Linux Mint Newsletter Issue 31
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More news about Linux Mint
Development
Daryna KDE CE beta 044 is available for download [3]
Please read the release notes
The E17 and XFCE editions are delayed somewhat
mintMenu 3.1 planned in Elyssa
Lars Peter Clausen made significant improvements to mintMenu and the version coming in Elyssa brings a lot of new features
A late addition to mintMenu 3.1 is uninstalling by right-clicking in mintMenu and select “Uninstall”.
Community
The forum [4] is very much alive ready to help you. There are now over 5,200 members
Linux
KDE 4 has arrived [5]
Lots of improvements - to many to mention here.
However reviews indicate that it is not quite ready yet
It seems that version 4.1 will be released in may or june
Gentoo Foundation in trouble.This is a bit odd story
[6]
IBM commit themselfes to Linux. Lotus notes for Linux is getting more money and attention
IBM announced at Lotusphere 2008 plans to offer its Open Collaboration Client — which consists of Lotus Notes and Domino 8, Lotus Expeditor and Lotus Symphony apps suite — with support for Ubuntu Linux and in a special marketing bundle with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
[7]
There is a new version of Envy [8]
The world of computers
Servers runing Linux and Apache have been hacked, probably stolen passwords, and some 10,000 servers spread malicious code - but only to Windows computers [9]
Editors comment
It's not easy to keep track of the rapid development in the computer world.
If you feel something is left out in the newsletter send a PM to husse in the forum and it may be included in the next edition
