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Author: Russell Dickenson (AKA phayz) <ph...@frugalware.org>
Date:   Sat Jul 10 00:04:37 2010 +1000

Newsletter issue 66 - initial release

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+  <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."&nbsp;&nbsp;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 &amp; 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=&amp;project=1&amp;type[]=1&amp;sev[]=&amp;pri[]=&amp;due[]=&amp;reported[]=&amp;cat[]=&amp;status[]=open&amp;percent[]=&amp;opened=&amp;dev=&amp;closed=&amp;duedatefrom=&amp;duedateto=&amp;changedfrom=&amp;changedto=&amp;openedfrom=&amp;openedto=&amp;closedfrom=&amp;closedto=&amp;do=index";>
+      187</a></td>
+
+      <td><a href=
+      
"http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&amp;project=1&amp;type[]=2&amp;sev[]=&amp;pri[]=&amp;due[]=&amp;reported[]=&amp;cat[]=&amp;status[]=open&amp;percent[]=&amp;opened=&amp;dev=&amp;closed=&amp;duedatefrom=&amp;duedateto=&amp;changedfrom=&amp;changedto=&amp;openedfrom=&amp;openedto=&amp;closedfrom=&amp;closedto=&amp;do=index";>
+      192</a></td>
+    </tr>
+
+    <tr>
+      <td>Opened since the previous newsletter</td>
+
+      <td><a href=
+      
"http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&amp;project=1&amp;type[]=1&amp;sev[]=&amp;pri[]=&amp;due[]=&amp;reported[]=&amp;cat[]=&amp;status[]=open&amp;percent[]=&amp;opened=&amp;dev=&amp;closed=&amp;duedatefrom=&amp;duedateto=&amp;changedfrom=&amp;changedto=&amp;openedfrom=2010-02-23&amp;openedto=&amp;closedfrom=&amp;closedto=&amp;do=index";>
+      4</a></td>
+
+      <td><a href=
+      
"http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&amp;project=1&amp;type[]=2&amp;sev[]=&amp;pri[]=&amp;due[]=&amp;reported[]=&amp;cat[]=&amp;status[]=open&amp;percent[]=&amp;opened=&amp;dev=&amp;closed=&amp;duedatefrom=&amp;duedateto=&amp;changedfrom=&amp;changedto=&amp;openedfrom=2010-02-23&amp;openedto=&amp;closedfrom=&amp;closedto=&amp;do=index";>
+      0</a></td>
+    </tr>
+
+    <tr>
+      <td>Closed since the previous newsletter</td>
+
+      <td><a href=
+      
"http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&amp;project=1&amp;type%5B%5D=1&amp;sev%5B%5D=&amp;pri%5B%5D=&amp;due%5B%5D=&amp;reported%5B%5D=&amp;cat%5B%5D=&amp;status%5B%5D=closed&amp;percent%5B%5D=&amp;opened=&amp;dev=&amp;closed=&amp;duedatefrom=&amp;duedateto=&amp;changedfrom=&amp;changedto=&amp;openedfrom=&amp;openedto=&amp;closedfrom=2010-02-23&amp;closedto=&amp;do=index";>
+      0</a></td>
+
+      <td><a href=
+      
"http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&amp;project=1&amp;type%5B%5D=2&amp;sev%5B%5D=&amp;pri%5B%5D=&amp;due%5B%5D=&amp;reported%5B%5D=&amp;cat%5B%5D=&amp;status%5B%5D=closed&amp;percent%5B%5D=&amp;opened=&amp;dev=&amp;closed=&amp;duedatefrom=&amp;duedateto=&amp;changedfrom=&amp;changedto=&amp;openedfrom=&amp;openedto=&amp;closedfrom=2010-02-23&amp;closedto=&amp;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>
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+++ 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>
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