{"id":612,"date":"2009-02-15T22:39:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T20:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=612"},"modified":"2009-02-15T22:39:20","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T20:39:20","slug":"the-mint-newsletter-issue-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"The Mint Newsletter – issue 75"},"content":{"rendered":"
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* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
The forum has moved to Canada – works much better now.<\/div>\n
For the time being activation and notification mail are not sent, unknown why<\/div>\n
The XFCE Community Edition (CE) is almost ready for its final release<\/div>\n
The KDE and Fluxbox CEs are almost ready for their first RC to be released<\/div>\n
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* News about Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally Lenny has appeared<\/a>! Good news for all Debian fans<\/p>\n

Sidux 2009-1<\/a> has been released<\/p>\n

HP ditches<\/a> Linux netbooks in Europe<\/p>\n

Plasma Team Looks at the Future<\/a><\/p>\n

Real-time Linux<\/a> gains accelerated graphics<\/p>\n

Moonlight<\/a> 1.0 goes live<\/p>\n

Russian Federation<\/a> Commits to Red Hat Open Source<\/p>\n

CCP To Discontinue<\/a> EVE Online Support For Linux<\/p>\n

Cuba launches<\/a> own Linux variant to counter Microsoft<\/p>\n

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

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

LiMo Foundation gets ready<\/a> for next-generation platform<\/p>\n

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

All EU states have to compel operators to log all network traffic<\/a> – verdict in the EU court<\/p>\n

French navy surrenders<\/a> to the Conficker (aka downadup) worm. It is not alone – the French and British airforces<\/a> were also hit. The newsletter has earlier reported<\/a> about Swedish hospitals being hit with this worm<\/p>\n

Microsoft offers $250,000 reward<\/a> for Downadup culprits<\/p>\n

One in ten has had his\/her identity stolen<\/a><\/p>\n

German Interior minister’s website pwned<\/a> in wiretap protest<\/p>\n

Microsoft gets 10,000th patent<\/a><\/p>\n

Stora Enso sells Summa mill site <\/a>(in Finland) to Google for EUR 40 mln<\/p>\n

Obama Orders 60-Day Cyber-security Review<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook spammers<\/a> seize control of 1.5 million user group<\/p>\n

Comments<\/a> in Digg.com Used to Distribute Malware, Says PandaLabs<\/p>\n

PC power tweaks can save<\/a> a packet, says Gartner<\/p>\n

The “toolbox” Parted Magic<\/a> has been released in version 3.6<\/p>\n

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

AMD finally goes DDR3 <\/a><\/p>\n

Intel pledges $7 billion to upgrade U.S. factories<\/a><\/p>\n

The first Ion-based product<\/a> is a nettop; to launch before June, says Nvidia<\/p>\n

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

Android Vulnerability<\/a> So Dangerous, Owners Warned Not to Use Phone’s Web Browser<\/p>\n

Europe gets first petaflops<\/a> super computer<\/p>\n

2 big satellites collide<\/a> 500 miles over Siberia<\/div>\n

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

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Credit goes to xkcd – http:\/\/xkcd.com\/<\/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><\/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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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