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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 29 December 2004. |
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1. Gentoo News |
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Second anniversary of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter |
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The inaugural edition of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter was published on 23 |
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December 2002, a date conveniently placed at the end of the calendar year, |
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henceforth to serve as a perfect excuse for reminiscing in major moments |
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of the year gone by. This week's issue does contain some of the usual |
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sections, but we've also made room for the traditional (meaning it's |
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happened twice now, so it must be a tradition, right?) GWN staff and |
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translator profiles. These are the people who have kept this publication |
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alive for the past two years, and intend to keep delivering news and |
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insights into the Gentoo machine in the future. We're on a steady |
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publication schedule, some of the abandonned translations have been |
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picking up again (notably the Turkish, Russian and French versions are now |
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available once more!). A big round of applause to everyone working for the |
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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter! |
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Now, sadly, and just like last year, we have been unable to round up |
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everyone, what with Christmas always coming as a total surprise and all, |
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but in return we promise yet another incomplete list of suspects, |
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originally intended for publication this week, but postponed to the next |
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GWN issue: Watch out for a look at some of the Gentoo Forum[1] |
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administration and moderator crews to satisfy your curiosity. |
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1. http://www.gentoo.org |
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A word of gratitude to our 12,000 mail recipients and the unknown number |
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of people flocking to our website each week to read the GWN: Thank you for |
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your support, it's a pleasure working for you! Please keep us posted about |
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any Gentoo-related events, press cuttings, activities of all kinds that |
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you think would be worth covering in the GWN. If it's interesting to you, |
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chances are others would love to hear about it, too. |
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Gentoo buildtime and statistics database client |
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After many months since the old Gentoo statistic database went away, basc, |
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a new buildtime and statistics client, is now in Portage. basc updates |
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information about a host running Gentoo Linux to a central server[2] (in |
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this example: RAM statistics). Among other information, the client |
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collects the kernel's .config and the xorg.conf files, and the developers |
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involved are currently evaluating whether it is possible to have it |
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'suggest' configurations to new users based on previous configuration file |
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contributions. |
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2. http://www.gentoo-stats.org/index.php?c=memstats |
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2. Gentoo Linux major events of 2004 |
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Summary |
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* Introduction |
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* Daniel Robbins resigns as Chief Architect |
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* Gentoo requests NFP status |
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* Portage updates |
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* Deprecation of xfree86 in favor of xorg |
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* Gentoo named a finalist for the LWE product excellence awards |
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* Public Release of the Catalyst tool |
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* Release of Tenshi |
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* Gentoo/PPC and the PegasosPPC |
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Introduction |
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2004 has been an exciting and challenging year for the Gentoo community. |
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We've grown significantly, and few would argue that Gentoo is now the |
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preeminent source distribution of Linux - some publications are even |
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recognizing Gentoo as one of the major mainstream distros. From major |
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upgrades to the core system, through significant changes in base packages |
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and even how the Gentoo community is organized, there has never been any |
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shortage of news for us here at the GWN to report on. |
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The sections below describe ten major events over the past year, with |
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input from many Gentoo developers and selected by the GWN editor and |
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writers. |
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Daniel Robbins resigns as Chief Architect |
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Gentoo's founder and Chief Architect, Daniel Robbins, retired[3] at the |
