HYIP-Man: September 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Mandriva Linux 2008 RC2 released
Mandriva Linux 2008 RC2 ‘Kepler’ was released. New features since the release of RC1 include the final release of GNOME 2.20, the inclusion of the new 8.41.7 version of ATI’s proprietary driver in the non-free repository to support Radeon HD cards, significant kernel updates that improve support for certain ATA controllers and many audio chipsets, some new features in the urpmi and rpmdrake package management tools, and over 500 bug fixes since RC1. Download information and more is available on the full release information page here, the overall Mandriva Linux 2008 release notes are here, and a guide to the new features of Mandriva Linux 2008 is here.

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mandriva-linux-2008.0-free-rc2.i586.iso (4,058MB, MD5)
mandriva-linux-2008.0-free-rc2.x86_64.iso (4,150MB, MD5)

source:Mandriva blog

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Written at 9:29 PM by Frank.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Fedora 8 Test 2
Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and platform based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever.
 
 
 
 

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New (beta) TRK 3.3 build 299: forced bugfix release
Here 's a sumup of what 's new since TRK 3.2 build 279:
 
-added a fifth antivirus engine to "virusscan". Vexira is the name of the fine product from Central Command , which quite recently released a Linux version of their scanner.
-new and fixed F-Prot from Frisk Software.The binaries and the syntax have completely changed, for which reason 'virusscan -fprot' in TRK 3.2 is as good as broken. The new engine should detect about 40% more viri and even malware. I 've only had the opportunity to test it on an Eicar testvirus, so I 'd like some reports from users about this one (performance, hit ratio, cleaning capabilities etc.)
-2 rootkit detection utilities: rkhunter and chkrootkit. Looks like promising utilities. Both have online update capabilities. However, they only seem to be looking for Unix-like rootkits. Feedback on this is very welcome.
-kernel 2.6.22.1: another reason why I 'm releasing this unfinished version of TRK. I 've had many reports on the forum of people with new disk controller chipsets that are not yet recognised in TRK 3.2 build 279. I 've distributed some private betas of TRK with this newer kernel and most reports are positive.
-New utilities via updatetrk:
* Novell Zenworks Imaging, a wonderful tool to replicate PCs over multicast (=an infinite number of replicas in just one run!). The tool is free but not quite GPL, so it 's not included by default into TRK. Use updatetrk to have it integrated. The syntax for it (skipping all antiviri) is 'updatetrk -s clam,fprot,avg,bde -z -b /hda1/temp' <= where "-b /hda1/temp" is the specific buildlocation on the computer 's local harddrive, since it needs quite some space to get built. Once booted from your updated TRK, type 'zimrun' to get Zenworks Imaging. It 's a menu based tool and self explanatory.
* Seagate/Maxtor Seatools harddrive testing. This is a tool completely outside of TRK that runs under FreeDos. I 've added this to updatetrk. Add the "-t" flag to get it downloaded from the Seagate website and have it integrated. When booting an updated TRK, you will see an extra option from the initial TRK bootsplash menu.
-fix for well known bug: booting from USB CD drives gave problems because they are slow to get detected by the kernel and startup procedure would just race past them. This should now be fixed.
-an updated TRK will not unpack its virusscanners on startup anymore (except when running completely from RAM), but rather on execution of the intended AV engine. This results in faster startup times and makes it a bit lighter for machines with little RAM.
-additional startup options for PCs with strange ACPI, like the HP 7700 series.
-manpages for standard linux utilities now all included. People asked me to have this included, so I did it. Beware that TRK specific utils and procedures don 't have manpages. They are still (and always will be) available via trkhelp (-l)
-testdisk and photorec 6.7-WIP: testdisk now does a much better job at repairing NTFS bootsectors.
-ntfs-3g 1.710: not the latest version but still newer than since TRK 3.2
-fileserver: new option to run as READ-ONLY server (option -r)
-new script: tryscsi. This small script tries all scsi drivers that are not already in the kernel. Use this when you have a SCSI controller and your disks didn 't get detected.
-other newly added utilities:
at: schedule commands
dd_rescue: alternative to ddrescue (note the underscore)
e2image: part of e2fsprogs, make images of ext2 and ext3 filesystems
e2label: part of e2fsprogs, label and ext2/3 filesystem
fsck.vfat: check fat filesystems
groff: advanced text editor
less: alternative to more
split: cut files in pieces
watch: repeat commands every n seconds
 
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
openSUSE 10.3 Beta3
This is the last beta release before entering RC phase.
 
