* News about Mint
Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” XFCE RC1 released!
Firefox 3.5 available in Gloria and Firefox 3.0.12 also available through mintUpdate (security fixes)
Command line – improvements
We are changing our workflow and will use Launchpad and git –
As Mint grows we need tools to handle the growth (announcement in the blog)
Bugs on Launchpad
Blueprints on Launchpad – Blueprints for Helena
Translations in Launchpad (for Helena)
Code on github – mintUpload (and later perhaps more) is maintained by “emorrp1” – his github
I forgot to mention that we had large scale vandalism in the wiki – we have to lock it down until we can figure out a way to monitor edits
We also had two massive spam attacks in the forum – registered spam bots laying dormant since early May, late April. Can’t do much about it sadly
mintCast episode 19
* News about Linux
Microsoft contributes to the Linux kernel – possibly because of a violation of the GPL licence
Zero day attack code for the Linux kernel (No version used by Mint though – Mint is safe from this)
Gran Canaria Desktop Summit
Shuttleworth about GNOME 3.0 (and Ubuntu will stay brown)
The latest news about the kernel is always found here
* News about Open Source
Launchpad is now open source
* News about IT
Cloning passport card RFIDs in bulk for under $250 (link to Youtube) If you search for Chris Paget and Rfid you’ll fine a bunch of scary examples. And it’s not only passports – you can get a cloning device for less that will clone the rfid used for bus fares
PCs Used in Korean DDoS Attacks May Self Destruct
Microsoft admits new ActiveX zero-day bug
Imageshack Hacked
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