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Linux-Mandrake community newsletter - Issue #2Jun 04, 2001, 21:15 (2 Talkback[s])From: aurelien.marchand@researchcapital.com Subject: Linux-Mandrake community newsletter - Issue #2 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 20:15:07 GMT
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L I N U X - M A N D R A K E C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R Issue #2 Sunday, 3 June 2001 *********************************************************************** Welcome to the Linux-Mandrake Community Newsletter -- dedicated to keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandrake-related news & info. You are receiving this newsletter because you have subscribed to one of the Mandrake services. To be removed from this mailing list please see the bottom of this page for removal instructions. *********************************************************************** This Week's Summary: Linux Expo Montreal, Mandrake 8.0 for Itanium, Single Network Firewall, MandrakeForum headlines. Upcoming Events Linux Expo Montreal -- This year's Linux Expo Montreal will convene June 13 & 14 and will focus on GNU/Linux and Free Software as a solution for Internet Servers and E-Commerce. MandrakeSoft is proud to be a sponsor of this year's show. If you plan on attending, please stop by our booth and say "Hi"; we'd like to meet you. Presentations will be made by Quebec's Industry Minister, Syspark, IBM, Compaq, and MandrakeSoft's Jean Michel Dault. Mr. Christian Belisle, from MandrakeSoft Canada, will deliver a presentation of Linux as a graphical platform, and Michel Dagenais (Linux-Quebec) will focus on GNOME. http://www.linuxexpomontreal.com/EN/home/ What's Cooking at MandrakeSoft? Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Beta for Itanium -- MandrakeSoft announces the availability of Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Beta for Itanium. The Itanium is a new 64-bit processor from Intel designed for high-performance workstations and servers. ISO images are available from the Linux-Mandrake Download page http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3#ia64 Product News MandrakeSecurity "Single Network Firewall" has been released -- MandrakeSecurity is an easy to use Firewall and Router designed to protect a network against intrusions while providing Internet access to all computers on a LAN. Perfect for small office home office (SoHo), small and medium enterprise (SME) and individual users, the Single Network Firewall combines ease-of-use with powerful configuration tools via a secure Web interface. MandrakeSecurity's main features include:
The Single Network Firewall is available for purchase at MandrakeStore http://www.mandrakestore.com/ for $99 USD and includes two CDs plus a 400 page manual. Download MandrakeSecurity SNF for x86 at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3#security Mandrake in the News An article at Newsforge speaks about MandrakeSoft's upcoming
IPO: "Can Mandrake raise money by being your team?". The Newsforge
article resulted in a lively discussion at Slashdot titled "Could
Mandrake Sell Stock To Users Who Love It?" Slashdot also recently had a discussion about the upcoming
Linux-Mandrake 8.0 PPC beta: Another Slashdot article titled "Should You Donate Money to
Companies?" was prompted by Mandrake-Linux voluntary contributions
page at http://linux-mandrake.com/donations/ Software Updates Security-related Software updates have been released for GNUpg, XMMS, KDElibs, ncurses, OpenSSH and Samba; an updated PAM package is available for Linux-Mandrake 7.1. See the entire list at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/mdk-updates.php3?dis=8.0 Top Stories of the Week from MandrakeForum Linux-Mandrake 8.0 in Brazil - Part III MandrakeSoft employee
Till Kampeter has been in Brazil demonstrating Linux-Mandrake; his
latest stop was in Rio Grande do Sul. Rio Grande do Sul is a state
in Brazil which has implemented a law promoting the use of Free
Software. Nvidia driver tutorial for Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Little White Dog has a tutorial with numerous screenshots and detailed instructions on installing Nvidia video drivers in L-M 8.0. If you'd like to get 3D acceleration on your Nvidia card but don't know how to do it, this tutorial is what you've been looking for. http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=911&lang=en&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Central user configuration on Mandrake? A system administrator writes: "I have a network of machines all running various versions of mandrake. My biggest problem at the moment is that several people need to use the network on various machines and I don't want to be bothered about the stupid problems you get when each machine has it's own user administration. I've seen a document called: System Authentication using LDAP. That might work, but I haven't tried it yet. I was wondering if there is an easy way to do in in mandrake?" http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=916&lang=en MandrakeForum recently had a special "User Day" series dedicated to topics important to desktop users. These are the headlines and their respective links: User Day 6: Scanners User Day 5: DrakX (Installation) User day 4: Installation failed. What now? http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=868&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 User day 3: Fonts User days 2: Sound User days 1: XFree and Co. Read these and other stories at: Latest poll: What would you consider purchasing from MandrakeSoft? 1) A
standard retail pack Register your vote in the Voting Booth and check the results at: http://www.mandrakeforum.com/pollBooth.php?op=results&pollID=6 ---------------------------------------- If you prefer one of those Spanish: German: French: -------------- ------------------------------------------------
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