Fedora Weekly News Issue 11
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Issue Date: 2005-08-29
Welcome to our issue number 11 of Fedora Weekly News (FWN), the weekly newsletter for the Fedora community.
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Guide to Managing Software with Yum
Stuart Ellis (mailto:stuart@elsn.org) announced (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00108.html) a new document called Managing Software with yum (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/) has been added to Fedora User Documentation (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/) Website.
Yum Extender 0.42-03 Available
Tim Lauridsen reports (http://linux.rasmil.dk/cms/modules/news/article.php?storyid=20) Yum Extender 0.42-03 (http://fedoraproject.org/extras/4/i386/repodata/repoview/yumex-0-0.42-3.0.fc4.html) Available from Fedora Extras. According to his site (http://linux.rasmil.dk/cms/) he found a major bug which depencies were not resolved right and not installed.
Setup your wireless client at home
Anze Vidmar wrote an article on Setup your wireless client at home. It's about setting up wireless connection on FC4 box using gnome and GUI tools ONLY.
Secure your desktop PC
Anze Vidmar wrote another article on Secure your desktop PC since he has a lot of free time due to his vacation. 
It's about securing services with tcpwrappers - for home users.
Using yum localinstall packagename
Luya Tshimbalanga wrote an article on Using yum localinstall packagename which provides the ability to install individual package from the system using yum command instead of using rpm command.
Why no hat? Here's why
Greg DeKoenigsberg (mailto:gdk@redhat.com) explains (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2005-August/msg00333.html) why we can't use a hat in our new Fedora Logo Ideas (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/LogoIdeas). The site now includes a few more candidates for our future Fedora Logo.
Fedora Myths - New Fedora Wiki Page
Patrick Barnes (mailto:nman64@n-man.com) put up a new Fedora Wiki page called Fedora Myths (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraMyths). This is intended to be a point to fight common myths about Fedora, such as the nature of Red Hat's relationship with Fedora.
New CSS on fedoraproject.org
According to Diana Fong (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DianaFong)'s blog (http://www.isity.net/blog/?p=11), fedoraproject.org has a new CSS thanks to Hrishi (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HrishikeshBallal), Seth Vidal (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SethVidal) and Chris Aillon (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ChristopherAillon).
Tip of the Week
This week's Tip of the Week is "How to sync your hardware clock behind a firewall" by Anze Vidmar.
Fedora Core 4 Updates
During the week of August 22 - August 28, Fedora Project released 18 Fedora Core 4 Updates including 6 Security Advisories.
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