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Mandrakelinux Community Newsletter
Issue # 94 August 16, 2004
Welcome to the Mandrakelinux Community Newsletter — dedicated
to keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandrakelinux-related
news & info.
Inside this Issue:
- Top Story — Mandrakelinux 10.1 Beta1 is available!
- Mandrakesoft News — New Mandrakeonline is available!
- Mandrakesoft & Business — Personalized Solutions and
Maintenance Program - Mandrakeclub News — Mandrakeclub Forum v2
- Market News — PCs pre-installed with Mandrakelinux
- Financial Corner — 39% Increase in Revenues for
Mandrakesoft - Quick Reminder ! — Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official Products &
New goodies - Software Updates — Keeping your Mandrakelinux system
up-to-date
Top Story
Mandrakelinux 10.1 Beta1 is available!
At last something to make your summer hotter, far better than
all these linux unaware suntanned chicks and chaps you would like
to get along with on the beach. Forget them and go back home, fill
up your fridge with soya drinks (or your favorite one, but remember
that fast assimilated sugar shortens your life expectancy). It is
time to test your new air conditioner limits, switching on all the
computers sitting around to test this new Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta!
More details and links are available here.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=2382&mode=nocomments
Also, Mandrakesoft needs to know what you do to improve the
Mandrakelinux interface on your computer. Complete this survey and
tell us what you need.
Let us know what you would do to influence Mandrakelinux’s future!
http://poll.mandrakesoft.com/Ergonomics
Mandrakesoft News
New Mandrakeonline is available!
The new Mandrakeonline provides a wide range of valuable
services to easily take care of all updates, on a range of
Mandrakelinux systems, at a low cost. Read all about it here.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/services/2492
Mandrakesoft & Business
Personalized Solutions and Maintenance Program
The “Personalized Solutions and Maintenance Program” (PSMP) is
an easy-to-use, free to register, cost effective program designed
to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes. SME’s, large and
international corporations, academic institutions, governmental
agencies, bulk buyers, non-profit organizations, VAR’s, resellers
etc. The program is designed to provide One-Stop complete Open
Source solutions (Products/ Support/ Updates/ Services) to
customers. Click here to learn more about this wonderful
program.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=2386&mode=nocomments
Mandrakeclub News
Mandrakeclub Forum v2
Within a week, we will launch the new forum for testing. Then,
both the old forum and the new testing forum will co-exist. We hope
to launch the final version before August 20th. It is based on
phpBB2 and will include almost all of its features. Learn more
about the new version of Mandrakeclub.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=2377&mode=nocomments
Market News
PCs pre-installed with Mandrakelinux
Teaming with Europe’s largest retailer, Carrefour, Mandrakesoft
has begun offering PC’s pre-installed with the Mandrakelinux
desktop. Available through Mandrakestore, the PCs start at 299
euros and are available in France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and
Monaco. Read all about it here.
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7465907417.html
Order a PC pre-installed with Mandrakelinux now. http://www.mandrakestore.com
Financial Corner
39% Increase in Revenues for Mandrakesoft
During the third quarter of 2003/2004, Mandrakesoft produced a
consolidated revenue of 1.50 M? and a gross margin of 1.25 M?, a
respective increase of 39.1% and 66.7% compared to the same period
of the previous fiscal year. Read the article here.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/newsletter/sn040727
Quick Reminder !
Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official Products & New goodies
Don’t forget, you’ll find all new Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official
products at Mandrakestore. Choose from the new range of packs and
offers, from the Discovery desktop product to the Powerpack+ which
includes a full client/server groupware solution, and several
bundles with new extra Mandrakesoft goodies!
http://www.mandrakestore.com
Software Updates
Keeping your Mandrakelinux system up-to-date
Mandrakesoft provides timely security advisories to users of
Mandrakelinux and related products to ensure users a safe computing
experience, regardless of whether the chosen product is used as a
desktop system or server.
Recent topics include:
- Security Advisories
- End of Life Product Support
- CVE Compatibility
- Advisory RSS Feed
- Mailing Lists
- Kernel Update Procedures
Updated packages include:
- shorewall
- printer-drivers
- libpng
- drakxtools
- rpmdrake
- OpenOffice.org
- wv
- libneon
- sox
- mod_ssl
Learn more about keeping Mandrakelinux up-to-date. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/
Reminder: If you are interested in securing your webserver with
certificates, don’t forget to download your free copy of the new
Thawte step-by-step guide ‘SSL Guide’.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/advertising/thawte