[Frugalware-git] homepage-ng: Newsletter issue 74
Russell Dickenson (AKA phayz)
phayz at frugalware.org
Wed Dec 8 23:30:31 CET 2010
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Author: Russell Dickenson (AKA phayz) <phayz at frugalware.org>
Date: Thu Dec 9 07:45:08 2010 +1000
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-<h1>Frugalware Linux Newsletter - Issue 74</h1>
-</div>
-<div id="content">
-<div id="preamble">
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>…to inform…to educate…to entertain</p></div>
-<div class="quoteblock">
-<div class="content">It’s where you’re going that matters, not where you came from.</div>
-<div class="attribution">
-— Author unknown
-</div></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_welcome">Welcome</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The newsletter’s aim is to keep you up to date with what’s happened recently in
-the world of the Linux distribution <em>Frugalware</em>.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Features of this issue include:</p></div>
-<div class="ulist"><ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Hello!
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p>
-Welcome
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p>
-Thanks for coming back
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_span_class_image_img_src_event_png_alt_event_png_span_events_etc"><span class="image">
-<img src="event.png" alt="event.png" />
-</span>Events etc</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Here’s a selection of recent events and other items that you might find
-interesting:</p></div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_xfce_4_8_is_on_its_way">Xfce 4.8 is on its way</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The Xfce development team are hard at work, preparing for the release of 4.8,
-due in January 2011. They have already made significant improvements, including
-complete rewrites of the menu, and adding support for remote, shared
-directories. So that Xfce users can experience and test version 4.8, the team
-have released Xfce 4.8 pre-release 2. Although it’s marked as a pre-release, it
-already features much of the extra functionality of 4.8. Thanks to Frugalware
-developer Devil505, you can easily install this release from a work-in-progress
-(WIP) repository. Refer to <a href="http://frugalware.org/people/devil505/blog">his</a>
-blog entry for further details.</p></div>
-<div class="admonitionblock">
-<table><tr>
-<td class="icon">
-<div class="title">Tip</div>
-</td>
-<td class="content">If you don’t already know what a WIP repository is, an explanation is featured
-in newsletter <a href="http://frugalware.org/newsletter/issueFIXME">issue FIXME</a></td>
-</tr></table>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_we_are_moving">We are moving</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Frugalware started when VMiklos released 0.1 in November 2010. In the early days
-there were only a few developers and contributors, so we found accommodation
-in VMiklos' parents' garage. As the team grew though, we had to fit more
-people into a tiny space. At first it wasn’t too bad because all we had to do
-was remove the cubicle walls to get more space. Soon even that wasn’t enough and
-we finally got permission to move the car. Today everyone has a chair and is
-restricted to a 10-inch netbook, with agreement that everyone keeps their elbows
-at their side while typing. The growing number of developers and contributors,
-together with the increasing noise, power costs and the fact that the local
-donut and coffee shop closed, has meant that we had to move elsewhere. We have
-bought a building, named it the Frugal-plex (the letter <em>u</em> has a long <em>ooo</em>
-sound here) and placed a large sculpture in the shape of the Frugalware logo out
-the front for everyone to see. The new accommodation is great, with everyone
-having a large cubicle, also free soft drink provided and large lounge areas
-in which everyone can take a break when they need one. If you are ever in the
-area, please visit because we’d love to show you around.</p></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_newsletter_french_translations">Newsletter French translations</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Translations of the newsletter into French are not available at the moment.
-Those who would normally provide the translation simply don’t have the time at
-the moment. Apologies to those who read French but as I’m sure you understand,
-all work done in supporting Frugalware is done on a volunteer basis. Speaking
-of which, if anyone is willing and able to translate the newsletter into
-French, please send an email to the Frugalware developers' mailing list.</p></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_span_class_image_img_src_package_png_alt_package_png_span_new_packages"><span class="image">
-<img src="package.png" alt="package.png" />
-</span>New Packages</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>This section of the newsletter features packages which have been added since
-the previous issue.</p></div>
-<div class="tableblock">
-<table rules="all"
-width="80%"
-frame="border"
-cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
-<col width="33%" />
-<col width="33%" />
-<col width="33%" />
-<thead>
-<tr>
-<th align="left" valign="top">Package </th>
-<th align="left" valign="top">Description </th>
-<th align="left" valign="top">Maintainer</th>
-</tr>
-</thead>
-<tbody>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">cython-0.13</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">C-Extensions for Python.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Devil505</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">thunar-shares-plugin-0.2.0</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Thunar plugin to share files using Samba.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Devil505</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">eatmonkey-FIXME</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Eatmonkey is a download manager that works exclusively with aria2, the ultra fast download utility.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Devil505</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">haskell-transformers-0.2.2.0</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Concrete functor and monad transformers.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">jercel. Contributed by VMiklos</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">skanlite-0.5</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Image Scanning Application for KDE.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Contributed by Melko</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">cherrytree-0.15</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">A hierarchical note taking application storing all the data in a single XML file.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">jercel</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">gummi-0.5.3</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Gummi is a LaTeX editor</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">jercel</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">trayfreq-FIXME</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Trayfreq is a application r that lets you select your CPU’s governor or frequency from a tray icon.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">jercel</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">uevt-1.0</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">A lightweight power and disk manager.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Elentir</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">pcmanfm-mod-1.1.2</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">A fork of the legacy branch of pcmanfm.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">ryuo</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">ncdu-1.7</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Tool which shows space used by folder in Ncurses.</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">jercel. Contributed by Pingax</p></td>
-</tr>
-</tbody>
-</table>
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_span_class_image_img_src_community_png_alt_community_png_span_frugalware_8217_s_users_are_people_too"><span class="image">
-<img src="community.png" alt="community.png" />
-</span>Frugalware’s users are people too!</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>This is the latest in the ongoing series of interviews with Frugalware’s
-users. Even though we have at least one thing in common - our use of
-Frugalware - everyone has a different, interesting story to tell.</p></div>
-<div class="qlist qanda"><ol>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-What’s your name?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- Paolo Cretaro.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-What’s your IRC/forum nickname?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- Usually Melko.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-In what country do you live?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- I live in Italy (for now).
