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From: Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o>
To: gentoo-gwn@××××××××××××.org
Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 10 January 2005
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:56:41
Message-Id: 20050110015146.6ccee7a3.plate@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
3 http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml
4 This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 10 January 2005.
5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
6
7 ==============
8 1. Gentoo News
9 ==============
10
11 Discouraging Forum abuse: visual registration confirmation added
12 ----------------------------------------------------------------
13
14 In the last week of December 2004, an attacker had registered about 8,500
15 user accounts from more than 160 hosts, in less than one hour. While the
16 Forum admins were working on a solution to block these registrations,
17 users started reporting the mass forum account registrations[1]. A few
18 hours later 15696 user accounts were deleted[2], taking along a number of
19 inactive accounts from the past.
20 1. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=271717
21 2. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=271802
22
23 To prevent these mass registration attempts from happening again, a visual
24 registration confirmation has now been added to the Forum user account
25 registration process. This function was originally implemented in the
26 phpBB[3] 2.2 development versions, with the changes being backported to
27 version 2.0.11 of phpBB. The same changes have now been applied to the
28 customized version of phpBB that is installed at forums.gentoo.org[4].
29 3. http://www.phpbb.com
30 4. http://forums.gentoo.org
31
32 2.6.10 kernel marked stable
33 ---------------------------
34
35 By the time you are reading this, the Linux 2.6.10 release of
36 gentoo-dev-sources will be marked stable, or in the final stages of being
37 tested, on supported system architectures. Linux 2.6.10, released late on
38 Christmas Eve, is proving to be the best kernel release in a long time,
39 fixing almost all of the issues we know about present in 2.6.9 and
40 earlier. Relatively few new issues have been reported, and the major ones
41 have already been fixed. 2.6 users are recommended to upgrade as soon as
42 possible, as this release also fixes some recently discovered security
43 vulnerabilities.
44
45 ==============
46 2. Future zone
47 ==============
48
49 Project goals for 2005
50 ----------------------
51
52 A meta-thread on the gentoo-dev mailing list keeps track of goals set
53 forth for some Gentoo projects. Here's an overview of items scheduled to
54 see the light of day shortly:
55
56 Release engineering
57
58
59 * Biannual release schedule: The first release (2005.0) will be in
60 January, and the second release (2005.1) will be in July/ August. Each
61 release will include install cds, stages, and GRP.
62 * LiveCDs: Plans are to replace the current universal LiveCD with a
63 Knoppix-like XLiveCD. Media will be renamed accordingly; the minimal
64 LiveCD will remain but will instead be called the minimal installCD.
65 * Gentoo Reference Platform (GRP): Working in a joint effort with the
66 installer project, Release Engineering is working on redefining the GRP.
67 The current plan, which is subject to change, will use functionality
68 similar to quickpkg by packaging the installed packages on the XLiveCD and
69 copying them to the target system.
70
71 Kernel
72
73 * Migrate all existing ebuilds to kernel-2 and linux-* eclasses
74 * Push 2.6 for default where possible for headers and sources.
75 * Consolidate appropriate source packages, e.g. dev-sources ->
76 vanilla-sources
77 * Further improve our current eclass framework for additional kernels
78 (BSD, Darwin)
79
80 Gentoo/BSD
81
82 * Have a stage or a set of stages that will be used to install
83 Gentoo/FBSD
84 * Have a working baselayout.
85 * Have an installation CD (a.t.m. FreeSBIE can be used)
86 * Have a fair amount of keyworded ebuilds
87 * Have some of our *BSD specific patches applied to portage
88 * Finish our profile, stabilize our set of tarballs
89
90 ==================
91 3. Gentoo security
92 ==================
93
94 LinPopUp: Buffer overflow in message reply
95 ------------------------------------------
96
97 LinPopUp contains a buffer overflow potentially allowing execution of
98 arbitrary code.
99
100 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[5]
101 5. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-01.xml
102
103 a2ps: Multiple vulnerabilities
104 ------------------------------
105
106 The fixps and psmandup scripts in the a2ps package are vulnerable to
107 symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary
108 files. A vulnerability in a2ps filename handling could also result in
109 arbitrary command execution.
