* News about Linux
KDE 4.2.0 Release Announcement
Nomad & Compiz++ To Merge Back Into Compiz
Dell Offers Enterprise Linux Operating System from Novell to Address Growing Market for Thin Clients
There’s a problem with Google Earth 5 a solution can be found here
* News about Open Source
VMware ships open source Linux VDI client
Multiple Serious Vulnerabilities in OpenX Ad Server
* News about IT
Removing admin rights stymies 92% of Microsoft’s bugs – and maybe 92% of programs as well… This is one reason why Linux is safe – you don’t run in “admin mode” (I sincerely hope :))
Malware infection that began with windshield fliers
SANS is a good source for information about security threats
Corporations are inadvertently becoming the number 1 security threat to their own customers, according to new IBM X-Force® annual report
Google looks to structured data
French court fines Google over trade marked keywords
The Firefox update to 3.0.6 is out. It fixes a couple of vulnerabilities, one of them labeled critical. (The Mint version is on its way)
Microsoft force-installs Firefox extension
Operating System Market Share (oh how small it is for Linux…)
Google error “This site may harm your computer” (January 31st)
VirtualBox Gets Accelerated Direct3D Support
FBI warns of money mule scams
DNS Amplification Variation Used in Recent DDoS Attacks
February 2009 report highlighting Registrars that have a concentration spam, abuse and illicit activity.
* Hardware news
Lenovo posts loss, returns to Chinese management
Motorola losses widen as Q4 phone sales tumble 51%
OLPC XO-2 to be open source hardware
Nano-size fridges to cool CPUs
TCG spec to be foundation of storage encryption
* Other news
Google – The Internet Bus Project
New speed record for reliable reading of optical data – 640 Gbits/second
Australian Company Launches ‘Smart’ Watch Phones
Subatomic nanoholograms smash 1-bit-per-atom barrier
Motorola disses Windows Mobile: Android “more competitive”
Feds: IT admin plotted to erase Fannie Mae
NEC Layoffs Job Cut: fires 20000 employees
As always, funny and informative news, Husse! Good job!
Any clues when Felicia KDE 4.2 will be out?
Also, first post!
thanks for the news, nice comic and so real 🙂
Any clues when Felicia KDE 4.2 will be out?
Not too far into the future
– Boo is working hard on KDE CE, which will come with KDE 4.2. There are still a few issues but we’re getting there. As always it’ll be released when ready, there is no need to speculate on when that might be.
– Funny comic again. Torture is precisely the reason why I don’t encrypt my laptop 🙂
– I bought an Android G1 yesterday. I’m interested mostly in messing with the SDK and the open OS that comes with it. I also think the Android user base is likely to be somewhat like a bridge between the Linux and the Windows worlds… advertising Linux Mint on popular Android websites might be a good idea, as it could promote Linux among technology enthusiasts which haven’t necessarily gone into Linux yet. Oh.. and I wanted a cool phone too 🙂
The link for “There’s a problem with Google Earth 5 a solution can be found here: http://ubuntu.imoka.net/2009/01/how-to-install-google-earth-in-ubuntu.html
Is broked.
Right On clem ;p Android is the future
and speaking of google.. Husse any new on when we’ll be getting Google Chrome for linux??
jungar: That’s entirely up to Google.
Why would you need Chrome for linux? Two of the best browsers available are available for Linux (Firefox & Opera)
Is there sigup for the newsletter? If there is, please let me know.
DeaQuz: its simply a matter of preference. Chrome is much faster than both firefox and opera. plus it’s open source (unlike opera).
Here is why I would start using Chrome for linux as soon as it would be released:
1) It starts much faster;
2) It renders pagers much faster;
3) its javascript engine is a lot faster;
4) Unlike Opera and FF, it actually frees memory used by some tab when it’s closed;
5) Flash and java crap are run as separate processes and doesn’t influence page scrolling (no more choppy scrolling), doesn’t distort the page in any way and even if flash crashes because of some reason the page still remains viewable.
6) Even if some tab crashes, whole browser doesn’t crash because of that.
7) It will use GTK
And the linux version is scheduled to be released by the first half of the year. More info: news.cnet.com/chrome-gets-mac-deadline-extensions-foundation
If you want to be notified about the release, you can sign up here: google.com/chrome/intl/en/linux.html
Also you can already try it by installing crossover package which uses wine to run the browser: codeweavers.com/services/ports/chromium
Furthermore, you might want to try midori browser which is also pretty fast because of webkit engine and has some nice features too, but still is in early development state.
Official page: twotoasts.de
Binary packages: launchpad.net/~webkit-team/+archive/ppa (you’ll need Intrepid Ibex packages)
It’s a big shame that the epoch 1234567890-celebrations last night didn’t get any attention in the newsletter. (I actually became aware of the fact just 7 minutes before it ocurred, talk about a 1 in a 1234567890 chance(!). Even caught the event with a screen dump http://files.mint-space.com/getfile,20090214134813,1234567890.png.html )
Hardly a big shame that the epoch 1234567890-celebrations did not get any attention. Although interesting not a major event
I simply did not find a suitable link …
wedgehog
thats a sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet desktop 🙂 how did you make it??? teach us! ;p
jungar:
heh, well, it’s a not specially modified standard gnome desktop 😉 The dock is cairo-dock ( http://www.cairo-dock.org/ww_page.php?p=From%20the%20repository&lang=en , follow the installation-instructions for ubuntu intrepid ) with just a few modifications to the basic settings for one of the built-in themes. The bar on the top is a basic gnome panel set to not cover the whole screen. which objects that are added to it can be seen from the screenshot.. The gnome theme is gnome step into freedom with some basic modifications to it ( http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Gnome+%22Step+into+Freedom%22?content=85530 ), with the emerald window decorator theme activated. And of course some compiz effects and so on activated, but those can’t be seen in the screenshot… Lastly the IM that can be seen actually is miranda with the modern clist theme black ice 2 set, run inside a virtualbox vm in seamless mode. I have about a decade of conversation history imported to miranda which can’t be imported into pidgin which forces me to use this somewhat strange solution. (Miranda can’t connect to msn with todays version of wine.)
Other nice gnome themes can fore example be seen at http://www.sizzledcore.com/2008/08/09/ubuntu-themes-awesome-themes-for-linux/
You can find more ubuntu/ gnome themes[linux themes] from here
http://sneerwell.blogspot.com/2009/03/60-best-ubuntu-gnome-themes.html
another good site for themes and wallpapers can be found here.
http://www.gnome-look.org