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-What operating system(s) did you use before FW ?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- Before 2009 Windows, then I tried several GNU/Linux distros like OpenSuse,
- Mandriva, Debian, Archlinux, Ubuntu, Pardus, Dreamlinux, Scientific Linux.
- I actually have a netbook with Frugalware, Sabayon and Slackware.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-When did you start to use Linux (Frugalware)?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- I installed my first distro in 2009, before that I only used live CD (like
- Knoppix) because I was too young to mess up with my parents' PC. Instead I
- started with Frugalware some months ago, in April-March 2010.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-What do you like most about Frugalware?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- First of all the name, I used to define myself a frugal person, so we make
- a good couple. It’s simple, it’s fast and it has a rolling release tree,
- what more do you want?
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-What would you like to see changed in Frugalware?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- Mhm hard question. I like Frugalware as it is now, however I think that
- it would be great to see more people contributing to this project.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-Do you do anything to spread knowledge of Frugalware?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- Not enough. Here Windows rules, so it’s not easy to open peoples' eyes to
- free software.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-For what purpose(s) do you use Frugalware?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- For everything, from gaming to physical computations.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-How did you find Frugalware - e.g. a friend/Google search?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- As you can see I tried several distros. One day a friend told me: "Hey,
- what about trying Frugalware? I’ve never tried it but I’ve heard good
- things about it.", so I thought "Why not?" and here I am.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-What do you do when you’re not using Frugalware?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- I mainly study physics, but also play guitar and take pictures, sometimes
- I also post them on flickr.
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-Please show us a screenshot of your desktop(s)
-</em></p>
-<p>
- My desktop has nothing special, I’m not a big fan of appearance.
-<span class="image">
-<img src="melko_desktop.png" alt="align="left" width="400" alt="Screenshot of Melko’s desktop"" />
-</span>
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p><em>
-What’s the view from your front door?
-</em></p>
-<p>
- I haven’t a picture now and I am too lazy to take the camera but I
- guarantee you that there is nothing special… just other houses…
-</p>
-</li>
-</ol></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_span_class_image_img_src_tip_png_alt_tip_png_span_tips_and_tricks"><span class="image">
-<img src="tip.png" alt="tip.png" />
-</span>Tips and Tricks</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Disclaimer</strong> - Be aware that the hints & tips provided here have NOT been
-tested and so come with no warranty.</p></div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_colour_your_em_man_em_output">Colour your <em>man</em> output</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>most is an output pager which has more sophisticated options than other common
-pagers such as <em>less</em> and <em>more</em>. One of its features is that it can apply colour
-to output of the <em>man</em> command. In the default configuration, text which would
-normally be underlined appears in a light green colour, while switches appear
-in red. The colours used by <em>most</em> are easily changed. You can see for yourself
-what the output looks like with the command <em>man most | most</em>. If you want to
-use <em>most</em> as your default pager, add the following line to your .bashrc file:</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p><tt>PAGER=/usr/bin/most</tt></p></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_title">Title</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Text.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>This section relies on your contributions! If you have some tips and tricks
-that you would like to be shown in the newsletter, <em>please</em> post them on the
-forums.</p></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_span_class_image_img_src_package_png_alt_package_png_span_focus_on_package_s"><span class="image">
-<img src="package.png" alt="package.png" />
-</span>Focus on Package(s)</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_autojump">autojump</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Thanks to Frugalware contributor Fabien, we have a very useful utility added to
-Frugalware. This is one of those applications which, when I read its
-description, made me think, "Why hasn’t anyone created this before?"
