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Debian Weekly News - July 16th, 2002

The July 16, 2002 edition of the Debian Weekly News is out with coverage of the latest developments in the Debian community.

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Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 updated (r7)

This is the seventh revision of Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (codename `potato') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections of serious bugs.

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Debian Jr. -- How are we doing?

Ben Armstrong provides some insight into the progress of Debian Jr.

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Interview with Ian Jackson (Debian Planet)

Debian Planet has interviewed the dpkg author, Ian Jackson. "As well as being a former DPL, a current member of the technical commitee and the author of dpkg, the original BTS, debiandoc-sgml, constitution, policy and other documents, and several other free software projects including SAUCE, userv and adns, he holds a doctorate in computer security and is the owner of the machine chiark.greenend.org.uk, home to multiple nefarious internet geeks, projects like PuTTY, and 'a few other weirdos too'."

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Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #50

Issue number 50 of the Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter has been published. Check it out for the latest Mandrake Linux developments.

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Red Hat Linux bug fixes

Red Hat has an updated miniChinput package which fixes the way Chinese characters are displayed when the locale is set to zh_CN. Available for RH 7.3 - i386.

GDB 5.2 packages are available for a variety of Red Hat releases, from 7.0 through 7.3, including alpha and ia64 in addition to i386 versions.

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Familiar Linux

Familiar Linux has released v0.5.3 with minor feature enhancements.

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LEAF (Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall)

LEAF has announced updates for several branches. WISP-Dist release 2290 has been announced. Updates we missed last week include a delayed release of Mosquito 3.4 and Shorewall 1.3.3 has also been announced.

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Mindi Linux

Mindi Linux has released v0.65 with minor feature enhancements.

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Openwall

The Openwall GNU/*/Linux (Owl) CVS tree may now be accessed via the anonymous CVS server.

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RxLinux

RxLinux has released v1.0.4 with major feature enhancements.

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Trustix Secure Linux

TSL has issued a bug fix advisory. It seems older versions of imap and the samba package manipulated the configuration file /etc/inetd.conf in their post install scripts. The imap package also manipulated the /etc/services system file. Since this is not considered nice behaviour, these manipulations have been removed.

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uClinux

uClinux has released 20020701.

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Is SuSE 8 SuPERB? (Open for Business)

Open for Business reviews SuSE Linux 8.0. "SuSE Linux is one of the most usable Linux distributions on the market today. Rivaled only by Mandrake Linux as a mainstream desktop Linux distribution, SuSE offers a nicely setup user interface with everything needed for a productive office."

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Preview: Limbo Time (OS News)

OS News takes a look at Limbo, the latest Red Hat Linux beta. "For the most part, though, what Red Hat brings to the table is a Linux based OS that can truly compete on the desktop. Make no mistake about it - Linux is not for the average user, but it is getting closer. You still need the command line for true system performance, but almost everything can be performed from within the GUI once you learn where the controls reside. Is Limbo a Windows killer, then? For some, it may be. For some of the more experienced, it may appear to be no more than a hack target. But for the middle ground users, those who are UNIX-capable, but not experts, who are just searching for a robust, flexible but powerful, alternative desktop OS, I wouldn't hesitate to say "Hey, let's do the Limbo rock!""

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[Lindows] Applications have a spotty performance

The San Jose Mercury News takes a look at Lindows' Click-N-Run Warehouse. "Although the Click-N-Run Warehouse for Lindows is a great idea in theory, real-world users will run smack into the many ragged edges of open-source software. None of the Click-N-Run applications have been developed by Lindows.com, the creator of the Lindows operating system; the company is merely gathering open-source software from elsewhere on the Web and putting it one place for easy access by LindowsOS users."

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