Fedora Weekly News Issue 4
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Issue Date: 2005-07-11
Welcome to our issue number 4 of Fedora Weekly News (FWN), the weekly newsletter for the Fedora community.
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FC4 CD/DVD Installer Syslinux Crash Workaround
Warren Togami reports a workaround for syslinux crash bug might be found on certain chipset during FC4 CD or DVD installation. This is a follow up for Caveats and Known Bugs on FC4 (Known Bug #1) by Rahul Sundaram.
Where can I find sha1sum program for Windows?
Here is another excellent support answer by Rahul Sundaram regarding sha1sum for Windows.
Current Status of DAG Repo
We received some progress report on FC4 packages from Dag Wieers with DAG Repository (http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/).
Fedora Core 4 Books
We found several Fedora Core 4 Books from Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com).
Preliminary Fedora Core 5 Schedule
According to DistroWatch (http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20050704#upcoming), "...the previously maintained 6-month release cycle is about to be changed as the final release of Fedora Core 5 is now scheduled for 13 February 2006, nearly 9 months after the release of Fedora Core 4..." For the latest schedule, see the Preliminary Fedora Core 5 Schedule (http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/)."
FUDCon 2 Presentation Materials
We just learned Fedora Project released Presentation Materials from FUDCon 2 at http://fedoraproject.org/fudcon/
Logo(s) for Fedora - Ideas and Examples
There has been a discussion on Fedora Logo (http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/LogoIdeas). A pup in a gift box with a hat on his head designed by Nicu Buculei seems to be the most popular one so far. If you have a good idea, join Fedora Marketing List (http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list) to discuss about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base.
Fedora Core 4 Review from Technetra
Here is another good Review: Fedora Core 4 (http://www.technetra.com/writings/recent/review_fedora_core4_html) found this week. Author says, "Every Fedora Core release outshines the previous one, Fedora Core 4 maintains this pattern with an excellent collection of the latest open source packages and improved performance."
Security Advisories from Adobe
Two new security advisories have been released from Adobe for Adobe Reader 5.0.9 and 5.0.10:
- Temporary file vulnerability due to Adobe Reader (http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329121.html)
- Buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader (http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html)
To find out how to install Adobe Reader 7.0, see Fedora Core 4 Linux Installation_Notes#Adobe_Reader: by Stanton Finley
Open Source News
Following news will make you feel good as a part of Open Source Community:
- European Parliament rejects computer-implemented inventions directive (http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/European_Parliament_rejects_computer-implemented_inventions_directive)
- Red Hat and Sun Microsystems Team to Help Defeat European Software Patent Directive (http://www.europe.redhat.com/news/article/431.html)
Tip of the Week
This week's Tip of the Week is "Minimise XMMS to System Tray" submitted by Ada on fedoraforum.org
Fedora Core 4 Updates
During the week of July 4 - July 9, Fedora Project released 11 Fedora Core 4 Updates including 1 Security Advisory.
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