110
111 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[6]
112 6. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xml
113
114 Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities
115 ------------------------------------------------------
116
117 Various vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla-based products,
118 ranging from a potential buffer overflow and temporary files disclosure to
119 anti-spoofing issues.
120
121 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[7]
122 7. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-03.xml
123
124 Shoutcast Server: Remote code execution
125 ---------------------------------------
126
127 Shoutcast Server contains a possible buffer overflow that could lead to
128 the execution of arbitrary code.
129
130 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[8]
131 8. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-04.xml
132
133 mit-krb5: Heap overflow in libkadm5srv
134 --------------------------------------
135
136 The MIT Kerberos 5 administration library (libkadm5srv) contains a heap
137 overflow that could lead to execution of arbitrary code.
138
139 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[9]
140 9. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-05.xml
141
142 tiff: New overflows in image decoding
143 -------------------------------------
144
145 An integer overflow has been found in the TIFF library image decoding
146 routines and the tiffdump utility, potentially allowing arbitrary code
147 execution.
148
149 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[10]
150 10. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-06.xml
151
152 xine-lib: Multiple overflows
153 ----------------------------
154
155 xine-lib contains multiple overflows potentially allowing execution of
156 arbitrary code.
157
158 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[11]
159 11. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-07.xml
160
161 phpGroupWare: Various vulnerabilities
162 -------------------------------------
163
164 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpGroupWare that could
165 lead to information disclosure or remote compromise.
166
167 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[12]
168 12. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-08.xml
169
170 xzgv: Multiple overflows
171 ------------------------
172
173 xzgv contains multiple overflows that may lead to the execution of
174 arbitrary code.
175
176 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[13]
177 13. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-09.xml
178
179 Vilistextum: Buffer overflow vulnerability
180 ------------------------------------------
181
182 Vilistextum is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to
183 execute arbitrary code through the use of a malicious webpage.
184
185 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[14]
186 14. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-10.xml
187
188 =========================
189 4. Heard in the community
190 =========================
191
192 Web forums
193 ----------
194
195 Disappearing X causing slight unrest
196
197 The decision by Gentoo developers to gently nudge people to use xorg-x11
198 isn't entirely new, but the deletion of XFree86 from Portage on 1 January
199 seems to have come as a nasty surprise to some people. One thread out of a
200 handful, to represent them all:
201
202 * I refuse to use xorg....it sucks! (nevermind....user error)[15]
203 15. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=275489
204
205 New global moderator Earthwings
206
207 Earthwings[16] has already served in the German subforum for several
208 months before being promoted to deal with the rest of the lot now:
209 16. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=18420
210
211 * [forums-announce] New global moderator[17]
212 17. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=277091
213
214 gentoo-user
215 -----------
216
217 Achieving Hardware Happiness?
218
219 Many laptop users experience the same conundrum: Having a mobile computer
220 results in different configurations. Most of the time these are
221 network-related, for example the difference between a corporate LAN and a
222 home network. But occasionally this includes hardware as well. Many
223 laptops have hardware docking stations with additional network cards,
224 video adapters, and even SCSI. This presents a unique issue to Linux users
225 since most of the time, the various settings are hard-edited into various
226 files in /etc. Curious how to find your own way to portable paradise? Read
227 on!
228
229 * gentoo and "rc hell"?[18]
230 18. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/113628
231
232 Bash Arguments
233
234 What could be more Linux-y than a debate on the proper way to delete many
235 files out of a directory? There's xargs, find, even... for loops? An
236 informative thread of opinionated answers is what we got this week!
237
238 * Bash query? 'Argument list too long'[19]
239 19. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/113591
240
241 "Monitoring" CPU Usage
242
243 On a more humorous note, one list member posted a "helpful" link to a
244 newsforge article on a CPU monitoring package called "Hot Babe". We'll
245 provide GWN readers a link to the gentoo-user thread, and leave it at
246 that.
247
248 * Hot Babe and Debian (GENTOO :-)[20]
249 20. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/114094
250
251 gentoo-dev
252 ----------
253
254 RFC: Advice on driving compile times down
255
256 Stuart Herbert[21] asks how to reduce compile times. Read the thread for
257 the different possibilities offered to Gentoo users.
258 21. stuart@g.o
259
260 * RFC: Advice on driving compile times down[22]
261 22. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23833
262
263 xfree gone
264
265 With this short notice Gentoo officially stopped supporting xfree. All
266 users are asked to migrate to xorg.
