{"id":716,"date":"2009-04-06T17:03:55","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T15:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=716"},"modified":"2009-04-06T17:03:55","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T15:03:55","slug":"the-mint-newsletter-issue-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"The Mint Newsletter – issue 80"},"content":{"rendered":"
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* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Both Mint 6 Felicia KDE CE and Fluxbox CE have been approved as stable and will soon be released<\/p>\n

Both editions promise to be outstanding.<\/p>\n

Monthly Stats – March 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

We hope you enjoyed our April fools prank<\/a><\/p>\n

Please update to Firefox 3.0.8 to protect from dangerous bug<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter for Linux Mint
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* News about Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n

Debian adds (officially) a version based on the FreeBSD kernel<\/a><\/p>\n

Red Hat CEO questions <\/a>desktop’s relevance in Linux debate – not the first time<\/p>\n

Suse Linux Enterprise 11<\/a> takes steps to work with Windows also on the desktop – Novell seems to disagree with Red Hat<\/p>\n

CentOS 5.3 released<\/a><\/p>\n

How Fedora got hacked<\/a> last autumn – someone got hold of a valid key<\/p>\n

What Flavor of Linux is Right For You<\/a>?\u00a0 Mint we hope \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

KDE gets its own Brainstorm<\/a><\/p>\n

Numerous developers quit<\/a> PCLinuxOS<\/p>\n

This is interesting – a small distribution called Billix<\/a> allows network installation of Damn Small Linux, Ubuntu Jaunty\/Intrepid\/Hardy, Fedora 10, Debian, and Centos.<\/p>\n

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

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

Mono 2.4 and MonoDevelop 2.0 released<\/a><\/p>\n

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

The downadup\/Conficker<\/a> worm should have done something on April 1st – nothing happened as you may have noticed \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Tracking GhostNet<\/a>: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network<\/p>\n

A new method<\/a> to monetize scareware – Windows only<\/p>\n

‘Cybercrime exceeds drug trade’ myth exploded<\/a><\/p>\n

Researchers unveil persistent BIOS attack<\/a> methods (scary – code in BIOS without the use of any vulnerability.)<\/p>\n

HP OpenView Buffer Overflows<\/a> – the potential for damage is large<\/p>\n

Expert cites <\/a>“major problem” with security policy compliance<\/p>\n

Microsoft and TomTom Settle<\/a> Patent Infringement Cases<\/p>\n

Sun Intros VDI 3<\/a>, a Sun-Only Virtual Desktop Set<\/p>\n

Silicon Graphics goes bust for second time <\/a>(Hope this is not an April fools prank – published April 1)<\/p>\n

Sources: Google In Talks To Acquire Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

I.B.M. Withdraws<\/a> $7 Billion Offer for Sun<\/p>\n

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

MIT Graphene Chip Could Reach 1,000 Gigahertz <\/a><\/p>\n

A Step Toward Superfast Carbon Memory<\/a><\/p>\n

Sniffing keystrokes<\/a> via laser and keyboard power<\/p>\n

A computer the size of a large matchbox<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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Credit goes to Cathbard – http:\/\/cathbard.com\/cathbards-grove.html<\/a><\/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> Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

* Editors comment<\/strong><\/p>\n

This newsletter is much belated – a cold has stopped me from working \/ Husse<\/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

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