Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #50

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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 #50    Thursday,  11 July 2002

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This Week's Summary: What's Cookin' at MandrakeSoft?; Mandrake in the
News; The Latest MandrakeClub Activities; Business Case of the Week;
Security-related Software Updates; Headlines from MandrakeForum.


What's Cookin' at MandrakeSoft?
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Terminal Server Mandrake.
Initial work has been done to integrate a terminal-server project into
the latest Cooker. The new package is based on work by Michael Brown,
with minor modifications by MandrakeSoft, as well as the addition of a
"drakTermServ" configuration tool. Stew Benedict adds: "Please test the
package and let me know how it goes. If you find things I overlooked or
have suggestions for improvement, please pass them on."
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?lang=en&sid=2279

Good News for RAID users.
Mandrake's graphical installer already has a powerful partitioning
program and supports the widest range of journaling filesystems.
Support has now been added to detect existing software RAID. When RAID
users install the next release of Mandrake Linux, the graphical
installer will automatically see any existing RAID partitions.
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?lang=en&sid=2277


Mandrake in the News
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Many news outlets covered MandrakeSoft's press release about United
Linux, including:

ZDnet.com -- MandrakeSoft rejects UnitedLinux.
"MandrakeSoft, maker of one of the more popular versions of Linux, says
it will not join a new initiative combining several of its competitors'
products, on the grounds that the move would damage Mandrake's own
offering -- and that its competitors have chosen the wrong path to
follow."
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-941468.html

OFB.biz -- MandrakeSoft Will Not Unite with UnitedLinux.
The "Open For Business" website writes:
"MandrakeSoft has released a statement detailing the reasons why
Mandrake will not join United Linux. The two key reasons for the
decision repeated through out the document consisted of UnitedLinux's
non-Free nature and lack of any advantages for MandrakeSoft."
http://ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=136


MandrakeClub
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The new MandrakeClub Forum is now open, and everyone is invited to stop
by and check it out. Deno adds: "Which categories should we have, and
which forums should be within each of them?" The forum already contains
topics such as:
 * Future -- What's good, what's bad, and where should MandrakeClub go
   in the future?
 * RPMs -- This is the place to go if you have suggestions for
   new/updated RPMs.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&file=ind
ex

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and Club members receive a 25% discount. This latest goodie is a
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Mandrake Star Cap is black with a white Mandrake Star embroidered on
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To receive your Club discount, just enter your login & password on the
"Checkout" page. The final price is only $12 plus shipping. Offer
expires August 1st.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=47

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


Business Case of the Week
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Computer Services: Mandrake means more jobs and bigger profits for me.
"4ward Computer Services" is an Australian Computer Service business
that focuses on looking after other Small to Medium-sized businesses.
They use Mandrake Linux to win contracts and sales from their
competitors.

Harry Phillips, Director of 4ward Computer Services, adds: "I have had
several clients actually complain that I have not restarted the server
in over a month [...] Word has spread throughout the business community
and we are no longer advertising, we are just too flat out trying to
keep up with the work we have on our plate at the moment.
http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/article.php?sid=313

Every "bizcase" counts; please share your story by submitting it to
MandrakeBizcases.com
http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/submit.php


Software Updates
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Security-related software updates have been released for:

LPRng -- fixes insecure default configuration
kernel -- fixes multiple vulnerabilities
openssh -- fixes remote vulnerability

Please note that kernel upgrades should not be done via MandrakeUpdate.
To learn how to update your kernel the proper way, read "The Black
Magic of Updating" at MandrakeSecure.net:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php
Also, please be sure to read the kernel advisory before upgrading your
system:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/2002/MDKSA-2002-041.php


Headlines from MandrakeForum
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Mouse Gestures in Mozilla.
Tom describes how to invoke browser actions (such as going to previous
page, close window, open new window, etc) with predefined mouse
movements.
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?lang=en&sid=2278

An ISO for the impatient.
"lightspeed" has put together an ISO of packages that were not included
in the 8.2 Powerpack (due to space limitations), plus all of the
software updates as of 02 Jul 02. Deno clarifies: "MandrakeSoft has
nothing to do with these ISOs, except that they are (mostly?) filled
with Mandrake RPMs."
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?lang=en&sid=2274

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

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