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end of April. This news came as something of a shock, but Daniel felt the |
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need to move on to something new and focus on his family, as he stepped |
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aside to permit the new board (see below) to take over the reins. He still |
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contributes to the project, and has been sighted on the mailing lists and |
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in IRC. |
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3. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20040503-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1 |
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Gentoo requests NFP status |
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In an event somewhat intertwined with Daniel Robbins' retirement, his |
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plans to transit Gentoo to a Not-For-Profit organization[4] were |
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culminated in early June[5], with the creation of the Gentoo Foundation, a |
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Not-For-Profit corporation. This entrusted the copyrights to Gentoo |
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technology, guidance of the project, and responsibility for administering |
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the distro in the hands of a corporate entity with an elected board. |
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4. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20040419-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1 |
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5. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20040614-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1 |
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Portage Updates |
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October saw the culmination of much of the work begun as portage-ng ("next |
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generation Portage") with the release of Portage 2.0.51[6]. This release |
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added several new features, including initial support for GPG package |
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validation, FHS compliance, and significant performance improvements - not |
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the least of which is the use of lockfiles for parallel fetching and |
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merging. Of particular interest is the --newuse flag, which permits the |
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re-emergence of affected packages after a USE flag change. |
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6. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20041025-newsletter.xml |
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This culminated a long series of upgrades to portage that saw the shift |
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from make.conf globals and command-line keywords to the use of |
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configuration files in /etc/portage that permitted finer package-level |
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control. In particular, the use of the package.keywords file now permits |
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the use of per-package keywords. |
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LiveCD ISOs Available via BitTorrent |
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In August, the Gentoo 2004.2 LiveCD had a parallel release using |
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BitTorrent[7]. This allowed more efficient downloads of the large files |
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using the popular P2P protocol. The experiment was a success, and it is |
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expected that this option will remain available for future releases. |
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7. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20040823-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1 |
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Release of the Gentoo Developer Handbook |
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In July, we reported[8] that devrel had released of an updated and |
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expanded Gentoo Developer Handbook[9] that outlined not only the details |
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of how to create and edit ebuilds, but the policies and infrastructure |
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necessary to do so efficiently and as part of a team. |
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8. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20040726-newsletter.xml#doc_chap2 |
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9. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml |
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Deprecation of x11 in Favor of xorg |
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In September, the default X11 virtual was changed from the one provided by |
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XFree86[10] (xfree) to that provided by X.Org[11] (xorg-x11). This meant |
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that, by default, the GUI installed on portage would be the version from |
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X.Org. This move was prompted by some changes made to XFree86's license |
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for the 4.4.0 release that raised some question as to whether it was |
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compatible with GPL'd software that linked X11 libraries. As of 31 |
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December 2004, XFree86 appears to be obsoleted and will be removed from |
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the Portage tree, writes maintainer Donnie Berkholz[12]. |
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10. http://www.xfree86.org/ |
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11. http://www.x.org/ |
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12. spyderous@g.o |
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Gentoo named a finalist for the LWE product excellence awards |
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In January, we reported[13] that Gentoo had been named a finalist in the |
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Linux World Expo Product Excellence Awards, in the category "best Open |
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Source project". Gentoo was also nominated for the same award for the |
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August LWE. Unfortunately, we lost to RealNetworks' Helix Player project |
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and Firefox, respectively, but being named a finalist showed the |
