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Debian News

The Debian Weekly News for July 2, 2002 is out. This edition speculates that UnitedLinux will be based on the Debian distribution (since there is no other way to "include" Debian as Caldera UnitedLinux leader Ransom Love has said he wants to do). Addition topics include Java Beans for Debian People, Security Updates for Woody, and much more.

Another revision of Debian 2.2 (potato) is underway. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r7 should be available soon. Security fixes and critical bug fixes are the focus of this release.

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh has published a paper that details the operation of Debian init scripts. The paper is derived from a talk that will be given at the upcoming Debconf2.

Debian Project Leader Bdale Garbee announced that Mako has been delegated to help handle project donations. Also, Debian will be joining OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems. Mark Johnson has been appointed as Debian's initial official representative to OASIS.

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Mandrake Linux

MandrakeSoft announced that it is cooperating with AMD to port Mandrake Linux to the forthcoming eighth-generation AMD Athlon and AMD Opteron processor-based platforms.

Mandrake Linux has a new package available that provides older distributions with the same rpm macros that are available in Mandrake Linux 8.2.

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Limbo: a new Red Hat Linux beta

Red Hat has announced "Limbo," a new beta version of the Red Hat Linux distribution. It includes gcc 3.1, the 1.0 releases of Mozilla and OpenOffice, the "latest desktop technology," and more. "Such beta software as LIMBO is not intended for use on mission critical or production systems. Use on such systems could lead to loss of uptime, data, money, employment, or sentience".

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SuSE News

SuSE has announced several new products including the SuSE Linux Groupware Server, SuSE Linux eMail Server 3.1, and the SuSE Linux Pro-Office CD with StarOffice®.

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Terra Soft ships Yellow Dog Linux 2.3

Terra Soft Solutions has announced the release of Yellow Dog Linux 2.3. YDL is a PowerPC distribution, of course; this release includes KDE 3, a 2.4.19 kernel (even though said kernel has not yet been released), OpenOffice 1.0, and more.

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uClibcLinux

uClibcLinux is a Linux distribution based on uClibc. This source-based distribution has two main goals: - provide an easily extensible build-system - provide a repository of software compiling and running with uClibc. Initial version 0.4.5 was released June, 25, 2002.

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Aurora Sparc Project

The Aurora Sparc Project has released build 0.3 (Phoenix). With the exception of Anaconda, Phoenix is a complete Red Hat 7.3 based tree, including KDE3, Gnome 1.4, XFree86 4.2.0, a 2.4.18 kernel, and both gcc 2.96 and 3.1 compilers.

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Bernhard's Bootable Linux CD

BBLCD has released version 0.7.2 with major feature enhancements.

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Engarde Secure Linux

Engarde Secure Linux has released version 1.2 (Professional). "Professional features include a network gateway firewall, network address translation, secure network services, virtual Web site hosting, complete Web site development, broadband connectivity, secure Web management, built-in support and alerts, Security Control Center, network intrusion detection, host intrusion detection, monitoring of system access, protection against data loss, Guardian Digital Secure Network Service, and much more."

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Two new versions of Enterprise Linux

ImageStream has released two new versions of Enterprise Linux for its router customers, Enterprise Linux 3.2.3, and Enterprise Linux 4.0.0.

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floppyfw

floppyfw has released stable version 1.0.13 with minor feature enhancements.

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LEAF (Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall)

The LEAF branch WISP-Dist released version 2213. "WISP-Dist is a LEAF release/branch for wireless routers, but can be used for other purposes as well. The entire system fits in 8 MB flash/16 MB RAM. Highlights include an easy-to-use menu interface, commandline access, an Access Point mode (on selected cards), OSPF/RIPv2, bandwidth shaping, NAT, and other goodies."

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Leka Rescue Floppy

Leka Rescue Floppy has released stable version 0.7.0 with major feature enhancements.

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Linpus Linux 8.2 Release

Linpus Technologies, Inc announced the release and availability of the Linpus Linux 8.2 desktop and server operating system.

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MkLinux Security Update

MkLinux has released a security upgrade for recent OpenSSH vulnerabilities. This requires upgrading both OpenSSL and OpenSSH to versions 0.9.6d and 3.4p1, respectively. "Some advanced features have not been fully tested due to insufficient prior notice. This upgrade is strictly use-at-your-own risk."

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PXES Linux Thin Client

PXES Linux Thin Client has released version 0.5-Beta4 with major feature enhancements.

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Sentry Firewall CD-ROM

Sentry Firewall has released version 1.3.0-3. "OpenSSH, BIND, and Apache have been updated to fix recent bugs. The HOWTO has been updated to accomodate new project branches."

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