Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #65

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                      M a n d r a k e   L i n u x

               C o m m u n i t y   N e w s l e t t e r

            Issue #65    Thursday,  24 October 2002

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This Week's Summary: Upcoming Frankfurt LinuxWorld Expo; Mandrake in
the News; The Latest MandrakeClub Activities; Financial Corner; Linux
Training; Desktop Fun; New Russian Mailing List; Software Updates;
Headlines from MandrakeForum


Upcoming Frankfurt LinuxWorld Expo
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MandrakeSoft is pleased to participate in this year's LinuxWorld Expo
Frankfurt 2002, which is being held from October 29th through the 31st
in Frankfurt Germany. Come visit us at AMD's booth (booth A10, Hall
6.1) and we will gladly answer any questions.

Each day, from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM, Denis Havlik, of MandrakeClub and
MandrakeForum, will be giving demonstrations of Mandrake Linux 9.0.
Gwenole Beauchesne, of the MandrakeSoft development team, will be
holding a presentation entitled  "Porting Mandrake Linux to x86-64" on
Wednesday, October 30th at 4:40 PM.

Visit the official website for all the details:
http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/


Mandrake in the News
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Linux Journal Announces Winners of 8th Annual Readers' Choice Awards.
Almost 6,000 readers visited the Linux Journal web site and voted on
their top choices in 25 categories... and the winner is... Mandrake in
the "Favorite Distribution" category. Thanks to everyone for your
support and votes.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6380

ExtremeTech.com -- Review: Mandrake Linux 9.0.
ExtremeTech posts an information-packed review that is so thorough, it
might be considered a tutorial. Great job ExtremeTech!
"In this review, we'll discuss the new features in the latest Mandrake
release, explain the basic installation procedures, provide some advice
for new and intermediate Linux users, then we'll suggest some
additional learning tools and usage pointers."
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,640398,00.asp

RatedPC.com -- Mandrake 9.0 First Impressions.
RatedPC discusses the 9.0 Installation, Setting up the Desktop
(including tips on fonts & themes), and Included Applications. Despite
being bit by the USB bug (see MandrakeForum headline in this issue
for solution), their conclusion is: "The more I use Mandrake 9.0 and
learn about its new features, the more impressed I get. Should you
upgrade? If you have the time, definetly [sic]."
http://www.ratedpc.com/review.asp?id=63


MandrakeClub
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650MB ISO images of Mandrake Linux 9.0.
A small group of people have complained that their old CD-burners can
not write 700MB CDs. If you have this problem, MandrakeClub is now
offering 650MB MandrakeLinux 9.0 ISO images. Denis adds: "Beware: these
ISOs aren't properly tested, and they are completely unsupported. In
fact, officially they don't even exist. .-)"

If you would like to beta-test this unsupported release, please see:
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=77

Not yet a Mandrake Club member? To learn more, please visit:
http://mandrakelinux.com/en/club/


Financial Corner
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Fiscal Year 2001/2002 -- Revenues Up 28%.
"MandrakeSoft consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2001-2002 increased
by 28% to 4.6 M euros. This performance, during a time of particularly
difficult market conditions throughout the software industry, is the
result of successful new product lines: online sales at MandrakeStore,
income from OEMs, and Mandrake Users Club. Together these have
generated 43% of the overall revenue, compared to 11% in the last
fiscal year."

Read the complete report:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/newsletter/sn021017


Linux Training
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Five reasons why LPIC outpaces Red Hat's RHCE.
Would you like to formalize your Linux knowledge but not sure which
certification to pursue? ZDNet's Erik Eckel gives five reasons why the
Linux Professional Institute's certification recently beat out Red
Hat's RHCE as the certification that is the "fastest-rising in
importance."
http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2123398,00.html

When you're ready for high-quality Linux training, think
"Linux-Campus." Linux-Campus offers classroom-based training on a wide
variety of up-to-date, vendor-neutral Linux solutions. Linux-Campus --
brought to you by MandrakeSoft and our network of partners -- is an
ideal way to prepare for Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
certification. For additional information, please visit:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/training


Desktop Fun
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Art.gnome.org now open to the public.
A new website has been dedicated to GNOME users, developers, artists,
and everyone else who loves the GNOME environment. This impressive
website offers beautiful background images to download, great-looking
themes, splash screens, icons, and even a 'tips & tricks' section. Stop
by art.gnome.org for sure-fire "desktop inspiration."
http://art.gnome.org/


New Russian Mailing List
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A new mailing list for Russian Mandrake users is now available --
"expert-ru@linux-mandrake.com". Subscribe to this discussion list by
sending an email to sympa@linux-mandrake.com with the words "sub
expert-ru" in the body of your message.


Software Updates
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9.0 software updates have been released for:

gv/ggv -- fixes command execution vulnerabilities
drakxtools -- fixes problems with harddrake
devfsd -- fixes problem with ida devices
apache -- fixes multiple vulnerabilities

View the complete list at:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net


Headlines from MandrakeForum
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ML 9.0 Troubleshooting: Problems with USB.
Denis posts an article about troubleshooting a USB problem which may
affect certain keyboards and mice in 9.0:
http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?lang=en&sid=2459

"Upgrading" from a different distribution.
'truyen' asks if it's possible to "upgrade" from RedHat 7.3 to Mandrake
9.0. Deno and Forum readers provide some valuable tips.
http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?lang=en&sid=2499

Read these and other stories at MandrakeForum.
http://www.MandrakeForum.com/

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