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recognition that Gentoo is getting in mainstream Linux circles. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20040119-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1_sec2 |
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Public Release of the Catalyst Tool |
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2004 saw substantial development on and a public release of the |
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Catalyst[14] tool, which is used to generate and build the stages, |
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packages and LiveCDs. The tool permits users to create their own |
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architecture-specific LiveCDs, for example to create their own custom |
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install builds, or to create a bootable Linux CD with a specific set of |
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tools. |
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14. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/ |
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Release of Tenshi |
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In June, we announced[15] the release of Tenshi[16] (formerly Wasabi), a |
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log monitoring tool. Tenshi was developed for use on Gentoo infrastructure |
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servers, but rapidly became robust enough for general release. Tenshi was |
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one of the first software projects sponsored by Gentoo. |
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15. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20040607-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1 |
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16. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/infrastructure/tenshi/ |
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Gentoo/PPC and the PegasosPPC |
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Since October[17], Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.[18] (a Motorola company) |
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donated 13 PegasosPPC desktops, equiped with 1 GHz G4 CPUs to Gentoo |
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developers. This generous donation, to encourage development of FOSS |
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Software on the platform, is an indication of the remarkable progress |
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being made by the Gentoo PPC team in advancing Gentoo's support for that |
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architecture. In November, we reported[19] that The Luxembourg-based |
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company Genesi S.à.r.l.[20] had started shipping PegasosPPCs with Gentoo |
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pre-installed. |
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17. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20041011-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1 |
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18. http://www.freescale.com/ |
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19. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20041129-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1 |
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20. http://www.genesi.lu/ |
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3. GWN Staff Profiles |
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Summary |
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* Editor |
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* Authors |
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* German Translation Team |
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* Italian Translation Team |
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* Polish Translation Team |
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* Turkish Translation Team |
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Editor |
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Figure 3.1: Ulrich Plate |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_plate.jpg |
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Ulrich Plate[21] has been with the GWN ever since its inaugural issue two |
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years ago, but only recently took over the role of its editor from Yuji |
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Carlos Kosugi who left in September 2004 to concentrate on his studies. |
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Ulrich makes no secret of significant deficits in mastering the |
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technicalities of publishing a newsletter, but can fall back on his |
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training as a journalist and PR specialist for IT companies going back 20 |
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years to yield acceptable results, as far as presenting content is |
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concerned. Each weekend the process of editing the GWN is under close |
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surveillance by his family who try to make sure he doesn't spend too much |
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time on it, with the actual publication on Monday morning 0:00 UTC |
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providing little comfort - as a non-English speaker he's very much afraid |
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of inadvertently saying "Belgium" some day. |
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21. plate@g.o |
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Figure 3.1: AJ Armstrong |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_aja.jpg |
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AJ Armstrong[22] began working on the GWN when it first began in 2002. He |
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recently returned to working on it from several months' hiatus that |
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followed the birth of his first child. AJ teaches Computer Engineering |
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Technology at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, including |
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courses in Embedded Linux and Operating Systems theory. He also practices |
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Karate and enjoys SCUBA diving, but most of his time is currently spent |
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trying to figure out his son, who unfortunately arrived without any man |
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pages. |
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22. aja@g.o |
