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Issue #12 Monday, 3 September 2001
Welcome to the Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter -- dedicated to
keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandrake-related news & info.
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This Week's Summary: New Mandrake T-shirts; Mandrake PPC in the news;
Mandrake 8.1 Beta2 available for download & testing; Business Case of
the Week; This Week's Online Poll; Security-related software updates;
Top Headlines from MandrakeForum; new PPC pages in the L-M Demo &
Tutorial Center.
Product News
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New Mandrake T-shirts available.
Red & White long sleeve "Mandrake SuperTux" T-shirts are now available
at Mandrakestore (currently for people living in Europe only). These
shirts are 100% cotton with a 3-color logo of "SuperTux" on the front,
and the words "Building a friendly Linux world, www.linux-mandrake.com"
on the back.
Mandrake in the News
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Many stories about Mandrake Linux 8.0 PPC appeared on various web sites:
MacWorld -- Mandrake Linux 8.0 comes to Macs.
"This implementation of Mandrake Linux also features extensive open
source tools and updates, according to the developers. Improvements
including better modem detection; CD ROM boot for almost all machines;
post-installation X configuration via XFdrake; with support added for
PowerBook G4s, new iBooks and "Pismo"-era PowerBook G3s; and much more.
MandrakeSoft noted that Mandrake Linux PPC is G3-optimized for
increased performance, also."
MacSlash -- Mandrake 8.0 PPC Released.
"Mikenet writes 'Finally, Mandrake 8 for PPC release is out!!!
According to their site, it is G3/G4 optimized. Wahoo!!! Get your copy
here.'"
iBookLinux.net -- Linux-Mandrake for PowerPC appears on mirrors!!
"It looks like the long awaited Mandrake on the PowerPC is now
available. The beta release has already appeared on various cooker
mirrors. Including this one in France. You can find more mirrors on the
Linux-Mandrake site."
What's Cooking at MandrakeSoft?
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Mandrake Linux 8.1 Beta 2 "Raklet" is available for download & testing.
Changes and improvements since Beta1:
* DiskDrake (the graphical disk partitioner) now supports Samba and NFS
mount points
* New Mandrake Server Wizards: professional configuration wizards for
quick & easy server setup
* Prelude 0.4.2 (Intrusion detection system): see
http://prelude.sourceforge.net/ for more info
* Gnomemeeting 0.10 (Video conferencing software H323 compatible)
* Libsafe (Stack Overflow protection), for increased security
* Bug fixes for KDE 2.2, i810, and the Mandrake Software Manager
(rpmdrake)
Mandrake Linux 8.1 New and Killer Features:
* Draknet (network configuration tool); test and enjoy this thoroughly
reworked version
* Updated URPMI (package installer) and Software Manager
* The reworked Mandrake Control Center provides a convenient embedded
root console as well as new tools such as Logdrake (a graphical
frontend to the system log files) and Drakinst (for easy setup of an
auto-install disk)
* Updated HardDrake (hardware configurator)
* New version of PrinterDrake to get the most out of your printer
Please see the Mandrake website for the complete announcement.
To get involved as a beta tester, please download the files,
then install & test on your machine and report any bugs.
Also, please subscribe to the Cooker mailing list by sending an email
to sympa@linux-mandrake.com with the words "SUB cooker" (no quotes) in
the subject of your message to report and discuss any problems.
Business Case of the Week
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Air Force public uses Internet computers with Mandrake SNF.
A system administrator at the Rhein Main U.S. Air Force Base in
Frankfurt Germany offers Internet access to the public with
MandrakeSoft's Single Network Firewall:
"The install of the OS was a snap. I could not believe that getting
Squid with Squidguard working would be such a no brainer... Mandrake
has played a helping hand in improving quality of life for American
Airman in Germany at Rhein Main AB."
Read many more examples of Mandrake Linux in the workplace at:
http://www.MandrakeBizCases.com/
If you use MandrakeSoft products in your business, please share your
story by submitting your own personal "Bizcase".
This Week's Online Poll
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What do you think about the Mandrake "Yellow Star" logo?
1) looks ridiculous
2) looks professional
3) looks friendly
4) looks childish
5) is better than SuSE's logo ;-)
Cast your vote in the Voting Booth and check the results.
Software Updates
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Security-related software updates have been released for:
* rpmdrake for 8.0 PPC only
* fetchmail for 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, and Corporate Server 1.0.1
* xli for 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, and Corporate Server 1.0.1
* WindowMaker for 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, and Corporate Server 1.0.1
* sendmail for 7.2 and 8.0
* xinetd for 7.2, 8.0, and Single Network Firewall 7.2
Top Stories of the Week from MandrakeForum
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What do YOU think about Mandrake's logo?
Gael Duval (co-founder of MandrakeSoft) writes:
"There have been discussions here about the Mandrake yellow star. In
particular it seems that American people find the yellow color
ridiculous..."
Hidden Treasure Development--Xtart.
"Xtart" is a new package from Civileme for people who like to boot into
console mode and then start a WM, and moreover who don't want to set a
default WM by any of the methods available.
Recovering MF II: It's official, we are f*cked.
Unfortunately, recovery on the dead MandrakeForum hard drive wasn't
successful so many stories from the past few weeks have been lost.
Read these and other stories at:
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/
Latest headlines from the Linux-Mandrake Demo & Tutorial Center
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Two new PPC chapters have been released:
Take a walkthrough of the Mandrake 8.0 PPC graphical installer;
then check out some advanced features of Mandrake PPC which include
Netatalk (file & print sharing for Macintosh systems), Mac on Linux
(for running MacOS 8 & 9), Samba, and much more:
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