267
268 * xfree gone[23]
269 23. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23744
270
271 2005.0 2.4 & 2.6 stages
272
273 John Davis[24] asks, on behalf of the Gentoo Releng subproject, which
274 kernel header and sources 2005.0 stages should be offered. He writes: "Our
275 options for building include (a) only 2.6 stages, (b) only 2.4 stages, or
276 (c) a combination of 2.4 and 2.6 stages." From rom a release point of view
277 only one set would be preferred, but many users still depend on 2.4
278 kernels. This rather long thread explores the many small problems that may
279 arise and shows how difficult it is to make all people equally happy :-)
280 24. zhen@g.o
281
282 * 2005.0 2.4 & 2.6 stages[25]
283 25. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23718
284
285 gentoo-server
286 -------------
287
288
289 >From a mailing list mostly frequented by people using Gentoo for
290 non-desktop purposes, gentoo-server@g.o, here's a noteworthy thread
291 that has spun from the original poster asking a simple question:
292
293 * Who uses Gentoo in production?[26]
294 26. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.server/1629
295
296 =======================
297 5. Gentoo International
298 =======================
299
300 USA: Gentoo lectures at MIT, 10 and 24 January
301 ----------------------------------------------
302
303 Rajiv Manglani[27], Gentoo Linux Security Team member and PPC developer,
304 will give an introductory (10 January) and an advanced lecture (24
305 January) on Gentoo Linux at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
306 MIT, in Cambridge, MA. Both lectures are sponsored by the MIT's Student
307 Information Processing Board (SIPB) and will be held tonight and Monday 24
308 starting at 20:00, at Building 4[28] room 237 (today) and room 231 (24
309 January) respectively. The first lecture will focus on giving an overview
310 and demonstrating a running Gentoo system, while the "Advanced Gentoo
311 Linux" presentation on 24 January will have more in-depth discussions of
312 Portage and ebuild script creation, system tools such as qpkg and etcat.
313 More details can be found in Rajiv's Independent Activities Period Gentoo
314 lecture announcements[29]. Please make sure to RSVP to the Student
315 Information Board[30] if you plan on attending.
316 27. rajiv@g.o
317 28. http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4
318 29. http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/gentoo/
319 30. sipb-iap-gentoo@×××.edu
320
321 Canada: Gentoo LTSP project at elementary school
322 ------------------------------------------------
323
324 The Prairie Linux User Group[31] (PLUG) is planning to deploy Gentoo Linux
325 at the Holy Cross Elementary School in Winnipeg. The project will use
326 reclaimed hardware previously running various shades of Windows that are
327 being replaced with Linux due to cost of licensing for upgrades, concerns
328 about lax security, growing hardware requirements if Windows was chosen as
329 an upgrade path, and the current platform generally not meeting the
330 educational requirements at the school any longer. The setup includes an
331 implementation of the Linux Terminal Server Project[32] (LTSP) across
332 thirty workstations, with Gentoo Linux running openmosix for the terminal
333 server system. On Thursday 20 January the PLUG will meet at the University
334 of Winnipeg[33] (starting at 19:00 in room 2M70) to get a few things
335 straightened out before performing their real world test at the school on
336 Sunday, 23 January from 10:00. Thirty elementary students have been
337 invited to stress-test the system that they might get to keep if it works
338 as advertized: "If the system is successfully able to meet the
339 requirements it would be permanently installed," says PLUG member Mike
340 Crawford[34], a Gentoo dev-perl developer-to-be and maintainer of one of
341 the official Gentoo file mirrors (gentoo.eliteitminds.com). More details
342 can be found at the PLUG meeting announcement[35].
343 31. http://plug.ca
344 32. http://www.ltsp.org/
345 33. http://www.uwinnipeg.ca
346 34. ali3n@××××××××××××.com
347 35. http://plug.ca/article.php?story=20050107150627250
348
349
350 ======================
351 6. Gentoo in the press
352 ======================
353
354 Linux Journal (5 January 2005)
355 ------------------------------
356
357 Andrew Cowie with the Linux Journal published a rather flattery piece on
358 "Gentoo for all the unusual reasons,"[36] providing extensive coverage of
359 Portage as a tool for professional use: "You might think of Gentoo as a
360 bleeding-edge distribution for development workstations, but the simple
361 packaging system can make it a good choice for any production system that
362 needs to stay up to date," writes the author in his introduction, before
363 explaining in great detail the steps for installing and updating software
364 in Gentoo, all nicely accompanied by screenshots. The thoroughly
365 researched article was among LJ's top reads and most commented-on articles
366 last week - even without the GWN boosting its popularity yet again...
