* News about Mint
Both Mint 6 Felicia KDE CE and Fluxbox CE have been approved as stable and will soon be released
Both editions promise to be outstanding.
Monthly Stats – March 2009
We hope you enjoyed our April fools prank
Please update to Firefox 3.0.8 to protect from dangerous bug
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* News about Linux
Debian adds (officially) a version based on the FreeBSD kernel
Red Hat CEO questions desktop’s relevance in Linux debate – not the first time
Suse Linux Enterprise 11 takes steps to work with Windows also on the desktop – Novell seems to disagree with Red Hat
CentOS 5.3 released
How Fedora got hacked last autumn – someone got hold of a valid key
What Flavor of Linux is Right For You? Mint we hope 
KDE gets its own Brainstorm
Numerous developers quit PCLinuxOS
This is interesting – a small distribution called Billix allows network installation of Damn Small Linux, Ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy, Fedora 10, Debian, and Centos.
The latest news about the kernel is always found here
* News about Open Source
Mono 2.4 and MonoDevelop 2.0 released
* News about IT
The downadup/Conficker worm should have done something on April 1st – nothing happened as you may have noticed
Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network
A new method to monetize scareware – Windows only
‘Cybercrime exceeds drug trade’ myth exploded
Researchers unveil persistent BIOS attack methods (scary – code in BIOS without the use of any vulnerability.)
HP OpenView Buffer Overflows – the potential for damage is large
Expert cites “major problem” with security policy compliance
Microsoft and TomTom Settle Patent Infringement Cases
Sun Intros VDI 3, a Sun-Only Virtual Desktop Set
Silicon Graphics goes bust for second time (Hope this is not an April fools prank – published April 1)
Sources: Google In Talks To Acquire Twitter
I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun
* Hardware news
MIT Graphene Chip Could Reach 1,000 Gigahertz
A Step Toward Superfast Carbon Memory
Sniffing keystrokes via laser and keyboard power
A computer the size of a large matchbox
* Other news
* Comic of the week
Credit goes to Cathbard – http://cathbard.com/cathbards-grove.html
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This newsletter is much belated – a cold has stopped me from working / Husse
As always – if you find something I’ve missed in the newsletter please tell me – you can post a comment.
Enjoy life
Husse