====== Monthly Newsletter - Issue 27 ====== Lang:[[cn:newsletter:start|cn]] [[de:newsletter:start|de]] [[en:newsletter:start|en]] [[es:newsletter:start|es]] [[fr:newsletter:start|fr]] [[ru:newsletter:start|ru]] * Written on 20th January 2012 ===== Latest News ===== * Various updates and packages added to repos ===== New Packages ===== * get-teamviewer * get-wifica * gsoap * arping * pciids * usbids * libdes * gnome-games * seed * fbvnc * novnc * sdcc * afpfs-ng * gnome-desktop * pamtester * rlwrap * qoauth * python-xlib * php-auth-pam * util-linux-ng-flock * tslib * swfdec * perl-net-pcap * net-tools * mspdebug * avant-window-navigator * apcupsd * alarm-clock * qca-ossl * brasero * blueman * bleachbit * blackbox * billardgl * ayttm * collectd * cdrtools * catfish * cairo-compmgr * buildroot * cssed * cpuspeed * cppunit * compiz * dovecot * distccmon-gui * directfb * dietlibc * dansguardian * fbpanel * ettercap * enet * editorbj * gvfs * guichan * gliv * ggseq * get-msttcorefonts * gejengel * gecko-mediaplayer * mana * lxdm * jnettop * ipcalc * icinga * muninlite * motion * moosefs * micro_proxy * mongodb * maxima * protobuf * oxine * owfs * ola * nvclock * ucarp * tp_smapi * thttpd * t2 * soprano * songwrite * siproxd * rsbep * rdpdesk * radiotray * qtwitter * wput * wol * wammu * vsftpd * verbiste * mplayerplug-in * ucl * upx * less * libruby-extras * nettle * transmission-remote-gtk * p11-kit * gtk-doc * mypaint * protobuf-python * python-distribute * libraw * libee * libestr * liblognorm * libesmtp * sagan * barnyard2 * snort-mysql * libhtp * yaml * libcap-ng * suricata * autoblog * flatpress * fwbuilder * get-nz * gtklp * haproxy * hardware-ibm-6272 * hardware-thinkpad-600e * libextractor * matchbox * mp3gain * pcmanfm2 * picoblog * pwnat * pysdm * ranger * ruby-gems * shaarli * tor-arm ===== Updated Packages (abridged) ===== * scite => 2.29 * python => 2.7.2 * snort => 2.9.1.2 * sudo => 1.8.3p1 * gtk+ => 2.24.8 * aria2 => 1.13.0 * bluez => 2.96 * bison => 2.5 * at => 3.1.13 * clamav => 0.97.3 * tcl => 8.5.10 * tk => 8.5.10 * tree => 1.6.0 * stellarium => 0.11.0 * audacious => 3.0.4 * inkscape => 0.48.2 * git => 1.7.7.2 * bazaar => 2.4.1 * bzflag => 2.4.0 * deadbeef => 0.5.1 * grep => 2.9 * py3k => 3.2.2 * putty => 0.61 * pciutils => 3.1.8 * usbutils => 004 * clamtk => 4.36 * pekwm => 0.1.13 * pcre => 8.13 * pangomm => 2.28.4 * pango => 1.29.4 * pcmciautils => 018 * openvpn => 2.2.1 * openssh => 5.9p1 * rsync => 3.0.9 * bind => 9.8.1 * bird => 1.3.4 * calcurse => 2.9.2 * claws-mail => 3.7.10 * cmake => 2.8.5 * dbus => 1.4.16 * dhcp => 4.2.2 * dialog => 1.1-20110707 * drupal => 7.8 * epdfview => 0.1.8 * espeak => 1.45.05 * fetchmail => 6.3.21 * gpodder => 2.19 * atkmm => 2.22.6 * gtkmm => 2.24.2 * youtube-dl => 2011.10.19 * xz => 5.0.3 * zsh => 4.3.12 * xpad => 4.0 * yad => 0.15.1 * xterm => 276 * wxpython => 2.8.12.1 * wxWidgets => 2.8.12.1 * wordwarvi => 1.00 * wget => 1.13.4 * vte => 0.28.2 * rtorrent => 0.8.9 * sqlite => 3.7.9 * lame => 3.99 * goffice => 0.8.17 * gnumeric => 1.10.17 * geany => 0.21 * glib => 2.30.1 * freetype => 2.4.7 * filezilla => 3.5.1 * acpid => 2.0.12 * cherokee => 1.2.101 * pcre => 8.20 * pam => 1.1.5 * gparted => 0.10.0 * mercurial => 2.0 * john => 1.7.8 * curl => 7.22.0 * tmux => 1.5 * firefox => 8.0 * gcompris => 11.09 * midori => 0.4.1 * lrzip => 0.608 * gnutls => 3.0.7 * tor => 0.2.2.34 * vidalia => 0.2.15 * bleachbit => 0.9.1 * htop => 1.0 * links => 2.4 * ncdu => 1.8 * seamonkey =>2.5 * postgresql => 9.1.2 * putty 0.62 * wireshark => 1.6.4 * xfsprogs => 3.1.7 * ntop => 4.1.0 * vlc => 1.1.13 * scribus 1.4.0 * p0f => 3.01b ===== Improvements ===== * tazpanel (1.2) * tazpkg (4.7.2) * tazwok (4.2.18) ===== Bugs ===== \\ ^ Activity ^ Open ^ Closed ^ | Critical | 6 | 9 | | Standard | 25 | 27 | | Feature | 7 | 3 | | Task | 8 | 12 | * Based on current figures ===== Cartoon ===== {{:en:newsletter:cartoon-14.png|}} ===== Tips and Tricks ===== * What is the exact difference between a ‘terminal’, a ‘shell’, a ‘tty’ and a ‘console’? : http://linux-news.org/index.php/2011/10/19/what-is-the-exact-difference-between-a-terminal-a-shell-a-tty-and-a-console/ ===== Online ===== * Linux light - SliTaz GNU/Linux and SliTaz-Aircrack-ng - http://all-things-linux.blogspot.com/2011/10/linux-light-slitaz-gnulinux-and-slitaz.html ===== Old Issues ===== * Click [[en:newsletter:oldissues|here]]