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Figure 3.2: Brian Downey |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_bdowney.jpg |
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Brian Downey[23] began working on the community section of the GWN in |
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September 2003. Other than breaking his Linux servers and Mac workstation |
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computers, he spends his time with his wife Phaedrah and their cat Millie. |
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This summer, he's planning on teaching an introductory Linux college |
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course in between running a Linux consulting business and playing guitar |
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and drums in his band. |
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23. bdowney@×××××××××××.net |
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Figure 3.3: Patrick Lauer |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_patrick.jpg |
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Patrick Lauer[24] Patrick Lauer has been writing the summaries for the |
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gentoo-dev mailing list, some Tips and Tricks and other miscellaneous bits |
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of news since he joined the GWN team in September 2004. He is a student of |
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Computer Science at the RWTH Aachen in Germany, with most of his spare |
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time being wasted between IRC (where he is known as bonsaikitten) and the |
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Gentoo mailing lists where he is rumored to be building up a somewhat |
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trollish reputation. Patrick's focus in Gentoo is on hunting bugs, and he |
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intends to get a fully automated compile farm in the near future. Apart |
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from that he's a busy Gentoo evangelist and tries to convert everybody he |
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knows to the one true Linux. |
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24. patrick@g.o |
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German Translation Team |
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German Translators |
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Figure 3.1: Marc Herren |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_herren.png |
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Marc Herren aka dj-submerge[25] is 27 years old and lives in Bern |
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(Switzerland). He's using Linux since 1998 and Gentoo for about 3 years. |
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Currently he's working as a project leader in a networking company mainly |
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dealing with HP-UX and Linux. Besides computers he plays volleyball a lot |
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and spins the turntables. |
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25. dj-submerge@g.o |
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Figure 3.2: Tobias Scherbaum |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_scherbaum.jpg |
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Tobias Scherbaum[26] is 23 years old and lives in Oberhausen (Germany). A |
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Gentoo user for about two and a half years, he is responsible for German |
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translations within the Gentoo Documentation Project[27]. Sometimes he |
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also contributes some "Tips & Tricks" to the GWN. |
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26. dertobi123@g.o |
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27. http://gdp.gentoo.org |
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Figure 3.3: Matthias F. Brandstetter |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_brandstetter.jpg |
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Matthias F. Brandstetter[28] is 21 and lives in Vienna (Austria). When he |
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isn't translating the GWN into German, he is working as a freelancing |
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Linux IT Consultant. In his spare time, Matthias likes to party with |
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friends or read an interesting book. |
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28. haim@g.o |
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Figure 3.4: Tobias Hansen |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_hansen.jpg |
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Tobias Hansen[29], 24 years old, lives in Frankfurt am Main. He works as a |
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computer scientist for end-to-end performance and availability |
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measurements, and has been using Gentoo since 2002. |
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29. tph@g.o |
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Nadi Sarrar[30] is 23 years old, lives in Berlin and is a Computer Science |
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student at the Technical University of Berlin. A Gentoo Linux user since |
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about 1.5 years, he enjoys making and listening to music besides |
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functional programming. |
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30. nadi@g.o |
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Markus Luisser[31]is 29 years old and works at the Institute of Chemical |
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Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, finishing his PhD |
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thesis in the field of mechanical engineering. His job at the university |
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carries the advantage of exclusively using Gentoo since more than two |
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years. He spends his spare time mostly training Aikido. |
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31. mluisser@g.o |
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Figure 3.5: Martin Ebner |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_ebner.jpg |
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Martin Ebner[32]is 29 years and lives in Salzburg, Austria. He is employed |
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as a software developer in a company for access solutions - mainly in a |
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Microsoft environment. As compensation he works with Linux for some years |