Important Changes Since Beta2 :

* Kernel 2.6.22.5
* libzypp 3.22.1
* improved package lists of 1-CD GNOME and KDE
* countless bug fixes in every component
* reworked concept of language bundles (bundle-lang-* and -lang packages)
 
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Monday, September 03, 2007
Next Version of Ubuntu to be Named Hardy Heron
Full News:

Hi Folks,
I am delighted to have the pleasure of announcing the Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04), the next version of Ubuntu that will succeed Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10, due for release in October 2007). Not only will the Ubuntu community continue to do what it does best, produce an easy-to-use, reliable, free software platform, but this release will proudly wear the badge of Long Term Support (LTS) and be supported with security updates for five years on the server and three years on the desktop. We look forward to releasing the Hardy Heron in April 2008.

With the opening of each new release cycle of Ubuntu, we have more and more opportunity at our fingertips. Not only are our friends in the upstream world constantly innovating and extending their applications and software, but the Ubuntu community continues to see incredible growth in its diverse range of areas such as packaging, development, documentation, quality assurance, translations, LoCo teams and more.
Each new release gives us all an opportunity to shine, irrespective of which bricks in the project we are laying, and this is at the heart of our belief - working together to produce an Operating System that will empower its users and shape the IT industry, putting free software at
the corner-stone of our direction.

Most people only ever see the end-user view of Ubuntu, running it on their desktops, servers and mobile devices around the world. For these users, Ubuntu provides a simple, convenient means to do what they want to do easily, effectively and without unnecessary complexity. For many of us though, we want to open up the hood and understand how the system works and how to extend and grow it. Thousands of us get out of bed every day, united behind Ubuntu, ready to make a difference, working together to make our vision happen.

Importantly, our ethos of collaboration and freedom extends to the development process as well as the end product. As such, the Ubuntu development process is a very open, transparent one, and anyone is welcome to get involved. It works like this:

- Everyone is welcome to think of and develop ideas for features that could be present in the Hardy Heron release. These ideas are written as specifications (detailed documents outlining how the idea would work and be implemented). You are welcome to add your specifications to
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu.

- In October 2007, we will hold the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and generate a schedule of sessions to discuss these specifications. The sessions provide a means for interested parties to help scope out the proposed feature and determine methods and plans to implement it. The Ubuntu Developer Summit is a semi-virtual event in which those who cannot attend can dial in with VoIP and use IRC and collaborative editing with Gobby to take part in the summit.

Everyone is welcome to participate, everyone is welcome to get involved, and everyone is welcome to help shape the form of the Hardy Heron. Let's
work together to shake things up, make things happen and make the most compelling Ubuntu release yet. Start your engines...

       Jono

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Mandriva Linux 2008 Beta 2 released
The second beta of Mandriva Linux 2008, codenamed Galilee, is now available. The release notes are available here. A guide to major new features (some of which are not yet implemented in this beta) is available here, and the detailed technical specifications are available here. This beta is available as a three CD or one DVD Free edition (containing no non-free software or drivers) for the x86-32 and x86-64 architectures, with a traditional installer. Future betas will be available in One live / install CD hybrid editions with proprietary drivers.

Download:

mandriva-linux-2008.0-free-beta2.i586.iso (3,200MB, MD5)
mandriva-linux-2008.0-free-beta2.x86_64.iso (3,273MB, MD5)

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Written at 2:49 AM by Frank.
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