May 2013 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

PC request fulfilled
by Ian Young 31 May '13

31 May '13

No more calls please, we have a lender. Ian Stewart has kindly offered a box on loan.

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Linux Mint 15 'Olivia' Is Out
by Peter Reutemann 30 May '13

30 May '13

"The Linux Mint blog today announced the full release of Linux Mint 15 'Olivia.' Here are the release notes and a list of new features. As before, it's available with either MATE or Cinnamon as a desktop environment. The included version of MATE has been upgrade to 1.6, which saw many old and deprecated packages replaced with newer technologies. Cinnamon has gone to 1.8, which improved the file manager, added support for 'desklets' (essentially desktop widgets), and completed the transition away from Gnome Control Center to Cinnamon's own settings panel. Other new features of Linux Mint 15 include improved login screen applications (one of which is an HTML greeter that supports HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and WebGL), a tool developed from the ground up to manage software sources in Mint, and a vastly improved driver manager. The project's website sums it up simply: 'Linux Mint 15 is the most ambitious release since the start of the project.'" -- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/05/29/1749205/linux-mint-15-olivia-is-out Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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loaner PC please
by Ian Young 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hello all, Just wondering whether anybody has to hand a going PC with IDE and SATA I could borrow for a relative's use for a week or so? He is computer savvy and equipped with live CDs for the mission which involves checking and blanking sundry hard drives. Alas, I appear to have gone into a kind of computer Bermuda Triangle where machines that were working when last run mysteriously pass away, and the couple I had meeting requirements appear to have become scrap metal. Anybody? Or perhaps alternatively a working motherboard w/cpu no longer required. ~ Ian Y

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Drupal.org User Accounts Compromised
by Peter Reutemann 29 May '13

29 May '13

"The Drupal.org team released a bulletin this evening notifying users of a breach in their infrastructure. From the bulletin: 'The Drupal.org Security Team and Infrastructure Team has discovered unauthorized access to account information on Drupal.org and groups.drupal.org. This access was accomplished via third-party software installed on the Drupal.org server infrastructure, and was not the result of a vulnerability within Drupal itself. This notice applies specifically to user account data stored on Drupal.org and groups.drupal.org, and not to sites running Drupal generally. Information exposed includes usernames, email addresses, and country information, as well as hashed passwords... All Drupal.org passwords are both hashed and salted, although some older passwords on some subsites were not salted.' Users are encouraged to update their Drupal.org passwords and the passwords of any accounts that could be linked via the compromised information." -- source: http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/05/29/2237230/drupalorg-user-accounts-compr… Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Live Linux distribution shows off Wayland
by Peter Reutemann 29 May '13

29 May '13

"A Linux distribution that uses Wayland's reference compositor Weston as the default for handling its graphical user interface has been released by a developer who is only known by his screen name, "nerdopolis". Icons in the top menu bar allow users to start a terminal and Qt 5's demo browser, both of which run as native Wayland software components. Other icons start programs that are designed for X11 and use XWayland to run under the Wayland compositor; among these applications is KDE's Kicker start menu, which can be launched via the icon at the left side of the top bar." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1872444 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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presentation on crunchbang
by Peter Reutemann 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi there In case anybody is interested... I've uploaded Monday night's presentation on CrunchBang to our elgg site: http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/file/view/2725/presentation-on-crunchbang-linux-270… Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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LibreOffice 4.1.0 Beta 1 arrives with over a thousand changes
by Peter Reutemann 29 May '13

29 May '13

"The first beta of LibreOffice 4.1.0 includes over 1000 improvements and bug fixes, including security improvements from Coverity's scan of the code base. The release also includes the new Sidebar UI in an experimental state." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1872242 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Foxconn reportedly building a Firefox OS smartphone
by Peter Reutemann 28 May '13

28 May '13

"Foxconn and Mozilla are planning a media event at which they will announce the new partnership around the Firefox OS mobile operating system. Devices are expected to be announced at the event, including, possibly, a tablet." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1871994 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Vastly Improved Raspberry Pi Performance With Wayland
by Peter Reutemann 28 May '13

28 May '13

"While Wayland/Weston 1.1 brought support to the Raspberry Pi merely a month ago, work has recently been done to bring true hardware-accelerated compositing capabilities to the RPi's graphics stack using Weston. The Raspberry Pi foundation has made an announcement about the work that has been done with Collabora to make this happen. X.org/Wayland developer Daniel Stone has written a blog post about this, including a video demonstrating the improved reactivity and performance. Developer Pekka Paalanen also provided additional technical details about the implementation." -- source: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/05/27/227242 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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meeting tonight
by Peter Reutemann 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hi there There is a wlug meeting tonight, with the following topics: - CrunchBang 11 - what's this: Peter Reutemann - Ubuntu 13.04 - what's new: Ian Stewart - Discussion: re-design of wlug.org.nz website http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/event_calendar/view/733/meeting Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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