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now at home. He is using Gentoo Linux since 1.5 years on his home server |
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which is used as video server based on MythTV beside other typical server |
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functions. Aside from computers he plays the trumpet and participates in |
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folkloristic activities like the "Biergemeinschaft Gaisberg" |
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(beer-community Gaisberg). |
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32. martin@g.o |
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Figure 3.6: Tobias Matzat |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_matzat.jpg |
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Tobias Matzat[33]is 24 years old, lives in Trier and studies computer |
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science at the Trier University of Applied Sciences. He's been using Linux |
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and Gentoo for several years now, playing basketball, reading a good book |
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and listening to loud music in his spare time. |
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33. SirSeoman@g.o |
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Figure 3.7: Thomas Raschbacher |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_raschbacher.jpg |
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Austrian Thomas Raschbacher[34] aka LordVan is 22 years old and moved to |
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the UK in October this year. He's using Linux since 1995 and Gentoo for |
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about 3 years. Currently looking for a job in the UK, he is a Gentoo |
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developer since December 2002. When he's not coding or translating the GWN |
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he's usually listening to music, studying Japanese, reading Mangas or |
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watching Animes. |
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34. lordvan@g.o |
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Figure 3.8: Daniel Gerholdt |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_gerholdt.jpg |
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Daniel Gerholdt[35], also know as Sputnik1969 is 35 years old and lives in |
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Germany's capital Berlin. He uses Linux since 1998 and discovered Gentoo |
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in 2002. He is also looking for a new job, and has returned to studying at |
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school whenever he's not mistreating his computer. |
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35. sputnik1969@g.o |
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Italian Translation Team |
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Figure 3.1: Marco Mascherpa |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_marco.jpg |
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Marco Mascherpa is 25 and lives in Milan, Italy. This year, after |
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completing his degree in Computer Engineering, he has started working for |
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a small consulting company. His contributions to the Gentoo project began |
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at the end of 2002, translating the GWN, now he leads the Italian |
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translators team. He loves to travel with his beautiful girlfriend, |
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Raffaella, and he spends his spare time watching movies and reading. |
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Figure 3.2: Stefano Rossi |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_rossi.jpg |
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Stefano Rossi is 25 years old, born and living in Rome, Italy. He has been |
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on the Italian translation team for more than a year. He is studying |
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Economics at the University Roma Tre. His favourite hobby is to follow the |
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matches of AS Roma's soccer team everywhere in Italy, when possible. |
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Figure 3.3: Stefano Lucidi |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_lucidi.jpg |
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Stefano Lucidi 24 years old and lives in Rome, Italy. He works as an IT |
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consultant and studies computer science at the same time. Stefano started |
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using Gentoo 3 years ago because a friend talked him into it, and but it |
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was love on first sight, eventually making him the founder and |
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administrator of Gentoo-Italia[36], a web site with news for the Italian |
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community, and the new wiki[37] |
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36. http://www.gentoo-italia.net |
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37. http://wiki.gentoo-italia.net |
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Polish Translation Team |
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Figure 3.1: Kuba Bożanowski |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_jbozanowski.jpg |
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Kuba 'fixxxer' Bożanowski[38] is a 24 year old CS student, living in |
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Opole, Poland (although that's probably going to change once he's done |
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with his thesis). Apart from computers he loves riding his mountain bike |
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and playing guitar in a heavy metal band. He also enjoys a good read and |
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good food (We've heard that he makes a pretty good pizza). |
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38. jbozanowski@×××××.com |
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Figure 3.2: Jakub Dziwisz |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_dziwisz.jpg |
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Jakub Dziwisz[39] lives in Krakow, Poland. He studies Computer Science at |
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AGH-University of Science and Technology. His main field of interest and |
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subject of his Master's Thesis is Grid computing. Recently, he started a |
