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[arch-announce] Newsletter for August, 2008
by Recent News Updates 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the [Newsletter for August, 2008][1]. To discuss this newsletter, [click here][2]. To read past issues of the Arch Linux Newsletter, [here they are][3]. [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/newsletter-2008-Aug-04.html [2]: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=52734 [3]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/ URL: http://archlinux.org/news/403/

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[arch-announce] On The Road to KDE 4.1
by Recent News Updates 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

On July 29th the KDE team will announce the final release of KDE 4.1, the first usable version of the fourth generation. To make it possible for Arch users to join the release party in time, there are packages for 4.1 in our [testing] repository. Please take this chance to test those and report any packaging bugs using the bug tracker. Before you update you should read the following hints: * This update will NOT be smooth. Not all config files of the old KDE are compatible with 4.1. While the old are kept in ~/.kde the new ones are in /~.kde4. They won't be converted automagically. You could try to copy some files manually and see what happens. This might work for kmail, konqueror and others, but will break things for others. Maybe KDE will release a tool for doing this. * If you want to use the KDE desktop make sure you have kdebase-workspace installed, which includes the kdm, the taskbar etc. * if pacman wants to replace packages: Answer YES :-) * At the time of writing not all KDE-based packages have been rebuilt for use with new KDE or "legacy libs". If you cannot wait, installing kdelibs3 should make them work. But this will be fixed in the repos before things are pushed to [extra] of course. * If you start KDM with inittab make sure to change its path from /opt/kde to /usr * Don't force the upgrade ( -f); report a bug instead * You might want to (re)move your ~/Desktop folder if you don't like that folder view * The first login takes a while; don't worry about this. It's creating new configs etc. * If you use an nvidia card, please read http://techbase.kde.org/User:Lemma/GPU-Performance * For a short overview about the new features read http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.1/ URL: http://archlinux.org/news/402/

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[arch-announce] Welcome, New Developers
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

You all may have noticed that we had a job opening posted here on the front page news. It took some time, but we got a grand total 42 applicants (wow). After we sifted through things, and counted (I had to use my fingers), we decided to bring on 7 new developers. I know many of you were hoping for this position, and just because you weren't chosen doesn't mean we didn't want you on board, there were a lot of factors at work here. For those of you who applied and weren't TUs, I'd recommend you try that route if you still want to contribute to Arch. For those of you who are TUs, keep doing what you're doing - you guys do some amazing work. So, without further ado, please give a warm welcome to: Ronald van Haren (pressh) Giovanni Scafora (voidnull) Alexander Fehr (pizzapunk) Douglas Soares de Andrade (dsa) Vesa Kaihlavirta (vegai) Don Stewart (dons) Hugo Doria (hdoria) Additionally, we brought on 3 other people in the past few weeks, who also need to be mentioned here: Allan McRae (Allan) Dusty Phillips (Dusty) François Charette (Firmicus) Well done guys, and welcome. URL: http://archlinux.org/news/401/

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[arch-announce] Newsletter for July 01, 2008
by Recent News Updates 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the [Newsletter for July 01, 2008][1]. To discuss this newsletter, [click here][2]. [1]: http://archlinux.org/static/newsletters/newsletter-2008-Jul-07.html [2]: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51112 URL: http://archlinux.org/news/400/

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[arch-announce] netcfg 2.1.0 in [testing]
by Recent News Updates 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

The changes in this release: - Remove driver specific hacks/quirks, and require them to be opt-in via config option - Separate automagic connection code from net-profiles - Fix various bugs - Add option to run iwconfig with whatever arguments before connecting (all wireless setups) More details on the netcfg2 git branch on [projects.archlinux.org][1] Documentation for the changes can be found on the [Network Profiles development][2] wiki page. If you've sent James (iphitus) a bug report via forums/email in the last month, or he's promised to fix a bug and hasn't, now is a good time to send an email to remind him. [1]: http://projects.archlinux.org [2]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Profiles_development URL: http://archlinux.org/news/399/

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[arch-announce] Archlinux 2008.06 - "Overlord"
by Recent News Updates 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

The 2008.06 images are out. This release introduces many changes. - 'base' category is always installed - Use of UUIDs for persistent device naming - Availability of USB disk images alongside traditional ISOs - True live Arch installation environment - Inclusion of the beginner's guide from the wiki - Documentation updates - Includes the current stable kernel, 2.6.25.6 URL: http://archlinux.org/news/398/

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[arch-announce] Job Opening
by Recent News Updates 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

Hey kids, The ArchLinux dev team is looking for a few package maintainers! Basic Duties: * Maintain a handful of official Arch Linux packages in [extra] * Participate in mailing list discussion on arch-dev * Work constructively with other users and developers to fix bugs and improve packages Skills: * A strong knowledge of Arch Linux and Linux in general * A good understanding of pacman and makepkg * Well-written, good communication * Enough free time! If you feel you meet our expectations and have the time and desire to be on the Arch team, please send an email to [aaron][1] containing the following: * How long you've been active with Linux, and ArchLinux. * Any projects you've created or contributed to * A list of packages you maintain in the AUR/community * Any specific goals you may have in mind when joining our team * Any nicknames you use, in case I can't match the name to the nick yet 8) * Any specific packages you'd be interested in maintaining. [1]: mailto:aaron@archlinux.org URL: http://archlinux.org/news/397/

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[arch-announce] Newsletter for June 04, 2008
by Recent News Updates 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the [Newsletter for June 04, 2008][1]. To discuss this newsletter, [click here][2]. [1]: http://archlinux.org/static/newsletters/newsletter-2008-Jun-02.html [2]: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=49718 URL: http://archlinux.org/news/396/

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[arch-announce] Website Update
by Recent News Updates 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Greetings Archers. For those of you who didn't notice, the website went through a major 'under the hood' update on the evening of May 23rd. Things in the update: - multiple architecture support - dependency and required_by listings for package info - svn (repos.archlinux.org) link integration - bug fixes - many backend changes Sorry for the delay in posting the news. One more thing. Cerebral wanted me to mention his awesomeness. Done. :) URL: http://archlinux.org/news/395/

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[arch-announce] Linux 2.6.25 moves to core
by Recent News Updates 28 May '08

28 May '08

It took much longer than usual, I'm sorry for that, but kernel26 has now been moved to core. Here are the changes: - Configuration has been reviewed completely, some more drivers have been enabled, configurations for both architectures are now in sync - IO accounting has been enabled, this makes it possible to use iotop - Cleaned up the kernel patches, everything is now in one big -ARCH patch, for details look at http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=linux-2.6-ARCH.git;a=summary Problems: - The USB subsystem can now only be accessed by GPL kernel modules. Therefore, the slmodem USB module does no longer work. I compiled the slmodem package without the slusb.ko module, I have no idea if this is still useful. - martian no longer compiles, I have no idea why and didn't find a fix for it. - Some users report that their iwl4965 is broken in 2.6.25, while others say it works fine. See these two bug reports: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10389, http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10442 I advise all affected users to keep a copy of the old kernel26 and module packages or not to update at all. Some of the configuration changes made the kernel more modular, therefore you may need to load some modules manually or via rc.conf, examples are the 'loop' and 'autofs4' modules. URL: http://archlinux.org/news/394/

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