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Germany: Gentoo Summer Camp 2006

The second Gentoo Summer Camp 2006 in Germany is planned for 26 and 27 August 2006, probably to be held somewhere on the German North Sea coast, with the exact venue to be decided upon soon. Organizer Slick, one of the German Gentoo Forum moderators, expects between 30 and 40 campers to participate in the event, with at least a few of them arriving a week early to spend an entire Gentoo vacation at the site. Themed T-shirts and windbreakers featuring the GSC logo will be made available soon, along with a registration site for early bookers. Participation will set you back 10 Euros per night and person, including cold beverages and roasted marshmallows. For a glimpse of what the first summer camp looked like, check the photo collection (in file review.tar.bz2).

sumber : http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20051212-newsletter.xml

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News: Nero introduces NeroLINUX, optical recording solution for LINUX users
Home -> News: Nero introduces NeroLINUX, optical recording solution for

LINUX users
Posted By: Digital Digest on Dec 17, 2005
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Nero announced today the release of NeroLINUX, the Linux OS Solution for
CD/DVD Burning. This newest member of Nero’s award-winning product family is
now available for free to registered Nero 6 full version owners.
NeroLINUX is a comprehensive and flexible application available to LINUX
users that want the power and quality of Nero’s award-winning burning engine
to perform all essential optical burning tasks.
NeroLINUX provides LINUX users with the essential tools to effectively
perform optical recording tasks. The application supports burning data and
disc images to CDs/DVDs (ISO9660, UDF and UDF/ISO9660 Bridge), Bootable
CDs/DVDs, Audio CDs with CD text, Mixed Mode CDs, CD-EXTRA, Multisession
CD/DVDs and Double Layer DVDs. It is provided as a standard Linux package in
RPM or DEB. Supported 32-bit platforms include Red Hat 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0
and Enterprise Linux 3.0, SuSE 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2, Debian 3.0
and future 3.1.

Credit: labDV

sumber : http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/forumnews_59068.html

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Microsoft Adopts Mozilla's RSS Icon

Deborah Rothberg - Microsoft Watch
Thu Dec 15, 9:57 AM ET

Microsoft has extended an olive branch in announcing on Wednesday on the Team RSS Blog that it will adopt the same orange RSS icon used in Mozilla Corporation's Firefox browser.
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Two months ago, Microsoft's announcement that it planned to redesign the RSS icon set off a ferocious debate. Microsoft posted a number of icon redesign suggestions, asking the community for its input. This week, Microsoft went public with its plans.

"I'm excited to announce that we're adopting the icon used in Firefox. [They] were very enthusiastic about allowing us (and anyone in the community) to use their icon," wrote a member of Microsoft's RSS Team.

Early responses to Microsoft's decision, posted on the Team RSS were overwhelmingly positive, describing the shared Microsoft-Mozilla icon as "well done!" and "and a welcome change of pace from the browser wars."

Microsoft's RSS Team assured users that working with Firefox on standardization was not an isolated affair.

"This isn't the first time that we've worked with the Mozilla team to exchange ideas and encourage consistency between browsers, and we're sure it won't be the last," Microsoft team members wrote, citing Microsoft's work with Firefox and Opera in making secure HTTPS sites more visible by moving the lock icon in to the address bar.

Not all responders were pleased with Microsoft's RSS icon decision, however. Some argued that the RSS brouhaha took the focus off more pressing IE7-development issues.

"This is great to hear, but I'm not that enthusiastic about the cross compatibility between icons. Will there be the same compatibility with standards support then?" wrote Brady J. Frey, Creative Director of the design firm DotFive.com.

Microsoft proposed a redesign of the RSS icon in October, just months after announcing its intentions for a big RSS push in Windows Vista/Longhorn and Internet Explorer. Initially, there was trepidation on the part of some individuals who feared that Microsoft would exert too strong an influence over the future of RSS.

Since its initial RSS strategy rollout, Microsoft has announced plans to develop SSE (Simple Sharing Extensions) for RSS synchronization.

IE 7 will be integrated into Vista, due out in the latter half of 2006. A standalone version of the IE 7 browser also is expected to ship around the same time next year.

sumber : http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20051215/tc_zd/167516

riojaya · Offline

Oh, kirain Microsoft bikin logo RSS lagi... ternyata pake yg udah ada sekarang. enak dong, logonya jadi standar RSS... jadi enak juga kalo mo bikin web. tinggal cantumin logo rss, trus orang2 udah pada ngerti deh....

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Why pocketlinux?

Perhaps you wonder why you should use pocketlinux and not Debian, SuSE, Mandriva, RedHat or any other linux distribution. First of all we are glad if you use ANY form of linux but we would be REALLY HAPPY if you use our linux distribution.

pocketlinux has a different approach than most other distributions. We want to build up a version of linux you can count on and you can do your daily work with.

In the past 10 years in computer business I have noticed that most users only need a few applications (e.g. a texteditor, a spreadsheet, a browser or an email client). Current Desktop Environemnts like KDE offer a lot more. But can you tell me WHO really needs 3 different texteditors? So we slimmed it all down a bit. And that´s what pocketlinux is about. We do not offer any administration frontends for deep system tweaks, as we think a "normal" user should not touch these things. Experienced Users can use the on board administration tools that come with the Slackware core. (Of course, if you really want to change any hardware specific settings like your monitor resolution, feel free to ask someone in the forum).

We only offer 1 application per task, so there is only one texteditor visible for the end user. (Please note that the kde-light environment is based on a complete KDE version, so most of the KDE application are onboard, too. But they are not visible to the end user per default.)

