{"id":641,"date":"2009-02-24T16:18:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T14:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=641"},"modified":"2009-02-24T16:18:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T14:18:52","slug":"the-mint-newsletter-issue-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=641","title":{"rendered":"The Mint Newsletter &#8211; issue 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<h2>* <strong>News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Linux Mint 6 \u201cFelicia\u201d XFCE CE released!\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"..\/?p=637\">Linux Mint 6 \u201cFelicia\u201d XFCE CE released!<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">The forum has moved to Canada &#8211; works much better now and we finally managed to fix the problem with no activation mails<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>* <strong>News about Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gtk+ 3.0 Theming API <a href=\"http:\/\/aruiz.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hackfest<\/a> &#8211; introduced QGtkStyle makes Qt look like Gtk+<\/p>\n<p>Linux Version of <a href=\"http:\/\/osnews.com\/story\/20980\/Linux_Version_of_Chrome_To_Use_Gtk_\" target=\"_blank\">Chrome<\/a> To Use Gtk+<\/p>\n<p>HP and Canonical work towards Ubuntu <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.canonical.com\/?p=122\" target=\"_blank\">certification<\/a> on servers<\/p>\n<p>Linux virtual desktops sweeping <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itwire.com\/content\/view\/23332\/1231\/1\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brazilian schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIPS Technologies <a href=\"http:\/\/linux-foundation.org\/weblogs\/press\/2009\/02\/22\/mips-technologies-joins-the-linux-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joins<\/a> the Linux Foundation<\/p>\n<p>The game World of Goo <a href=\"http:\/\/2dboy.com\/games.php\" target=\"_blank\">now<\/a> for Linux<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 9.10: <a href=\"http:\/\/fridge.ubuntu.com\/node\/1831\" target=\"_blank\">Karmic Koala<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An open letter to the <a href=\"http:\/\/lwn.net\/Articles\/320159\/\" target=\"_blank\">openSUSE<\/a> Community (layoffs)<\/p>\n<p>The latest news about the kernel is always found <a href=\"http:\/\/kernelnewbies.org\/LinuxChanges\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>* News about Open Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>News about IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hacker pokes new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2009\/02\/19\/ssl_busting_demo\/\" target=\"_blank\">hole in secure sockets layer (SSL) <\/a>&#8211; makes man in the middle attacks possible &#8211; very dangerous and hits you regardless of the operating system<\/p>\n<p>Digital Information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/02\/090211122410.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Saved<\/a> For Future Generations<\/p>\n<p>Spammers break <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestandard.com\/news\/2009\/02\/17\/spammers-break-hotmails-captcha-yet-again\" target=\"_blank\">Hotmail<\/a>&#8216;s CAPTCHA yet again<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft (tries) to follow html standard in IE 8 &#8211; IE 8 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/microsoft\/?p=2072\" target=\"_blank\">incompatibility<\/a> list: 2,400 major sites<\/p>\n<p>A Romanian group has been doing SQL injection <a href=\"http:\/\/www.f-secure.com\/weblog\/archives\/00001605.html\" target=\"_blank\">attacks<\/a> on several security vendor&#8217;s websites<\/p>\n<p>Hackers target Xbox Live <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/technology\/7888369.stm\" target=\"_blank\">players <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Red Hat and Microsoft to <a href=\"http:\/\/port25.technet.com\/archive\/2009\/02\/16\/microsoft-red-hat-to-offer-joint-technical-support.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">cooperate<\/a> on virtualisation<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Hardware news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Intel Wants <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xbitlabs.com\/news\/mainboards\/display\/20090218072841_Intel_Wants_Court_to_Ban_Nvidia_from_Making_Chipsets_for_Latest_Processors.html\" target=\"_blank\">Court<\/a> to Ban Nvidia from Making Chipsets for Latest Processors.<\/p>\n<p>MSI to release custom designed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcmagazine.com\/comments.php?shownews=24734&amp;catid=2\" target=\"_blank\">GeForce<\/a> GTX 260 with <em>1.8GB of memory<\/em><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Other news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Military\u2019s killer robots must learn <a href=\"http:\/\/technology.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/tech_and_web\/article5741334.ece\" target=\"_blank\">warrior code<\/a> (somewhat scary)<\/p>\n<p>Google: &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/2009\/02\/20\/Google_Atlantis_image_was_sonar_data\/UPI-27691235142455\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantis<\/a>&#8216; image was sonar data<\/p>\n<p>Angels and Demons and <a href=\"http:\/\/public.web.cern.ch\/Public\/en\/Spotlight\/SpotlightAandD-en.html\" target=\"_blank\">antimatter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mobile Industry Unites to Drive Universal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsmworld.com\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2009\/2548.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Charging<\/a> Solution for Mobile Phones<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>* Comic of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/music_drm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/music_drm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/i_know_youre_listening.png\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Credit goes to xkcd &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/xkcd.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>* More about Linux Mint<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>How to <a href=\"..\/..\/donors.php\">donate <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/\/\">Home page <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/\/\">Blog<\/a> <a href=\"..\/..\/planet\/\">The planet <\/a> <a href=\"..\/..\/wiki\/index.php\/Main_Page\">Wiki<\/a> <a href=\"..\/..\/forum\/\">Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*<strong> Editors comment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As always &#8211; if you find something I\u2019ve missed in the newsletter please tell me &#8211; you can post a comment.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy life<\/p>\n<p>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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* News about Mint Linux Mint 6 \u201cFelicia\u201d XFCE CE released! 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