Author: JT Smith
Newsletter; Mandrake in the News; Cooker ISO images released; Business
Case of the Week; Spotlight on Mandrake Online; This Week’s Online
Poll; Software Updates; Headlines from MandrakeForum.”Happy New Year! Please be safe during the holiday. We look
forward to another great year with you in 2002.
Top Story
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MandrakeClub was officially launched before Christmas and the
website already has several active discussions in progress. Denis
Havlik (the MandrakeClub moderator) reports that everything seems to be
working well, and the “Download” section already contains most of the
apps from 8.1 commercial CDs; a complete list of RPMs is available at:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/81/applications
http://mandrake.com/en/club/
Financial Corner
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MandrakeSoft now offers a financial newsletter that should be of
particular interest to shareholders and investors. The first issue of
the “MandrakeSoft Shareholder Newsletter” has been released and
contains up-to-date information about important company news such as:
* The Linux Market
* MandrakeSoft and the stock exchange
* MandrakeSoft’s positioning
* Latest news
* Financial results
The read the latest issue of the MandrakeSoft Shareholder Newsletter,
please see:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/newsletter/
Mandrake in the News
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Tech-Junkie — RedHat 7.2 Vs Mandrake 8.1 On The Desktop.
A 6-page article on the TechJunkie.com website offers a thorough
comparison of the two leading Linux distributions and concludes:
“Well there you have it, Mandrake has a definite edge when it comes to
desktop usability as RedHat sticks to its roots as a popular
corporate-oriented product.”
The article covers:
Graphical installation; Desktop usability; RedHat 7.2 vs Mandrake 8.1
vs Windows XP in Quake 3 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein; Interview
with RedHat’s Product Manager and Frederic Bastok, MandrakeSoft
Co-Founder.
http://www.tech-junkie.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=36
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The Register — Mandrake 8.1 easier than Win-XP.
The popular British online magazine “The Register” writes about their
“outstanding Linux eXPerience” with Mandrake 8.1:
“Windows addicts curious to see how the other half lives but wary of
the installation challenges Linux is supposed to present will find
Mandrake 8.1 considerably easier to install and configure than Win-XP.
It’s quite nearly Harry Homeowner-proof…
If you’d like to eXPerience that sensation, Mandrake 8.1 is, hands
down, the easiest way to get started.®”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23436.html
What’s Cooking at MandrakeSoft?
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To give everyone an easy opportunity to try the latest from the
Mandrake Cooker, ISO images were released last week. But be careful!
This is a development version for testing only and is provided “as is”.
However, the installation works OK so most users should be able to
install and test the last packages and features.
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1515&lang=en
The two-ISO set can be found on most mirrors that contain
development versions of MandrakeLinux:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3
Business Case of the Week
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FutureGrafix uses Mandrake Linux as a development platform, and also to
create images and animations:
“I have found that Mandrake’s superior networking and hardware
recognition capabilities (to name a few of the wonderful things about
it) make Linux a prime choice for companies starting out as the
installation is easy and the interface has grown considerably” says
Daniel Parker, a senior computer graphics designer.
http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/article.php?sid=236
Every “bizcase” counts; please share your story by submitting it to
MandrakeBizcases.com
http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/submit.php
Spotlight on Mandrake Online
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Mandrake Online is an online service first introduced in Mandrake Linux
8.1 that records the system’s configuration settings (hardware devices
and installed software packages) so that you can automatically be kept
informed of security updates and important upgrades.
To try Mandrake Online for free, you’ll need to first create a new
account if it wasn’t already done after the 8.1 installation
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake8.1/Desktop/.
The Mandrake Online setup wizard can be started from the KDE menu:
Configuration > Other > Mandrake Online. Check the appropriate box to
create a new account and follow the instructions — you’ll need to
provide a valid email address where security update notifications will
be sent. After the registration is finished, complete the final steps
to activate the new account. From then on, you will receive security
alerts and upgrade notifications via email.
For more info, please see:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/mandrakeonline/
This Week’s Online Poll
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What do you think about the new MandrakeClub?
* Like the idea, already joined
* Like the idea, have not joined (yet)
* Not sure, give me more info.
* Sorry, not interested.
Cast your vote in the Voting Booth and check the results:
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/pollBooth.php?op=results&pollID=23
Software Updates
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Security-related software updates have been released for:
samba — provides WinXP support
libgtop — fixes buffer overflow and format string vulnerabilities
glibc –fix buffer overflow vulnerability
krb5 — fix buffer overflow in telnet
flex — fixes improper declaration of isatty()
View the entire list at:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/
Top Stories from MandrakeForum
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KDE 3.0 BETA 1 For 8.0, 8.1.
For advanced users only — If you still don’t know what to do during
the slow days this holiday season, kde.org has RPMs for 8.1 (mirrors)
of their first BETA version of KDE 3.0 (read my lips: B-E-T-A, and, as
usual, unsupported).
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1504&lang=en
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Smoke Signals: Using External FireWire Storage Devices.
Tom posts a very informative two-part article that explains how to use
Firewire devices in Mandrake Linux 8.1:
“Looking for an external storage always has been a bit of a twisted
situation: you’d either go for the simple (parallel, USB) or for the
fast (SCSI). FireWire (aka IEEE1394) tries to deliver both and does
quite a good job at it.”
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1495&lang=en
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1501&lang=en
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Linux-tips digest (1)
Deno delivers a batch of helpful tips from Linux-tips.net. “I’ve cut
down each of the “tips” to just a few lines, but you can follow the
links to original articles to get the whole story. Have fun!”
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1496&lang=en
Read these and other stories at:
http://www.MandrakeForum.com/
Penguins in Peril
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“Massive icebergs and an unprecedented amount of sea ice have nearly
isolated one of Antarctica’s largest populations of Adelie penguins,
jeopardizing attempts by the birds to breed, scientists report. Each
year at this time, the penguins flock from their feeding grounds at sea
to Ross Island, where they breed and lay their eggs in shallow nests
lined with pebbles. But satellite images released Thursday by NASA show
the coast around Cape Crozier is choked with ice and icebergs.”
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