367 36. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7438
368
369 ===========
370 7. Bugzilla
371 ===========
372
373 Summary
374 -------
375
376 * Statistics
377 * Closed bug ranking
378 * New bug rankings
379
380 Statistics
381 ----------
382
383 The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[37]) to record and
384 track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the
385 development team. Between 02 January 2005 and 09 January 2005, activity on
386 the site has resulted in:
387 37. http://bugs.gentoo.org
388
389 * 815 new bugs during this period
390 * 528 bugs closed or resolved during this period
391 * 23 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
392
393 Of the 7862 currently open bugs: 117 are labeled 'blocker', 229 are
394 labeled 'critical', and 568 are labeled 'major'.
395
396 Closed bug rankings
397 -------------------
398
399 The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
400 are:
401
402 * Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[38], with 32 closed bugs[39]
403 * Java team[40], with 26 closed bugs[41]
404 * AMD64 Porting Team[42], with 26 closed bugs[43]
405 * media-video herd[44], with 25 closed bugs[45]
406 * Gentoo Games[46], with 21 closed bugs[47]
407 * Gentoo X-windows packagers[48], with 15 closed bugs[49]
408 * Gentoo Security[50], with 15 closed bugs[51]
409 * Tim Yamin[52], with 13 closed bugs[53]
410 38. base-system@g.o
411 39.
412 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=base-system@g.o
413 40. java@g.o
414 41.
415 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=java@g.o
416 42. amd64@g.o
417 43.
418 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64@g.o
419 44. media-video@g.o
420 45.
421 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=media-video@g.o
422 46. games@g.o
423 47.
424 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@g.o
425 48. x11@g.o
426 49.
427 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=x11@g.o
428 50. security@g.o
429 51.
430 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security@g.o
431 52. plasmaroo@g.o
432 53.
433 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=plasmaroo@g.o
434
435 New bug rankings
436 ----------------
437
438 The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
439 this period are:
440
441 * Gentoo Sound Team[54], with 30 new bugs[55]
442 * AMD64 Porting Team[56], with 21 new bugs[57]
443 * media-video herd[58], with 20 new bugs[59]
444 * optical media herd[60], with 19 new bugs[61]
445 * Gentoo X-windows packagers[62], with 17 new bugs[63]
446 * Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[64], with 14 new bugs[65]
447 * Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[66], with 11 new bugs[67]
448 * Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers[68], with 10 new bugs[69]
449 54. sound@g.o
450 55.
451 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&assigned_to=sound@g.o
452 56. amd64@g.o
453 57.
454 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&assigned_to=amd64@g.o
455 58. media-video@g.o
456 59.
457 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&assigned_to=media-video@g.o
458 60. media-optical@g.o
459 61.
460 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&assigned_to=media-optical@g.o
461 62. x11@g.o
462 63.
463 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&assigned_to=x11@g.o
464 64. gnome@g.o
465 65.
466 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&assigned_to=gnome@g.o
467 66. base-system@g.o
468 67.
469 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&assigned_to=base-system@g.o
470 68. vmware@g.o
471 69.