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portal devoted to these issues, www.grid-scape.org[40]. He has used Gentoo |
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as his default OS since 2002, and since May he has helped to translate the |
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GWN into Polish. |
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39. dziwisz@××××××××××××××.pl |
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40. http://www.grid-scape.org/ |
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Karol Góralski[41] lives in Radom, Poland, and works as system |
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administrator. He maintains the gentoo.pl[42] server, providing many |
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services for Polish Gentoo users. He has been involved in translation of |
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the GWN for several months. |
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41. gooroo@××××××.pl |
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42. http://www.gentoo.pl |
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Łukasz Strzygowski[43] is a 16 year old high school student, born and |
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living in Kielce, Poland. He has used Gentoo for about two years. He is |
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coordinator of Polish translation for the GWN, and was also involved in |
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translation of the Gentoo Handbook. He was recently named a a member of |
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the Gentoo development team and maintains some python-related packages. In |
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his spare time he reads and learns programming. |
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43. lucass@××××××.or |
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Turkish Translation Team |
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Figure 3.1: Bahadır Kandemir |
462 |
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_bahadir.jpg |
463 |
|
464 |
Bahadır Kandemir[44] is a 22 year old Computer Engineering student, born |
465 |
and living in Turkey. On his last year in college, he started working on |
466 |
Gentoo Handbook translations. After seeing its customizability and |
467 |
performance, he switched to Gentoo Linux. Bahadır has been translating GWN |
468 |
to Turkish since October 2004. He also works part-time for an automotive |
469 |
factory as an Intranet Applications Developer, but unfortunately he works |
470 |
with non-Unix operating systems. |
471 |
44. bahadir@g.o |
472 |
|
473 |
Figure 3.2: Erkan Kaplan |
474 |
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041229_erkan.jpg |
475 |
|
476 |
Erkan Kaplan[45] is a 34 year-old Management Economist, born in Turkey, |
477 |
living in Germany since 1992. He previously administrated Gentoo Handbook |
478 |
Turkish translations, and now he works on many translation projects |
479 |
including GWN, Gentoo Handbook and Mozilla. He has been a Linux addict |
480 |
since 1995, and a Gentoo Linux user since 2003. In his spare time, Erkan |
481 |
plays with his AS400 and analog electronic circuits. Now he's interested |
482 |
in Java, and will start studying "Software Programming with Java" at |
483 |
VW-Akademie in January. |
484 |
45. erkan@××××××××××××××.org |
485 |
|
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============== |
487 |
4. Future zone |
488 |
============== |
489 |
|
490 |
Closing in on Qt 4.0 |
491 |
-------------------- |
492 |
|
493 |
Qt 4.0 beta1 is now available in portage (hard masked, and still under |
494 |
development). The Trolls[46] have been hard at work to provide this major |
495 |
upgrade to the already popular Qt3 based desktop. New features include: |
496 |
46. http://www.trolltech.com |
497 |
|
498 |
* Tulip, a new set of template container classes. |
499 |
* Interview, a model/view architecture for item views. |
500 |
* Arthur, the Qt 4 painting framework. |
501 |
* Scribe, the Unicode text renderer with a public API for performing |
502 |
low-level text layout. |
503 |
* Mainwindow, a modern action-based mainwindow, toolbar, menu, and |
504 |
docking architecture. |
505 |
|
506 |
In addition, the following modules have been significantly improved since |
507 |
Qt 3: |
508 |
|
509 |
* A fully cross-platform accessibility module, with support for the |
510 |
emerging SP-API Unix standard in addition to Microsoft and Mac |
511 |
Accessibility. |
512 |
* The SQL module, which is now based on the Interview model/view |
513 |
framework. |
514 |
* The network module, with better support for UDP and synchronous |
515 |
sockets. |
516 |
* The style API, which is now decoupled from the widgets, meaning that |
517 |
you can draw any user interface element on any device (widget, pixmap, |
518 |
etc.). |
519 |
* Enhanced thread support, with signal-slot connections across threads |
520 |
and per-thread event loops. |
521 |
|
522 |
The code is not production ready yet - there are still bugs to be worked |
523 |
out and ebuild installation issues to work through. However, software |
524 |
writers who are using the Qt3 library may be interested in upgrading to |
525 |
see what the latest offerings are, and begin looking at migrating their |
526 |
codebase. Upgrading to Qt4 should not interfere with an existing Qt3 |
527 |
installation. |
528 |
|
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More details can be found here[47]. |
530 |
47. http://doc.trolltech.com/4.0/ |
531 |
|
532 |
================== |
533 |
5. Gentoo security |
534 |
================== |
535 |
|
536 |
kfax: Multiple overflows in the included TIFF library |
537 |
----------------------------------------------------- |
538 |
|
539 |
kfax contains several buffer overflows potentially leading to execution of |
540 |
arbitrary code. |
541 |
|
542 |
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[48] |
543 |
48. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-17.xml |
544 |
|
545 |
abcm2ps: Buffer overflow vulnerability |
546 |
-------------------------------------- |
547 |
|
548 |
abcm2ps is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote |
549 |
execution of arbitrary code. |
550 |
|
551 |
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[49] |
552 |
49. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-18.xml |
553 |
|
554 |
phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities |
555 |
------------------------------------ |
556 |
|
557 |
phpMyAdmin contains multiple vulnerabilities which could lead to file |
558 |
disclosure or command execution. |
559 |
|
560 |
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[50] |
561 |
50. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-19.xml |
562 |
|
563 |
NASM: Buffer overflow vulnerability |
564 |
----------------------------------- |
565 |
|
566 |
NASM is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to execute |
567 |
arbitrary code through the use of a malicious object file. |
568 |
|
569 |
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[51] |
570 |
51. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-20.xml |
571 |
|
572 |
MPlayer: Multiple overflows |
573 |
--------------------------- |
574 |
|
575 |
Multiple overflow vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer, potentially |
576 |
resulting in remote executing of arbitrary code. |
577 |
|
578 |
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[52] |
579 |
52. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-21.xml |
580 |
|
581 |
mpg123: Playlist buffer overflow |
582 |
-------------------------------- |
583 |
|
584 |
mpg123 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to |
585 |
execute arbitrary code through the use of a malicious playlist. |
586 |
|
587 |
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[53] |
588 |
53. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-22.xml |
589 |
|
590 |
Zwiki: XSS vulnerability |
591 |
------------------------ |
592 |
|
593 |
Zwiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. |
594 |
|
595 |
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[54] |
596 |
54. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-23.xml |
597 |
|
598 |
========================= |
599 |
6. Heard in the community |
600 |
========================= |
601 |
|
602 |
Web forums |
603 |
---------- |
604 |
|
605 |
Overclockers: The day after... |
606 |
|
607 |
What happens if you meticulously apply all tricks in the GCC book to your |
608 |
compilations, include all CFLAGS recommended by Acovea and known to man, |
609 |
and try to break all records of optimizations for packages in Gentoo? |
610 |
Exactly, you get to keep the pieces: |
611 |
|
612 |
* Acovea analysis results against real world programs[55] |
613 |
55. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=271084 |
614 |
|
615 |
gentoo-user |
616 |
----------- |
617 |
|
618 |
Package Manager Debate! |
619 |
|
620 |
Emacs versus vim. Intel versus AMD. Now, portage versus RedHat's up2date. |
621 |
What are the fundamental differences, advantages, and disadvantages of |
622 |
up2date and Portage? The Gentoo community pipes up honest opinions and |
623 |
great information, as usual. Let the debate begin! |
624 |
|
625 |
* Gentoo's Portage vs. Redhat's up2date[56] |
626 |
56. |
627 |
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/linux.gentoo.user/browse_thread/thread/222eac5c2ad82bbe/03265c7b784e038f#03265c7b784e038f |
628 |
|
629 |
Building Custom Kernels and Portage |
630 |
|
631 |
How does one build a custom kernel with specific options, outside of |
632 |
Portage but then at the same time notify the system that the said packages |
633 |
are already installed? In this thread, one user installs the ALSA sound |
634 |
system manually, and several other list memebers offer suggestions and |
635 |
guidance to get Portage to behave as requested. |
636 |
|
637 |
* ALSA and my own kernel[57] |
638 |
57. |
639 |
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/linux.gentoo.user/browse_thread/thread/e6706fb81d0f3cb2/aead1a0b5c042219?_done=%2Fgroup%2Flinux.gentoo.user%2Fthreads%3Fstart%3D30%26order%3Drecent%26&_doneTitle=Back&&d#aead1a0b5c042219 |
640 |
|
641 |
====================== |
642 |
7. Gentoo in the press |
643 |
====================== |
644 |
|
645 |
Linux Weekly News (23 December 2004) |
646 |
------------------------------------ |
647 |
|
648 |
In its yearly distro roundup[58], the Linux Weekly News (to whom we owe |
649 |
much gratitude for redistributing the GWN to their own readers each week!) |
650 |
mentions Gentoo: "Following a dramatic growth in popularity during the |
651 |
previous two years, the source-based Gentoo Linux has now matured into a |
652 |
mainstream, yet unique distribution that appeals to many technical users. |
653 |
Its adoption might be slowing down, though - not because Gentoo's founder |
654 |
Daniel Robbins is no longer with the project, but rather because most |
655 |
binary distributions have improved their package management to the point |
656 |
that dependency issues are no longer as annoying as they used to be. Also, |
657 |
some users have found that maintaining and updating a Gentoo system is |
658 |
time-consuming and not entirely fool-proof. Still, Gentoo has emerged (pun |
659 |
intended) as one of the most prominent and innovative Linux community |
660 |
projects, with unparalleled documentation, active community involvement, |
661 |
and ongoing work on support for new hardware architectures." |
662 |
58. http://lwn.net/Articles/116694/ |
663 |
|
664 |
Linux Weekly News (16 December 2004) |
665 |
------------------------------------ |
666 |
|
667 |
One week before, Ladislav Bodnar of Distrowatch[59] fame wrote an |
668 |
article[60] for the same Linux Weekly News about his experiences with |
669 |
installing and running Gentoo Linux on the AMD64 platform. Having done the |
670 |
same exercise with Debian and Fedora in earlier LWN issues, he admits to |
671 |
having "cursed profusely" everytime compile errors delayed a successful |
672 |
installation, but closes with the observation that "while the effort |
673 |
required to achieve that goal was far greater than with the other two |
674 |
distributions, there is little doubt that Gentoo Linux is an elegant |
675 |
operating system with powerful package management and truly superb |
676 |
documentation." |
677 |
59. http://www.distrowatch.com |
678 |
60. http://lwn.net/Articles/114992/ |
679 |
|
680 |
================ |
681 |
8. Bugzilla 2004 |
682 |
================ |
683 |
|
684 |
Summary |
685 |
------- |
686 |
|
687 |
* Statistics |
688 |
* Closed Bug Ranking |
689 |
|
690 |
Statistics |
691 |
---------- |
692 |
|
693 |
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[61]) to record and |
694 |
track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the |
695 |
development team. For 2004, between 1 January and 26 December, activity on |
696 |
the site resulted in: |
697 |
61. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
698 |
|
699 |
* 38691 new bugs this year |
700 |
* 22004 bugs closed or resolved this year |
701 |
* 263 previously closed bugs were reopened this year |
702 |
|
703 |
Of the 7810 currently open bugs: 114 are labeled 'blocker', 229 are |
704 |
labeled 'critical', and 553 are labeled 'major'. |
705 |
|
706 |
Closed Bug Rankings |
707 |
------------------- |
708 |
|
709 |
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs this year are: |
710 |
|
711 |
* AMD64 Porting Team[62], with 1534 closed bugs[63] |
712 |
* Gentoo Games[64], with 915 closed bugs[65] |
713 |
* Gentoo KDE team[66], with 780 closed bugs[67] |
714 |
* Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[68], with 759 closed bugs[69] |
715 |
* Jeremy Huddleston[70], with 679 closed bugs[71] |
716 |
* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[72], with 664 closed bugs[73] |
717 |
* Java Team[74], with 647 closed bugs[75] |
718 |
* Portage Team[76], with 559 closed bugs[77] |
719 |
* PPC64 Architecture Team[78], with 515 closed bugs[79] |
720 |
* Mike Frysinger[80], with 442 closed bugs[81] |
721 |
* Gentoo Security[82], with 396 closed bugs[83] |
722 |
* Net-Mail Packages[84], with 381 closed bugs[85] |
723 |
