major breakthrough in quantum computing<\/p>\n

A new technique<\/a> may result in much smaller electronics as well as optical storage using\u00a0 quantum plasma oscillations<\/p>\n

VIA Announces<\/a> the ‘Global Mobility Bazaar’ Program<\/p>\n

More details of AMD 45nm CPU lineup revealed<\/a><\/p>\n

Intel phases out<\/a> first 45 nm processors<\/p>\n

Asus asks public <\/a>for notebook designs<\/p>\n

PC makers move <\/a>closer to a post-Windows world<\/p>\n

EU concerned by airport full-body scanners<\/a><\/p>\n

Flash data recovery technology <\/a>needed<\/p>\n

House key copied<\/a> from photo<\/p>\n

* Trivia and other links<\/strong>
\nFound a really funny signature in the Ubuntu forums used by “ooobuntooo”<\/p>\n

The Day Microsoft make something that doesn’t suck…is the day they make Vacuum cleaners.<\/p>\n

Intelsat Retires<\/a> the Oldest Commercial Communications Satellite in Space after 32 Years of Service<\/p>\n

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

\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.<\/p>\n

Enjoy life<\/p>\n

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

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