-<a href="http://autojump.fixme.com">autojump</a> is a command-line utility which allows you
-to easily cd or <em>jump</em> to a directory you have been to before. The difference
-between using <em>cd</em> and autojump is that you only need to give autojump part of
-the destination directory’s name, which saves time and hassle. If you often
-<em>cd</em> to the directory containing your MP3 files, for example, you might enter
-<em>j mp3</em> and you would then be in that directory. If you had visited more than
-one folder which contained the letters <em>mp3</em>, autojump would take you to the
-one which you had visited most. It also features an autocompletion feature so
-you can enter <em>mp3</em> and press [Tab] and it will either complete the directory’s
-name if there is just one match, or show you a list of those which match your
-criteria. It even handles removable media because if the media is not available
-when you use autojump, any matches on the removable media are ignored.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>autojump doesn’t interfere with the <em>cd</em> command’s normal operation so you can
-choose between the two. If you want to get to somewhere you have been before,
-you can use autojump, otherwise use <em>cd</em>. If you need to go back there later,
-autojump can take you there quickly and easily. Try it and see for yourself
-how much time this little utility saves you.</p></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_title_2">Title</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Text.</p></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_span_class_image_img_src_bug_png_alt_bug_png_span_bug_fixes"><span class="image">
-<img src="bug.png" alt="bug.png" />
-</span>Bug Fixes</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The following table gives you a overview of activity on bugs and feature
-requests as at 23 September 2010. In each cell of the table is a link to a
-detailed list of the relevant bugs or feature requests.</p></div>
-<div class="tableblock">
-<table rules="all"
-width="80%"
-frame="border"
-cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
-<col width="33%" />
-<col width="33%" />
-<col width="33%" />
-<thead>
-<tr>
-<th align="left" valign="top">Activity </th>
-<th align="left" valign="top">Bugs </th>
-<th align="left" valign="top">Feature Requests</th>
-</tr>
-</thead>
-<tbody>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Open</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Link</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Quantity</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Closed</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Link</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Quantity</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Opened since the previous newsletter</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Link</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Quantity</p></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Closed since the previous newsletter</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Link</p></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Quantity</p></td>
-</tr>
-</tbody>
-</table>
-</div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>"<a href="http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type">http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type</a>=1&sev[]=&pri[]=&due[]=&reported[]=&cat[]=&status[]=open&percent[]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index"
-"<a href="http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type">http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type</a>=2&sev[]=&pri[]=&due[]=&reported[]=&cat[]=&status[]=open&percent[]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index"</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>"<a href="http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type">http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type</a>=1&sev[]=&pri[]=&due[]=&reported[]=&cat[]=&status[]=open&percent[]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=2010-09-07&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index"
-"<a href="http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type">http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type</a>=2&sev[]=&pri[]=&due[]=&reported[]=&cat[]=&status[]=open&percent[]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=2010-09-07&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index"</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>"http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type%5B%5D=1&sev%5B%5D=&pri%5B%5D=&due%5B%5D=&reported%5B%5D=&cat%5B%5D=&status%5B%5D=closed&percent%5B%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=2010-09-07&closedto=&do=index"
-"http://bugs.frugalware.org/index.php?string=&project=1&type%5B%5D=2&sev%5B%5D=&pri%5B%5D=&due%5B%5D=&reported%5B%5D=&cat%5B%5D=&status%5B%5D=closed&percent%5B%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=2010-09-07&closedto=&do=index"</p></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_span_class_image_img_src_security_png_alt_security_png_span_security_announcements"><span class="image">
-<img src="security.png" alt="security.png" />
-</span>Security announcements</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Remember</strong> - According to the normal support arrangements for Frugalware, the
-release of 1.3 ("Haven") means that no further security or bug fixes will be
-released for Frugalware 1.2 ("Locris") or earlier.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Here is a list of <a href="/security">security issues</a> which have been
- discovered and fixed in the 1.2 release since the previous newsletter.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>NONE</strong></p></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_span_class_image_img_src_newsletter_png_alt_newsletter_png_span_about_the_newsletter"><span class="image">
-<img src="newsletter.png" alt="newsletter.png" />
-</span>About the newsletter</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_author">Author</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The Frugalware newsletter is written and edited by Russell Dickenson (AKA
-phayz). Credit for the Frugalware distribution goes to the development team.</p></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_translations">Translations</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Depending on people’s workload, the newsletter <strong>may be</strong> translated into
-href="<a href="http://frugalware.fr"">French</a> and
-href="<a href="http://frugalware.dk/?cat=5"">Danish</a> by their respective communities
-as soon as possible. Please be patient as it can take some time to translate
-each issue. Thanks to all those involved in providing and hosting these
-translations.</p></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_release">Release</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>To allow time for review and corrections, each newsletter is written ahead
-of its release date. Therefore it may not mention events which occurred in
-the few days before its release - e.g. security fixes. To be sure that you’ve
-got the very latest information on these topics, go to the appropriate page
-of the Frugalware web site.</p></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_feedback">Feedback</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>If you have feedback about the Frugalware newsletter - whether good or bad -
-please provide it via the forums. Your feedback is valuable because we want the
-newsletter to meet the needs of Frugalware’s users.</p></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div id="footnotes"><hr /></div>
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