472 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-02&chfieldto=2005-01-09&assigned_to=vmware@g.o
473
474 ===========================
475 8. Moves, adds, and changes
476 ===========================
477
478 Moves
479 -----
480
481 The following developers recently left the Gentoo team:
482
483 * None this week
484
485 Adds
486 ----
487
488 The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team:
489
490 * Benedikt Böhm (hollow) - Apache
491 * Saleem Abdulrasool (compnerd) - Java
492
493 Changes
494 -------
495
496 The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux
497 project:
498
499 * Lance Albertson (Ramereth) - New dev for netmon et al. (on top of his
500 regular assignment to the infrastructure team)
501 * Danny Van Dyk (Kugelfang) and Mike Doty (KingTaco) - AMD64 operational
502 co-leads (taking over from Travis Tilley)
503 * Jeremy Huddleston (eradicator) - Recruiting co-lead
504
505 ==================
506 9. Tips and tricks
507 ==================
508
509 Denu - a Portage-savvy menu generator for window managers
510 ---------------------------------------------------------
511
512 Are you switching from Fluxbox to Gnome to KDE a lot? Would you like to
513 try out even more window managers, if it wasn't for the missing
514 application entries in the menus to hop along with you? This week's tip
515 brings a nifty solution in reach: Denu[70] is a brandnew tool to assist in
516 menu generation. It can generate similarly structured menus for various
517 window managers enabling easy transitions from one to another. Denu
518 synchronizes with an online database to allow program definitions to be
519 updated without a software update, and best of all: Portage itself
520 provides the installed program data!
521 70. http://denu.sourceforge.net
522
523 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
524 | Code Listing 9.1: |
525 |Emerge |
526 Denu-----------------------------------------------------------------------
527 --
528 | |
529 |# cd $PORTDIR_OVERLAY/x11-misc/denu Create the appropriate overlay as |
530 necessary (Denu is not in Portage yet)
531 |# wget http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/denu/denu-2.1.2-r1.ebuild |
532 |# emerge denu |
533 | |
534 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
535
536 Before we go any further backup any menu configurations you don't want
537 overwritten. Now run denu as a normal user, Denu is not meant to be run as
538 root.
539
540 Figure 9.1: Screenshot of menu creation with Denu
541 http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20050110_denu.jpg
542
543 The first step after installing Denu is to run Update (for program
544 definitions) and Sysupdate (for the current list of installed programs).
545 Neither of these are run at startup, so after installing a new program via
546 Portage, Sysupdate will need execution again.
547
548 To create a menu there are two approaches: hand pick entries from the
549 Installed Tree and add them, or you can hit Autofill, and Denu will
550 automatically generate a menu based on the information it has.
551 Reorganizing a newly created menu is as simple as drag and drop, menu
552 systems will respect the order of entries, except for Gnome and KDE who
553 sort things alphabetically. Click on generate and then one of the boxes
554 corresponding to your desired window manager or desktop environment. Some
555 window managers like Fluxbox be able to use your menu immediately, others
556 may need to be reconfigured or restarted.
557
558 Denu is still under development, but author Shux[71] has scanned half of
559 the Portage tree for items that might be needed in a GUI menu already. For
560 the remaining half (or things that might need adding in the future) Denu
561 provides a tool to include other applications not in its database yet.
562 Adding programs and their categories, descriptions etc. is just as easy as
563 shifting them around. For questions and answers of all sorts check the
564 lively Denu 2.0 thread in the Forums[72].
565 71. shux_linux@×××××××.net
566 72. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=268988
567
568 =====================
569 10. Contribute to GWN
570 =====================
571
572 Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an
573 email[73].
574 73. gwn-feedback@g.o
575
576 ================
577 11. GWN feedback
578 ================
579
580 Please send us your feedback[74] and help make the GWN better.
581 74. gwn-feedback@g.o
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595 13. Other languages
596 ===================
597
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599
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610 * Russian[85]
611 * Spanish[86]
612 * Turkish[87]
613 75. http://www.gentoo.org/news/da/gwn/gwn.xml
614 76. http://www.gentoo.org/news/be/gwn/gwn.xml
615 77. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/gwn.xml
616 78. http://www.gentoo.org/news/de/gwn/gwn.xml
617 79. http://www.gentoo.org/news/fr/gwn/gwn.xml
618 80. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ja/gwn/gwn.xml
619 81. http://www.gentoo.org/news/it/gwn/gwn.xml
620 82. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pl/gwn/gwn.xml
621 83. http://www.gentoo.org/news/br/gwn/gwn.xml
622 84. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pt/gwn/gwn.xml
623 85. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ru/gwn/gwn.xml
624 86. http://www.gentoo.org/news/es/gwn/gwn.xml
625 87. http://www.gentoo.org/news/tr/gwn/gwn.xml
626
627 Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o> - Editor
628 Brian Downey <bdowney@×××××××××××.net> - Author
629 Daniel Drake <dsd@g.o> - Author
630 Christian Hartmann <ian@g.o> - Author
631 Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> - Author
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