* Media-Video herd[86], with 358 closed bugs[87] |
724 |
* Sven Vermeulen[88], with 349 closed bugs[89] |
725 |
* PPC Porters[90], with 314 closed bugs[91] |
726 |
* Gentoo X-windows Packagers[92], with 298 closed bugs[93] |
727 |
* Mozilla Gentoo Team[94], with 281 closed bugs[95] |
728 |
* x86 Kernel Team[96], with 279 closed bugs[97] |
729 |
* Mirror Admins[98], with 239 closed bugs[99] |
730 |
* Perl Devs[100], with 234 closed bugs[101] |
731 |
* GCC Porting Team[102], with 229 closed bugs[103] |
732 |
* Gentoo Science Related Packages[104], with 225 closed bugs[105] |
733 |
* Gentoo Python Team[106], with 221 closed bugs[107] |
734 |
* Gentoo Sound Team[108], with 218 closed bugs[109] |
735 |
* Text-Markup Team[110], with 202 closed bugs[111] |
736 |
62. amd64@g.o |
737 |
63. |
738 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64@g.o |
739 |
64. games@g.o |
740 |
65. |
741 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@g.o |
742 |
66. kde@g.o |
743 |
67. |
744 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde@g.o |
745 |
68. base-system@g.o |
746 |
69. |
747 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=base-system@g.o |
748 |
70. eradicator@g.o |
749 |
71. |
750 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=eradicator@g.o |
751 |
72. gnome@g.o |
752 |
73. |
753 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=gnome@g.o |
754 |
74. java@g.o |
755 |
75. |
756 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=java@g.o |
757 |
76. dev-portage@g.o |
758 |
77. |
759 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=dev-portage@g.o |
760 |
78. ppc64@g.o |
761 |
79. |
762 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=ppc64@g.o |
763 |
80. vapier@g.o |
764 |
81. |
765 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=vapier@g.o |
766 |
82. security@g.o |
767 |
83. |
768 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security@g.o |
769 |
84. net-mail@g.o |
770 |
85. |
771 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=net-mail@g.o |
772 |
86. media-video@g.o |
773 |
87. |
774 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=media-video@g.o |
775 |
88. swift@g.o |
776 |
89. |
777 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=swift@g.o |
778 |
90. ppc@g.o |
779 |
91. |
780 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=ppc@g.o |
781 |
92. x11@g.o |
782 |
93. |
783 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=x11@g.o |
784 |
94. mozilla@g.o |
785 |
95. |
786 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=mozilla@g.o |
787 |
96. x86-kernel@g.o |
788 |
97. |
789 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=x86-kernel@g.o |
790 |
98. mirror-admin@g.o |
791 |
99. |
792 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=mirror-admin@g.o |
793 |
100. perl@g.o |
794 |
101. |
795 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=perl@g.o |
796 |
102. gcc-porting@g.o |
797 |
103. |
798 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=gcc-porting@g.o |
799 |
104. sci@g.o |
800 |
105. |
801 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sci@g.o |
802 |
106. python@g.o |
803 |
107. |
804 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=python@g.o |
805 |
108. sound@g.o |
806 |
109. |
807 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sound@g.o |
808 |
110. text-markup@g.o |
809 |
111. |
810 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-01&chfieldto=2004-12-26&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=text-markup@g.o |
811 |
|
812 |
=========================== |
813 |
9. Moves, adds, and changes |
814 |
=========================== |
815 |
|
816 |
Moves |
817 |
----- |
818 |
|
819 |
The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: |
820 |
|
821 |
* None this week |
822 |
|
823 |
Adds |
824 |
---- |
825 |
|
826 |
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: |
827 |
|
828 |
* Matthew Marlowe (MattM) - Apache |
829 |
* Ming Zhao (ming) - tcltk herd, Gnome, CJK |
830 |
* Marcus Hanwell (cryos) - Scientific herd, AMD64 |
831 |
|
832 |
Changes |
833 |
------- |
834 |
|
835 |
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux |
836 |
project: |
837 |
|
838 |
* Jochen Maes (SeJo) - Recruiters (additional role) |
839 |
|
840 |
===================== |
841 |
10. Contribute to GWN |
842 |
===================== |
843 |
|
844 |
Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an |
845 |
email[112]. |
846 |
112. gwn-feedback@g.o |
847 |
|
848 |
================ |
849 |
11. GWN feedback |
850 |
================ |
851 |
|
852 |
Please send us your feedback[113] and help make the GWN better. |
853 |
113. gwn-feedback@g.o |
854 |
|
855 |
================================ |
856 |
12. GWN subscription information |
857 |
================================ |
858 |
|
859 |
To subscribe to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, send a blank email to |
860 |
gentoo-gwn-subscribe@g.o. |
861 |
|
862 |
To unsubscribe to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, send a blank email to |
863 |
gentoo-gwn-unsubscribe@g.o from the email address you are |
864 |
subscribed under. |
865 |
|
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=================== |
867 |
13. Other languages |
868 |
=================== |
869 |
|
870 |
The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is also available in the following languages: |
871 |
|
872 |
* Danish[114] |
873 |
* Dutch[115] |
874 |
* English[116] |
875 |
* German[117] |
876 |
* French[118] |
877 |
* Japanese[119] |
878 |
* Italian[120] |
879 |
* Polish[121] |
880 |
* Portuguese (Brazil)[122] |
881 |
* Portuguese (Portugal)[123] |
882 |
* Russian[124] |
883 |
* Spanish[125] |
884 |
* Turkish[126] |
885 |
114. http://www.gentoo.org/news/da/gwn/gwn.xml |
886 |
115. http://www.gentoo.org/news/be/gwn/gwn.xml |
887 |
116. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/gwn.xml |
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120. http://www.gentoo.org/news/it/gwn/gwn.xml |
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121. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pl/gwn/gwn.xml |
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122. http://www.gentoo.org/news/br/gwn/gwn.xml |
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123. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pt/gwn/gwn.xml |
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124. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ru/gwn/gwn.xml |
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125. http://www.gentoo.org/news/es/gwn/gwn.xml |
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126. http://www.gentoo.org/news/tr/gwn/gwn.xml |
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Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o> - Editor |
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AJ Armstrong <aja@g.o> - Author |
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Brian Downey <bdowney@×××××××××××.net> - Author |
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Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> - Author |
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