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commit 6fe6493f136ad15c1424b8b7d75dc848ad1a89ec Author: phayz <ph...@frugalware.org> Date: Sun Jun 6 20:43:28 2010 +1000 Newsletter issue 64 * initial release new file: ../weeklynews/issue64.html modified: news.xml diff --git a/frugalware/weeklynews/issue64.html b/frugalware/weeklynews/issue64.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4af717f --- /dev/null +++ b/frugalware/weeklynews/issue64.html @@ -0,0 +1,370 @@ + <h2>Frugalware Linux Newsletter - Issue 64</h2> + + <h2>...to inform...to educate...to entertain</h2> + + <p>"As long as I could I will continue :p" Frugalware developer + Bouleetbil, in a recent email on the developers mailing list, when thanked for + his contribution of more than <strong>1000</strong> commits in a WIP git + repository.</p> + + <h2>Welcome</h2> + + <p>The newsletter's aim is to keep you up to date with what's happened + recently in the world of the Linux distribution 'Frugalware'.</p> + + <p>Features of this issue include:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Artwork for Frugalware 1.3 progresses</li> + + <li>Tips and tricks - pacman-g2's "upgradedelay" parameter</li> + + <li>Focus On Package(s) - cdw and GNOME Log Viewer</li> + </ul> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/event.png"; align= + "left">Events etc</h2> + + <p>Here's a selection of events which have occurred since the previous + newsletter:</p> + + <h3>Artwork for Frugalware 1.3 progresses</h3> + + <p>As I mentioned in the previous newsletter issue, artwork for Frugalware + 1.3, code-name "Haven", is progressing. Artwork coordinator Devil505 recently + conducted a poll on his <a href= + "http://frugalware.org/~devil505/blog/";>blog</a> to choose the default icon + theme and the winner was MeliaeSVG. He has also chosen the default GTK+2 and + Metacity themes - Toidi and X-Lite colors respectively.</p> + + <p>New wallpapers are also being submitted by artists for consideration. You + can view them in the wiki page for 1.3's artwork, located <a href= + "http://wiki.frugalware.org/index.php/Artwork_1.3";>here</a>. Thanks to + everyone who has already contributed. It's exciting to see the new look for + Haven slowly taking shape. Don't forget it's not too late to get involved. + Submit your ideas and artwork via the wiki, or send an email to Devil505.</p> + + <h3>Farewell to the Rox desktop *sob*</h3> + + <p>In April 2010, Frugalware developer ryuo asked Frugalware's users to vote + on whether or not the ROX desktop should remain. He only received one reply - + from me - saying I thought they should not remain. Since no-one said they + should stay, they were deleted from Frugalware. A few of the ROX packages + still remain - ROX Filer and roxterm - because they can be used without the + ROX desktop itself.</p> + + <h3>Sorry I'm late, Francois</h3> + + <p>Since about mid-2008, Francios Biot has submitted many FrugalBuilds for + packages which are new to Frugalware. Unfortunately I have never thanked him + here in the newsletter and for that I apologise. His name appears below in + the list of new packages, because he contributed the FrugalBuild for + open-vcdiff.</p> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/package.png"; align= + "left">New Packages</h2> + + <p>In this new section of the newsletter I'll highlight some new packages + which have been added since the previous issue.</p> + + <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> + <tr> + <th width="20%">Package's Name</th> + + <th width="50%">Description</th> + + <th width="20%">Maintainer</th> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>qutecom-2.2_rc3</td> + + <td>A free VoIP softphone, superseding WengoPhone.</td> + + <td>Devil505</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>tinyproxy-1.8.2</td> + + <td>Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP proxy daemon for POSIX operating + systems.</td> + + <td>bouleetbil</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>squish-0.1.0</td> + + <td>A tool to pack many individual Lua scripts and their modules into a + single Lua script.</td> + + <td>Kooda</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>hostapd-0.6.10</td> + + <td>"A daemon for managing software wireless access points.</td> + + <td>ryuo</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>java-gnome-4.0.15</td> + + <td>Java bindings for GTK and GNOME.</td> + + <td>Elentir</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>open-vcdiff-0.7</td> + + <td>An encoder and decoder for the VCDIFF Generic Differencing and + Compression Data Format.</td> + + <td>exceed (Contributed by Francois Biot)</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>vbam-946</td> + + <td>Gameboy Advance Emulator combining features of all VBA forks.</td> + + <td>Devil505</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>pyclutter-gtk-0.10.0</td> + + <td>pygtk bindings for the clutter framework.</td> + + <td>bouleetbil</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>dvtm-0.5.2</td> + + <td>dvtm brings tiling window management to the console.