Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #87

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                 Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter

                    Issue #87  Friday, 16 January 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:

   * Product News -- 'MandrakeMove' Available for Download
   * Sponsor of the Week - Thawte: Free Step-by-Step SSL Guide for
     Apache
   * What's Cookin' at MandrakeSoft? -- Cooker Snapshot #2
   * Mandrake in the News -- OSnews.com, OfB.biz, LinuxElectrons.com
   * MandrakeClub -- New Year's Greetings from the CEO
   * All Mandrake 9.2 Documentation Now Online
   * 'BizCase' of the Week -- How to 'fix' MS-Exchange Server
   * Software Updates -- kernel, drakxtools, proftpd, XFree86
   * Russian Newsletter Translation Available


Product News
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'MandrakeMove' is available for download.
The MandrakeMove Download Edition is now available from the usual FTP
locations. MandrakeMove is a new product that includes everything for
Office, Multimedia and Internet tasks on a single 'Live' CD. Just boot
from the disc and have a complete personal desktop operating system
without any partitioning or installation. It's a great way for
MS-Windows users to discover how powerful and easy Mandrake Linux
really is.

 * More info:
   http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/mandrakemove/
 * Download locations:
   http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3

MandrakeSoft also offers a MandrakeMove retail pack which includes a USB
key (128MB or 256MB) for storing personal information and settings.

 * More info:
   http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/mandrakemove/
 * Order now:
   http://www.mandrakestore.com/


Sponsor of the week: Thawte
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What's Cookin' at MandrakeSoft?
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Mandrake Linux Cooker Snapshot #2.
To help kick off the new year, a new Mandrake Linux Cooker snapshot was
released on December 31st. This developer's release provides a 'quick
look' at the upcoming Mandrake 10.0 and includes the new Linux 2.6.0
kernel plus many additional features on two ISO images (for easy CD
burning). This is the core base for the future Mandrake 10.0, so be
sure to test and report any bugs!

 * Release notes and download instructions:
   http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/cookersnapshot.php3
 * Discussion at MandrakeClub:
   http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1512

Note: This is a developer's release for testing purposes only -- do not
install on a production system.

Learn more about MandrakeSoft's development process by visiting the
official 'Mandrake Linux Development Community Wiki':
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/


Mandrake in the News
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OSnews.com -- Mandrake Linux 10 Preview.
OSnews takes an early look at the Mandrake Linux 10.0 Preview Edition:
"With Kernel 2.6, KDE 3.2 beta and XFree86 4.4 beta, it doesn't leave
much to be desired. [...] So let's see if it is worth drooling over.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5577&page=1

OfB.biz -- Shuttle's SB62G2 Tops Our Linux System List.
The 'Open for Business' website posts a first review of the Shuttle
SB62G2 XPC "Barebone PC" -- an impressive PC cube that ships with
Mandrake Linux 9.2:
"the XPC packs all of the latest features you'll probably want and need.
The SB62G2 XPC supports a full range of current Intel Celeron and
Pentium 4 processors including the 3.2 GHz and the 3.0 GHz "Extreme
Edition" models, both of which take advantage of the system's 800 MHz
front side bus (for a more humble budget, the same XPC can go as low as
the Celeron 1.8 GHz CPU). The system also includes RAID support, not
one, but two, network cards, six USB 2.0 ports (two on the front), AGP
8x, PC3200 memory and Serial ATA. Let there be no doubt: this is a
serious system."
http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=280

LinuxElectrons.com -- Mandrake Linux 9.2 review.
For anyone still not using Mandrake 9.2, linuxelectrons.com hosts an
informative review of the latest release (plus many screenshots):
"Mandrake Linux is a superior choice for a Desktop User. Its available
online (free), and a budget conscious version is available (CD's for
$40.00). My laptop was supported and it worked out of the box. Any
other disto needs to compare itself first to Mandrake 9.2 before making
any claims. Mandrake Linux has already found itself on my laptop."
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20031112135141721


MandrakeClub
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CEO: Happy New Year 2004!!!
MandrakeSoft CEO François Bancilhon wishes everyone a great new year in
this 'Club-exclusive' announcement. He also looks back over the past
year and looks forward to the new year:
"On the product front, we plan several new products announcements next
year, some aimed at the enterprise market, some aimed at specific
individual vertical market. We are working on these products as we
speak and look forward to those announcements. Finally, be ready for
some new services and different types of products to be be introduced."
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1520

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


Website Update
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Latest Guides: Mandrake Linux 9.2 Documentation.
All Mandrake 9.2 documentation is now online, in various languages and
formats, which describe the installation and usage of a Mandrake Linux
9.2 system. Choose from the Discovery, Starter, Command-line, and
Quick-Startup guides.
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/fdoc.php3


'BizCase' of the Week
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"We 'fixed' Exchange with Mandrake."
What can be done to help an ailing MS-Exchange email server? This system
administrator uses a Mandrake/Postfix server as the front-end SMTP
server and hides the Exchange server behind the firewall:
"The Exchange server then receives its mail from the Mandrake box. That
way, whenever the Exchange server packs it in [goes down], the mail is
still received and queued, waiting for us to fix the Exchange server
again. The Mandrake box holds onto it until we're ready -- no more
rejected mail."
http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=559


Software Updates
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9.2 software updates have been released for:

 * kernel -- fixes local root vulnerability
 * drakxtools -- fixes drakbackup's daemon behavior.
 * proftpd -- fixes remote root vulnerability
 * XFree86 -- fixes xdm vulnerability

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


Russian Newsletter Now Available
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In addition to English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese,
the Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter is now available in Russian
(thanks to Misha Doronin). To receive the next edition of this
newsletter in a different language, please select the appropriate link
at the bottom of this page. To volunteer as a translator in your native
language, please send an email to phil@mandrakesoft.com.

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