Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #88

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                  Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter

                   Issue #88  Friday, 13 February 2004

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Welcome to the Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter -- dedicated to
keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandrake-related news & info.

In this issue:

    * Top Story -- Mandrake Linux 10.0 Beta 2
    * Sponsor of the Week -- PushMessenger
    * What's Cookin'? -- Development Process changes
    * Financial Corner --First profitable quarter since 1999
    * Mandrake in the News -- LWE.net, OfB.biz, Sudhian.com,
      OSnews.com,
    * MandrakeClub -- 9.2 "Updated" ISOs
    * 'BizCase' of the Week -- Sports: File Server For Bowling Centers
    * Product News -- HP Compaq d220 Microtower with Mandrake Linux
    * Software Spotlight -- Enjoying NASA's Maestro on your Linux
      desktop
    * Software Updates -- dhcp, qt3, drakxtools, more


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This Week's Sponsor -- PushMessenger: Wireless and Wired Instant Messaging
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Top Story
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Mandrake Linux 10.0 Beta 2 released.
On February 4th, the second Beta of the upcoming Mandrake Linux 10.0 was
released for download and testing. Highlights include:
  * Kernel 2.6.2 rc3
  * Mozilla 1.6
  * KDEbase 3.2 pre
  * XFree86 4.4 pre

Lead developer 'Warly' asks that all testers:
  * Test the new drakconnect
  * Use testzilla to widen the hardware test

Details available online at:
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/100beta.php3

Join the discussion at MandrakeClub:
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1650&mode=nocomments


Sponsor of the week: PushMessenger
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Download PushMessenger's wireless and wired, secure IM server.
Experience mobile IM on your GPRS device with the WAP client,
carrier-class performance and many other unique features.
www.pushmessenger.com <http://www.pushmessenger.com>


What's Cookin' at MandrakeSoft?
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Major changes in MandrakeSoft's Development Process.
MandrakeSoft announced a major change in the way that future Mandrake
Linux distributions will be engineered and released. Beginning with
Mandrake Linux 10.0, MandrakeSoft will release 2 lines of products:
The 'Community' release will be ideal for those who want the 'latest
and greatest' features as soon as possible, while the 'Official'
release is better suited for people who prefer to wait and avoid any
potential unresolved issues. Read the details in the official
announcement:
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/pr-releaseprocess.php3


Financial Corner
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MandrakeSoft reports first profitable quarter since 1999.
Good news from the financial front. During the latest fiscal quarter
ending December 2003, MandrakeSoft recorded a net profit for the first
time since 1999 -- earning approximately 300,000 euros on quarterly
revenues of 1.4 million euros (approx. $1.7 million US). Please see the
latest Shareholder Newsletter for details:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/newsletter/sn040123


Mandrake in the News
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LWE.net -- Interview with MandrakeSoft CEO.
MandrakeSoft's François Bancilhon was interviewed last month at
LinuxWorld NYC - Listen to François speak about the past year, ongoing
projects and the future in MP3 format:
http://photos.sys-con.com/story/res/39251/MandrakeSoftFrancoisBancilhonsmall.mp3
or read the online account:
http://www.newsforge.com/business/04/01/22/1249249.shtml

OfB.biz -- Shuttling Along: A Second Look at the SB62G2.
The second part of a review of Shuttle XPC SB62G2, a system that OfB.biz
named 'Product of the Year' for 2003:
"Mandrake Linux, as we stated in the first article, is included with the
SB62G2. It worked very well in our tests and, like the Discovery
Edition, provided a streamlined installer, task-oriented menu structure
and pre-installed Macromedia Flash. [...] Shuttle's XPC offers a great
blend of price, performance and compactness that makes it an ideal
workhorse, whatever your needs may be."
http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=283

Sudhian.com -- Shuttle SB62G2 and Mandrake Linux - A Marriage Made In
Heaven?
Sudhian Media reviews the Shuttle SB62G2 with Mandrake 9.2 Discovery:
"The combination of the SB62G2 and Mandrake Linux offers rock-solid
reliability and a server or office desktop solution whose price is hard
to beat. (...) At last there is a realistic alternative to the beige
box and Windows - and we encourage you to try it. For this reason, we
award the SB62G2/Mandrake combination our SSFTech Recommend Product
award."
http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=491

OSnews.com -- The MandrakeMove Experience.
OSnews provides a two page review of 'MandrakeMove' -- MandrakeSoft's
Live CD distribution:
"MandrakeMove is a worthwhile product and by far the best in its class
when it comes to ease of use, integration and overall polish. [..] I
think this is a great Move for Mandrake, it is a good promotion for
Mandrake because many Windows converts will be first introduced to
Mandrake and as we all know, the first Linux distribution you try is an
important factor in determining the one you will stay with."
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5640


MandrakeClub
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Mandrake Linux 9.2 "Updated" ISOs for Club members.
Due to numerous requests from Club members, MandrakeSoft has released
special ISO images of Mandrake Linux 9.2 -- with all official updates
-- for Club members only. We've also added some packages built for the
Club such as Gaim 0.74 (which now supports Yahoo messenger), the latest
Mozilla 1.5, and a new OpenOffice with additional patches and
improvements.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1580

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


'BizCase' of the Week
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Sports/Recreation: File Server For Bowling Centers.
Vantage Bowling Corporation is a U.S. company that sells scoring systems
to bowling centers. They have successfully tested Mandrake 9.2 as a
Samba server to get them around the 10 concurrent connection limitation
of MS Windows XP Pro:
"We plan to implement this solution this summer. Using our existing lane
server PC chassis and Mandrake Linux, our cost will be about half that
of a Network Appliance solution, and about a quarter that of
implementing Windows 2003 server."
http://mandrakebizcases.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=561


Product News
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HP Compaq d220 Microtower with Mandrake Linux.
Are you seeking a powerful PC pre-loaded with Mandrake Linux? Look no
further! The HP 220 is an excellent desktop or business PC starting at
only $477 (USA orders only). Save up to $185 until 2/29/04!
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/mdkhp.php3


Software Spotlight
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"Enjoying NASA's Maestro on your Linux desktop."
Joe Barr downloads and install 'Maestro', the software that NASA uses to
control the Mars rover Spirit, on his Mandrake 9.2 system:
"Here's how easy it was to install and begin using on Linux. First of
all, don't even begin unless you have the Java runtime on your system.
On my Mandrake 9.2 desktop, JRE 1.4.2_01 was already in place. Your
mileage may vary depending on the flavor of Linux you're running.
Here's one place you can get the Java runtime environment (JRE) if you
don't already have it installed..."
http://www.newsforge.com/software/04/01/08/1516238.shtml?tid=2&tid=82&tid=94


Software Updates
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9.2 software updates have been released for:

  * php-ini -- fixes module location
  * tcpdump -- fixes several vulnerabilities
  * mc -- fixes buffer overflow vulnerability
  * slocate -- fixes vulnerability
  * dhcp -- fixes problems with dynamic DNS
  * qt3 -- fixes problems with accelerator keys
  * drakxtools -- fixes problems with drakconnect

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

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