But back to history. Of course we have not invented the wheel once again, but we try to make existing things a bit smarter. A few years ago, we decided to build up a debian woody based version of linux and called it "Bonzai Linux". It was build to fit on a 180 MB mini-cd and came with a well-tested version of KDE.

Then, the debian team had the "great idea" to rewrite the complete installer. It´s called debian-installer right now and has blown up to +30000 lines of code. We think that it´s no real step forward in comparison with the old debian boot-floppies. We also think that it´s harder to handle for the end-user than the old installer (Have you ever tried to install d-i in expert mode Wink

So we took a look at other installers and noticed the "shell script"-based Slackware installer. The only thing we do not like about it is that it´s not i18n-able. So we took some time to customize the installer to be able to write back a complete tar archive on nearly any harddrive. We added i18n support (English and German right now. We are still looking for translators) and modified the kernel installation.

We now use this way to install pocketlinux.

http://www.gnulinux.de/pocketlinux/index.php/Main/WhyPocketLinux

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>Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Version Information
Advisory Reference GLSA 200512-10 / opera
Release Date December 18, 2005
Latest Revision December 18, 2005: 01
Impact normal
Exploitable remote

Package Vulnerable versions Unaffected versions Architecture(s)
www-client/opera < 8.51 >= 8.51 All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #113239

Synopsis
Lack of URL validation in Opera command-line wrapper could be abused to execute arbitrary commands.

>Impact Information

Background

Opera is a multi-platform web browser.

Description

Peter Zelezny discovered that the shell script used to launch Opera parses shell commands that are enclosed within backticks

in the URL provided via the command line.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to follow a specially crafted URL from a tool that uses

Opera to open URLs, resulting in the execution of arbitrary commands on the targeted machine.

>Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-8.51"

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml

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Coyote Linux personal firewall

This personal firewall distribution of Linux designed for the purpose of protecting a personal or educational network.

In addition to being designed to have very low hardware requirements, Coyote Linux is able to provide the performance and uptime that is expected from any Linux based system. This release is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the "Downloads" link in the left hand menu.

NOTE: This product is licensed for personal and educational use only.

If you would like to use our products for commercial or government use, please see the "Wolverine Firewall and VPN Server".

Features:

* Linux 2.6 based system kernel
* Iptables based stateful firewalling
* Support for Ethernet (static and DHCP) and PPPoE Internet connections.
* Excellent uptime and operating system reliability
* SSH 2.0 and web based remote administration options
* No-cost alternative that can make use of old hardware that may have otherwise lost its usefulness.
* Easily shares an Internet connection with several LAN clients (adequate hardware and Internet connectivity required).

System Requirements:

* 486DX/25 or better processor
* 32MB RAM
* CDROM Drive
* 2 PCI Network interface cards
* 32MB of IDE, SCSI, or SATA storage
* VGA display adapter

http://www.coyotelinux.com/products.php?Product=coyote

riojaya · Offline

aku pake coyote @ 486 buat router di rumah, kalo gak salah, sekarang udah mulai dibawa ke community untuk developmentnya... aku sih sekarang pakenya BrazilFW (based on coyote)...

satu lagi kelebihannya... diskless... cukup pake 1x floppy disk.. uda dapet router+firewall, hehehehe...

denny · Offline

mantaqp-mantap...
beritanya bagus2...
thanks

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Ubuntu plans server Linux
Monday, January 09 2006 @ 06:22 PM EST
Contributed by: sde

Ubuntu is making a server version of its Linux distribution. Up until now, the company has been best known for its easy-to-use desktop OS.

In a recent interview, Ubuntu server maintainer Fabio Massimo Di Nitto said that there was little reason not to make a server distro, simply because so many of the components would be common between it and the established desktop version.

"The first thing of note is that all Ubuntu-offered software comes from one repository. There are no desktop and server-specific repositories," he said. "For example, the desktop and server version share the installer. A point worthy of note is that all packages present on the Ubuntu server CD were already supported by us in previous Ubuntu versions (or almost all, if I remember correctly)."

selengkapnya :
http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5110&Page=1&pagePos=4&inkc=0

sumber : http://www.linuxlinks.com/portal/news/article.php?story=20060109184036767

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Streaming video SoC supports all major formats, and Linux
Saturday, January 07 2006 @ 06:02 PM EST
Contributed by: sde

Sigma Designs has announced a line of set-top box and HD-DVD player SoCs that it says are the first to integrate high-definition media decoders for "all major formats." The SMP8630-series SoCs target a wide swath of video devices, integrate advanced security/DRM capabilities, and run embedded Linux, the company says.

Target applications include digital media adapters, IPTVs, DVD players/recorders with networking and/or PVR (personal video recording) functions, HD-DVD (high-definition DVD) players, BD (Blu-ray Disk) players, and HDTVs.

Sigma's VP of strategic marketing, Ken Lowe, told LinuxDevices two years ago that the company's set-top box and DVD processors supported Linux exclusively, a limitation that did not stop Sigma from gaining a claimed three-quarters share of the market for networked video device chips, Lowe said at the time. However, the company now seems to have added Windows CE as part of its OS strategy.

Sigma expects its SMP8630 SoCs to be the first to integrate decoders for "all major [digital video] formats," including H.264, WMV9/VC1 and MPEG-2. These standards underpin high-definition DVD players, as well emerging digital video broadcast standards, it says.

selengkapnya : http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3503928825.html

sumber : http://www.linuxlinks.com/portal/news/article.php?story=20060107175752182

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