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Debian Weekly News - September 10th, 2002

This week's Debian Weekly News tells us, "The most interesting news for this week probably is the removal of Qmail from Debian's [1]list server. Thanks to the admin and listmaster team, the [2]server now happily runs Postfix." Of course there are several other topics as well.

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Libranet GNU/Linux 2.7

Libranet GNU/Linux 2.7 has been released. "Libranet is based on Debian's stable woody release with upgrades to major packages like KDE and the addition of Libranet's custom installer, Libranet Adminmenu, desktop configuration and the excellent OpenOffice suite."

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Mandrake Linux

MandrakeSoft announced the second Release Candidate of the upcoming Mandrake Linux 9.0. This RC2 is the last chance to influence 9.0's development by contributing reports and suggestions.

The Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter -- Issue #58 contains information about the 9.0 Release Candidate and much more.

Open for Business interviews Mandrake co-founder Gaël Duval about the company's past, present, and future. "...I think the commercial dynamics around Mandrake Linux, and the creation of MandrakeSoft, have been key factors for its development and long-term success. But as you know, Mandrake is much like a Free Software project that is financed by a commercial company. This approach makes great difference when compared to other Linux distributions!"

Last week's update to cdrecord had a few problems. In some situations, noteably with xcdroast, the mkisofs utility creates pseudo-empty filesystems. The filesystem is the proper size, but the contents of the filesystem are not available. New xcdroast packages are available that are compatible with this version of cdrecord.

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Slackware Linux

Several changes were made to the Slackware current tree this week. There is a security fix, and numerous bug fixes in Xfree86. Other packages have bug fixes as well. Click on Full Story to see the changes for this week, or go to the changelog for complete details.

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New Distributions

DebianEdu

The DebianEdu subproject is a new project aimed at making Debian the best distribution available for educational use. Still in its early stages, this subproject is actively looking for volunteers.

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OpenZaurus

The OpenZaurus project aims to build a kernel and filesystem for the Sharp SL-5000d and SL-5500 which will retain binary compatiblity with the existing Sharp system. OpenZaurus will not use proprietary packages, but instead will emphasize GPL licenced packages, such as replacing the Opera browser with Konqueror/Embedded. The ultimate goal is to have a Sharp PDA with enhanced usablility, particularly for developers and power users.

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Simply GNUstep

Simply GNUstep is a Linux/GNU distribution aimed at providing an OpenStep feeling from bootup on. This is a stripped down distribution for ease of use. (Think OS X for x86). Version 1 is now available. This release is the first version that installs to the hard disk. It is recommended for installation on a dedicated machine or a virtual machine. Configuration is not complete, the user must manually configure X11 and networking.

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Minor distribution updates

herbix

herbix has released v1.0-36. This release has been rewritten from scratch and has major bug fixes.