</td> + + <td>ryuo</td> + </tr> + </table> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/tip.png"; align= + "left">Tips and tricks</h2> + + <p><b>Disclaimer</b> - Be aware that the hints & tips provided here have + NOT been tested and so come with no warranty.</p> + + <h3>pacman-g2's "upgradedelay" parameter</h3> + + <p>Those that use the 'current' repository are a little brave, because + problems do sometimes occur if you keep up with the very latest packages. Any + problems which do occur are fixed by the development team as soon as possible + but until then you may be left with broken packages. To reduce the chance of + this happening, pacman-g2 has a useful option - "upgradedelay". This option + instructs pacman-g2 to install only packages which are a minimum 'X' days + old. This delay between a package's release and when you install it gives you + a good chance of avoiding problem packages. Refer to pacman-g2's man page for + further details.</p> + + <h3>Plug it in before you sync</h3> + + <p>In newsletter issue 57 I explained that you can keep pacman-g2's package + cache directory on writable, removable media, so that you can share it + amongst several Frugalware systems. There is just one thing you need to be + aware of if you use this method. If you run pacman-g2 without the media + attached, pacman-g2 will create the directory to which the media would + normally be mounted, and download packages into it. When you next connected + the removable media, it would be mounted to a directory with the same name, + but with an underscore ("_") appended to the name. Any packages already on + the removable media would be ignored by pacman-g2 because it's configured to + look in a different directory for its packages. The tip here, then is: if + you're going to use this tip, always connect the removable media before + running pacman-g2.</p> + + <h3>Tell everyone about Frugalware</h3> + + <p>Promoting Frugalware can be quite simple, and doesn't involve a lot of + effort. For example, you can mention of Frugalware in your email or forum's signature. In one + online forum I visit often, I have the phrase "Doing his best for Frugalware + Linux with a text editor and git." in my signature. When people in that forum + ask about distributions that they might try, I tell them a little about + Frugalware and my experience with it. I don't try to persuade people that + they should switch to Frugalware, but if they ask, I want them to know enough + that they can judge for themselves whether or not it might be "right" for + them.</p> + + <p>This section relies on your contributions! If you have some tips and + tricks that you would like to be shown in the newsletter, <em>please</em> + post them on the forums.</p> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/package.png"; align= + "left">Focus On Package(s)</h2> + + <h3>cdw</h3> + + <p>As described in its man page, "<a href= + "http://cdw.sourceforge.net/";>cdw</a> is a front-end for command-line tools + used for burning data CD and DVD discs and for related tasks." You can + achieve the same tasks with the various tools that cdw uses, but your brain + would probably be scrambled when you were finished. If you work most often at + the CLI, or simply don't want to use a GUI tool, this is a great choice. It + has a very simple, easy-to-use interface, allowing you to quickly get the job + done. Many aspects of its behaviour can be configured, meaning you don't have + to select the same options each time you run cdw.</p> + + <h3>GNOME Log Viewer</h3> + + <p>Monitoring logs can be difficult, especially for people who are not + familiar with the command line, because it usually involves the use of CLI + tools 'grep' and 'tail'. If you're not sure just which log you should be + monitoring, it gets even more frustrating. The GNOME Log Viewer is a GUI + utility which allows you to easily view and monitor system logs. The view of + each log is "live", so as the log file is added to, the new lines appear in + Log Viewer. You can also filter the view of any log for specific text, which + is very useful if you know what you're looking for.</p> + + <p>Next time you need to review log files, think of GNOME Log Viewer. In + fact, now might be a good time to run it and find out what it contains. It's + good to know before a problem occurs, what each of the system logs + contains.</p> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/bug.png"; align="left" + bug="" fixes=""></h2> + + <p>The following table gives you a overview of activity on bugs and feature + requests as at 5 June 2010. In each cell of the table is a link to a detailed + list of the relevant bugs or feature requests.