Linux-Mandrake community newsletter

From:	 "Mandrake team" <return@mandrakesoft.com>
To:	 cool@eklektix.com
Subject: Linux-Mandrake community newsletter - Issue #2
Date:	 Mon, 4 Jun 2001 09:42:22 -0500

 

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                    L I N U X  -  M A N D R A K E

             C O M M U N I T Y      N E W S L E T T E R

                 Issue #2      Sunday,  3 June 2001

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Welcome to the Linux-Mandrake Community Newsletter -- dedicated to keeping 
you up-to-date with the latest Mandrake-related news & info.

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This Week's Summary: Linux Expo Montreal, Mandrake 8.0 for Itanium, Single 
Network Firewall, MandrakeForum headlines.


Upcoming Events
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Linux Expo Montreal -- This year's Linux Expo Montreal will convene June 13 
& 14 and will focus on GNU/Linux and Free Software as a solution for 
Internet Servers and E-Commerce. MandrakeSoft is proud to be a sponsor of 
this year's show. If you plan on attending, please stop by our booth and say 
"Hi"; we'd like to meet you.

Presentations will be made by Quebec's Industry Minister, Syspark, IBM, 
Compaq, and MandrakeSoft's Jean Michel Dault. Mr. Christian Belisle, from 
MandrakeSoft Canada, will deliver a presentation of Linux as a graphical 
platform, and Michel Dagenais (Linux-Quebec) will focus on GNOME.
http://www.linuxexpomontreal.com/EN/home/


What's Cooking at MandrakeSoft?
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Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Beta for Itanium -- MandrakeSoft announces the 
availability of Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Beta for Itanium. The Itanium is a new 
64-bit processor from Intel designed for high-performance workstations and 
servers. ISO images are available from the Linux-Mandrake Download page
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3#ia64


Product News
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MandrakeSecurity "Single Network Firewall" has been released -- 
MandrakeSecurity is an easy to use Firewall and Router designed to protect a 
network against intrusions while providing Internet access to all computers 
on a LAN. Perfect for small office home office (SoHo), small and medium 
enterprise (SME) and individual users, the Single Network Firewall combines 
ease-of-use with powerful configuration tools via a secure Web interface.

MandrakeSecurity's main features include:

* Proxy server to speed up web requests and maximize bandwidth
* Easy to use Web interface and specialized graphical configuration tools
* Intrusion Detection
* DHCP server to automatically provide IP addresses
* URL/Content filtering with Squid
* Port Forwarding
* Monitoring tools for detailed information about network activity, system 
logs, intrusion detection, DHCP and URL reports
* Bastille is a powerful "hardening" system that provides extra protection 
against IP Spoofing attacks
* Filtering rules can be created at the user level or by department to 
control information entering and leaving a network
* Specialized feature to allow Internet access only during specified hours
* Dial-on-demand for a hassle-free way to share a dial-up connection
* Updates through the Internet

The Single Network Firewall is available for purchase at MandrakeStore 
http://www.mandrakestore.com/ for $99 USD and includes two CDs plus a 400 
page manual.

Download MandrakeSecurity SNF for x86 at
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3#security


Mandrake in the News
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An article at Newsforge speaks about MandrakeSoft's upcoming IPO: "Can 
Mandrake raise money by being your team?". The Newsforge article resulted in 
a lively discussion at Slashdot titled "Could Mandrake Sell Stock To Users 
Who Love It?"
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/05/30/2024259
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/31/1737212&mode=thread

Slashdot also recently had a discussion about the upcoming Linux-Mandrake 
8.0 PPC beta:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0334216&mode=thread

Another Slashdot article titled "Should You Donate Money to Companies?" was 
prompted by Mandrake-Linux voluntary contributions page at
http://linux-mandrake.com/donations/
Read the discussion here:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0732206&mode=thread


Software Updates
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Security-related Software updates have been released for GNUpg, XMMS, 
KDElibs, ncurses, OpenSSH and Samba; an updated PAM package is available for 
Linux-Mandrake 7.1. See the entire list at:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/mdk-updates.php3?dis=8.0


Top Stories of the Week from MandrakeForum
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Linux-Mandrake 8.0 in Brazil - Part III
MandrakeSoft employee Till Kampeter has been in Brazil demonstrating 
Linux-Mandrake; his latest stop was in Rio Grande do Sul. Rio Grande do Sul 
is a state in Brazil which has implemented a law promoting the use of Free
Software.
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=923&lang=en


Nvidia driver tutorial for Linux-Mandrake 8.0

Little White Dog has a tutorial with numerous screenshots and detailed 
instructions on installing Nvidia video drivers in L-M 8.0. If you'd like to 
get 3D acceleration on your Nvidia card but don't know how to do it, this 
tutorial is what you've been looking for.
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=911&lang=en&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0


Central user configuration on Mandrake?

A system administrator writes: "I have a network of machines all running 
various versions of mandrake. My biggest problem at the moment is that 
several people need to use the network on various machines and I don't want 
to be bothered about the stupid problems you get when each machine has it's 
own user administration. I've seen a document called: System Authentication 
using LDAP. That might work, but I haven't tried it yet. I was wondering if 
there is an easy way to do in in mandrake?"
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=916&lang=en


MandrakeForum recently had a special "User Day" series dedicated to topics 
important to desktop users. These are the headlines and their respective links:

User Day 6: Scanners
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=881&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

User Day 5: DrakX (Installation)
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=874&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

User day 4: Installation failed. What now?
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=868&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

User day 3: Fonts
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=866&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

User days 2: Sound
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=851&lang=en

User days 1: XFree and Co.
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=846&lang=en


Read these and other stories at:
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/


Latest poll:
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What would you consider purchasing from MandrakeSoft?
1) A standard retail pack
2) Support
3) Download Edition 2CD set
4) MandrakeFreq CDs
5) Monthly update CDs
6) Other

Register your vote in the Voting Booth and check the results at:
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/pollBooth.php?op=results&pollID=6

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