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commit f33de3771a1c96091f61c422a4f85cf41f435910 Author: Russell Dickenson (AKA phayz) <ph...@frugalware.org> Date: Sat Jul 10 00:04:37 2010 +1000 Newsletter issue 66 - initial release diff --git a/frugalware/weeklynews/issue66.html b/frugalware/weeklynews/issue66.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8677b7c --- /dev/null +++ b/frugalware/weeklynews/issue66.html @@ -0,0 +1,419 @@ + <h2>Frugalware Linux Newsletter - Issue 66</h2> + + <h2>...to inform...to educate...to entertain</h2> + + <p>"Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same + box." Italian proverb</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>Frugalware 1.3pre2 released</li> + + <li>Frugalware 1.3 release party planning is in progress</li> + + <li>Online training - packaging applications for Frugalware</li> + + <li>Frugalware exam #2</li> + </ul> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/event.png"; align= + "left">Events etc</h2> + + <p>Here's a selection of recent events and other items that you might find + interesting:</p> + + <h3>Frugalware 1.3pre2 released</h3> + + <p>On 28 June 2010, VMiklos announced the latest release in the Frugalware + 1.3 series - 1.3pre2. These releases are intended to allow users to test the + release on their own hardware, to confirm if there are any bugs. This + pre-release features changes which touch are very large number of packages, + so testing is especially important now. If you have the available time and + bandwidth, <em>please</em> download and test it.</p> + + <h3>Frugalware 1.3 release party planning is in progress</h3> + + <p>According to the current schedule, Frugalware release 1.3 - code-name + "Haven" - is due to be released on 23 August 2010. Since it's only a few + weeks away, it's now time to finalise planning for the release party, where + everyone in the Frugalware community can celebrate their achievements. The + release party for Frugalware 1.2 was conducted online via IRC but this time + the plan is to have a real-life party. beecarl, contributor of Danish + translations, has offered his home and garden as the party venue. He will + even be providing food, consisting of honey sandwiches, honey cakes, honey + biscuits and honeycomb. Drinks will also be provided, with coffee and tea + both being sweetened with honey. Thanks to beecarl for his hospitality. + Further details will be announced in the newsletter closer to the release + date. As beecarl says, <strong>"Bee there, or bee square!"</strong></p> + + <h3>Online training - packaging applications for Frugalware</h3> + + <p>Frugalware developer Devil505 has recently conducted two online training + sessions on the topic of packaging applications for Frugalware. They have + been advertised on his <a href= + "http://frugalware.org/~devil505/blog";>blog</a> and the number of people + taking part has been very good so far. Packaging an application is not easily + explained in documentation, so being able to talk person to person makes it + much easier for everyone - trainer and trainee.</p> + + <p>All classes are currently conducted in French, since this is the language + Devil505 is most confident in using. There are no plans to offer classes in + other languages, but hopefully this will come in time. If you would like to + attend a training session, subscribe to the RSS feed of Devil505's blog and + look out for announcements.</p> + + <h3>New Australian mirror</h3> + + <p>Frugalware now has a new mirror to replace the old one which, for reasons + unknown, was not kept current. The new mirror is hosted by AARNet, an + Australian company that operates Australia's Academic and Research Network + (AARNet). It was involved in the very earliest days of the Internet in + Australia. Because the new mirror has replaced the old one, the hostname + ftp13.frugalware.org has been changed to refer to the new host, so + pacman-g2's list of mirrors doesn't need to be updated.</p> + + <h3>Almost 100 newsletter issues!</h3> + + <p>In a major achievement, we are very near having released 100 newsletter + issues. With an average of 1 newsletter issue every 3 weeks, it will be only + 11 months until issue 100 is released so please mark the date on your + calendar. <strong>Disclaimer:</strong>Newsletter issue release dates may be + subject to change, with the weather, global financial situation and the + author's mood all being contributing factors. Frugalware takes no + responsibility for any such delays to your excitement when reading the next + issue(s).</p> + + <h3>Frugalware exam #2</h3> + + <p>In newsletter issue 47 all readers were given a test of their Frugalware + knowledge. It's time for another test, so a new set of questions has been + prepared. Answer the questions below as best you can, without referring to + the Frugalware web site or any other online resource.</p> + + <p>The correct answers will be available in the next newsletter issue, with + which you will be able to calculate your score. For the first time, prizes + will be awarded to the those with the three highest scores. The prize for + first place is an evening with phayz, listening to him describe the process + by which each newsletter issue is written. Second prize will be two evenings + with phayz and third prize three evenings. Good luck!</p> + + <ol> + <li>What is the version number of Frugalware's latest stable release? + + <ol> + <li>12.0</li> + + <li>3.1</li> + + <li>1.2</li> + + <li>2.1</li> + </ol> + </li> + + <li>What is the link between Carl Anderson (Frugalware's Danish translator) + and Jerry Seinfeld? + + <ol> + <li>They're both rich</li> + + <li>Bees</li> + + <li>They're both American</li> + + <li>They're both Danish</li> + </ol> + </li> + + <li>On which of the following architectures does Frugalware + <strong>not</strong> run? + + <ol> + <li>i686</li> + + <li>x86_64</li> + + <li>ppc</li> + + <li>French neo-classical</li> + </ol> + </li> + + <li>The newsletter is released how often? + + <ol> + <li>Daily</li> + + <li>Weekly</li> + + <li>Monthly</li> + + <li>Whenever its author has the time available</li> + </ol> + </li> + + <li>Which of the following applications can be used to install packages? + + <ol> + <li>Superman</li> + + <li>pacman-g2</li> + + <li>Spiderman</li> + + <li>Iron Man</li> + </ol> + </li> + + <li>Each package is checked to see if a later version has been released how + often? + + <ol> + <li>Once a day</li> + + <li>Once a year</li> + + <li>Whenever VMiklos remembers</li> + + <li>Never</li> + </ol> + </li> + + <li>To be able to contribute to Frugalware you must be: + + <ol> + <li>Very smart</li> + + <li>Very rich</li> + + <li>Alive</li> + + <li>Very good looking</li> + </ol> + </li> + + <li>Frugalware's default boot loader is: + + <ol> + <li>GRUB</li> + + <li>Caterpillar</li> + + <li>Butterfly</li> + + <li>Worm</li> + </ol> + </li> + </ol> + + <h2><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/newsletter/package.png"; align= + "left">New Packages</h2> + + <p>Below are brief details of some of the packages which have been added + since the lastIn this new section of the newsletter I'll highlight some + 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>googsystray-1.2.0</td> + + <td>Googsystray is a system tray app for Google Voice, GMail, Google + Calendar, Google Reader, and Google Wave.