</p> + + <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> + <tr> + <th>Activity</th> + + <th>Bugs</th> + + <th>Feature<br> + Requests</th> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Open</td> + + <td><a href= + "http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type[]=1&sev[]=&pri[]=&due[]=&reported[]=&cat[]=&status[]=open&percent[]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index";> + 170</a></td> + + <td><a href= + "http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type[]=2&sev[]=&pri[]=&due[]=&reported[]=&cat[]=&status[]=open&percent[]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index";> + 195</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Opened since the previous newsletter</td> + + <td><a href= + "http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type[]=1&sev[]=&pri[]=&due[]=&reported[]=&cat[]=&status[]=open&percent[]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=2010-05-21&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index";> + 7</a></td> + + <td><a href= + "http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type[]=2&sev[]=&pri[]=&due[]=&reported[]=&cat[]=&status[]=open&percent[]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=2010-05-21&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index";> + 1</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Closed since the previous newsletter</td> + + <td><a href= + "http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type%5B%5D=1&sev%5B%5D=&pri%5B%5D=&due%5B%5D=&reported%5B%5D=&cat%5B%5D=&status%5B%5D=closed&percent%5B%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=2010-05-21&closedto=&do=index";> + 7</a></td> + + <td><a href= + "http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type%5B%5D=2&sev%5B%5D=&pri%5B%5D=&due%5B%5D=&reported%5B%5D=&cat%5B%5D=&status%5B%5D=closed&percent%5B%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=2010-05-21&closedto=&do=index";> + 0</a></td> + </tr> + </table> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/security.png"; align= + "left">Security announcements</h2> + + <p><b>Remember</b> - According to the normal support arrangements for + Frugalware, the release of 1.2 ("Locris") means that no further security or + bug fixes will be released for Frugalware 1.1 ("Getorin") or earlier.</p> + + <p>Here is a list of <a href="/security">security issues</a> which have been + discovered and fixed in the 1.2 release since the previous newsletter.</p> + + <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> + <tr> + <td></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>FSA</th> + + <th>Package</th> + + <th>FSA Description</th> + + <th>Upgrade To</th> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>FSA673</td> + + <td>wireshark</td> + + <td>A vulnerability has been reported in Wireshark, which can be + exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)</td> + + <td>wireshark-1.2.8-1locris1</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>FSA672</td> + + <td>drupal6-captcha</td> + + <td>A vulnerability has been reported in the CAPTCHA module for Drupal, + which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion + attacks</td> + + <td>drupal6-captcha-5.x_3.3-1locris1</td> + </tr> + </table> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/newsletter.png"; align= + "left">About the newsletter</h2> + + <h3>Author</h3> + + <p>The Frugalware newsletter is written and edited by Russell Dickenson (AKA + phayz). Credit for the Frugalware distribution goes to the development + team.</p> + + <h3>Translations</h3> + + <p>The newsletter is currently translated into <a href= + "http://frugalware.fr";>French</a> and <a href= + "http://frugalware.dk/?cat=5";>Danish</a> by their respective communities as + soon as possible. Please be patient as it can take some time to translate + each issue. Thanks to all those involved in providing and hosting these + translations.</p> + + <h3>Release</h3> + + <p>To allow time for review and corrections, each newsletter is written ahead + of its release date. Therefore it may not mention events which occurred in + the few days before its release - e.g. security fixes. To be sure that you've + got the very latest information on these topics, go to the appropriate page + of the Frugalware web site.</p> + + <h3>Feedback</h3> + + <p>If you have feedback about the Frugalware newsletter - whether good or bad + - please provide it via the forums. Your feedback is valuable because we want + the newsletter to meet the needs of Frugalware's users.</p> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/frugalware/xml/news.xml b/frugalware/xml/news.xml index 0b2919f..451c914 100644 --- a/frugalware/xml/news.xml +++ b/frugalware/xml/news.xml @@ -22,6 +22,24 @@ Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600 --> <news> <post> + <id>171</id> + <title>Frugalware Newsletter Issue 64</title> + <date>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:40:28 +1000</date> + <author>phayz</author> + <hidden>0</hidden> + <content><![CDATA[ + The newsletter's aim is to keep you up to date with what's happened recently in the world of Frugalware.<br /> + Features of this issue include: + <ul> + <li>Artwork for Frugalware 1.3 progresses</li> + <li>Tips and tricks - pacman-g2's "upgradedelay" parameter</li> + <li>Focus On Package(s) - cdw and GNOME Log Viewer</li> + </ul> + You can read it <a href="/newsletter/64">here</a>. 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