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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 178
The DistroWatch
Weekly for November 20, 2006 is out. "It was a relatively quiet
week, only disturbed by the news about Java being released under the GPL
and the unusual levels of interest in the new Linux Mint 2.0. This week's
discussion revolves around adding third-party repositories to Ubuntu and
other distributions; while the goal of extending the number of easily
installable software packages sounds good, mindless addition of
repositories can not only compromise system security, it can also break
one's system beyond repair. Also in the news: Debian "etch" delays, Fedora
6 usage statistics, FreeBSD's new Security Event Auditing (SEA) system, and
an opinion about including proprietary kernel modules in Linux
distributions. Finally, the DistroWatch database saw an addition of four
new Linux distributions last week; these include the low-end Fluxbuntu
Linux and the user-friendly Ulteo."
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