</td> + + <td>Devil505</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>heybuddy-0.1.4</td> + + <td>A light/feature free client for the identi.ca microblogging + site.</td> + + <td>Devil505</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>darktable-0.5</td> + + <td>A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers (manage RAW + images).</td> + + <td>Kooda</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>leafnode-1.11.8</td> + + <td>Leafnode is a caching Usenet news proxy.</td> + + <td>voroskoi</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>uzbl-2010.04.03</td> + + <td>Uzbl - web interface tools which adhere to the unix philosophy.</td> + + <td>voroskoi</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>Can't find your way home?</h3> + + <p>Sometimes it can be difficult to find the home page of a particular + application. Frugalware maintains a record of the source of each package, and + this is usually a sub-page of the home page. So if an Internet search doesn't + help, search for the package on the Frugalware web site and you'll find the + link in most cases.</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>ne - 'Nice Editor'</h3> + + <p>ne's official title is "Nice Editor" and as described on its web site, + "...is easy to use for the beginner, but powerful and fully configurable for + the wizard, and most sparing in its resource usage." In terms of 'look and + feel', it's very much like nano. Its features include three user interfaces + (control keystrokes, command line, and menus), configuration settings per + file type, basic macro ability, syntax highlighting and the ability to load + very large files. I like using ne at the command line instead of nano, mainly + because ne's "hotkeys" are more familiar to me. Overall I think ne is a more + capable editor than nano. Try it and see for yourself.</p> + + <h3>Heybuddy</h3> + + <p><a href="http://www.jezra.net/projects/heybuddy";>Heybuddy</a> is a client + for the identi.ca microblogging service which is provided by . It was written + because its author wanted an identi.ca client for his Nokia N810 phone. Since + it uses Python and the Python GTK bindings, it should be able to run on any + platform for which these two are available. It's already proven to be very + popular, with many people preferring it instead of Pino, although Pino is a + client for the Twitter <strong>and</strong> identi.ca services. Heybuddy is + still undergoing development, so get involved, whether it's helping to + develop it or do testing. Just be aware that its author likes to keep things + simple, so any added feature has to have a good reason to be accepted.</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 9 July 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";> + 187</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";> + 192</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=2010-02-23&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index";> + 4</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=2010-02-23&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index";> + 0</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=2010-02-23&closedto=&do=index";> + 0</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=2010-02-23&closedto=&do=index";> + 4</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> + + <p><strong>NONE</strong></p> + + <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 2ee7fdd..6cc8d1c 100644 --- a/frugalware/xml/news.xml +++ b/frugalware/xml/news.xml @@ -22,6 +22,45 @@ Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600 --> <news> <post> + <id>175</id> + <title>Frugalware Newsletter Issue 66</title> + <date>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:03:56 +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>Frugalware 1.3pre2 released</li> + <li>Frugalware 1.3 release party planning is in progress</li> + <li>Online training - packaging applications for Frugalware</li> + <li>Frugalware exam #2</li> + </ul> + You can read it <a href="/newsletter/66">here</a>. We hope you enjoy reading it. + ]]> + </content> + </post> + <post> + <id>174</id> + <title>Frugalware 1.3 (Haven) default wallpaper voting is open</title> + <date>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:53:56 +1000</date> + <author>phayz</author> + <hidden>0</hidden> + <content><![CDATA[ + Voting is open on Devil505's <a + href="http://frugalware.org/~devil505/blog";>blog</a> for the default + Frugalware 1.3 (Haven) wallpaper. A total of 22 fantastic submissions + were received and it's now up to <strong>you</strong> to vote for your + favourite. The chosen wallpaper will not only be the default wallpaper + but also used as the basis for other themes, including GDM/KDM/SLiM + themes. Voting closes at midnight on 17 July 2010 (French local time), so + please do vote because it's a great opportunity to influence the look and + feel of Frugalware. + ]]> + </content> + </post> + <post> <id>173</id> <title>Frugalware 1.3pre2 (Haven) released</title> <date>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:58:32 +0200</date> @@ -53,7 +92,7 @@ Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600 --> ]]> </content> </post> - <post> + <post> <id>172</id> <title>Frugalware Newsletter Issue 65</title> <date>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:51:24 +1000</date> _______________________________________________ Frugalware-git mailing list Frugalware-git@frugalware.org http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo/frugalware-git
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