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Linux-Announce Digest #810
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Linux-Announce Digest #810, Volume #4 Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:13:03 EDT
Contents:
ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.0.2 (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
ANNOUNCE: Ftwall 1.09 Release (P2P Firewall add-on to Iptables) (Chris Lowth)
Join Software Freedom Day, Aug 28, 2004 ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
[HUMBUG] Next Meeting - 3rd July 2004 (Mark Suter)
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.0.2 (fwd)
Date: 25 Jun 2004 07:35:01 GMT
========== Forwarded message ==========
Hi,
GIMP version 2.0.2 is now available from
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.0/.
Please use one of the mirrors listed at
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors
This is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.0 series. Quite some bugs
have been fixed so an update is highly recommened. Here's a detailed
list of improvements:
- several build fixes (#140115, #142907, #143069)
- allow plug-ins to register menu entries from within init() (#139969)
- fixed focus issues with tool dialogs (#139349)
- allow to load grayscale TGA files
- a couple of string and i18n fixes (#140296, #140039, #137036, #142996)
- fixed crash in template editor (#140315)
- fixed crash in IWarp plug-in (#140554)
- fixed snap to guides (#140649)
- made the PNG plug-in handle empty colormaps (#142029)
- fixed bug in text editor dialog (#141792)
- fixed Old Photo script-fu (#142326)
- fixed glitch in the Curves tool dialog (#142506)
- don't allow tablet pressure to become negative (#123811)
- improved range of tablet pressure values (#142808)
- better defaults for tablet pressure (#143626)
- fixed use of screen color picker with XInput devices (#143166)
- actually return values from the run function of Python scripts (#141338)
- documentation fixes (#142618)
- fixed bug in the save routine of the TIFF plug-in (#143522)
- don't let Curve Bend silently apply the layer mask (#134748)
- fixed bug in Blur plug-in (#142318)
- fixed mask offsets after crop operations (#143860)
- let extensions run synchronously when called via PDB (#140112)
- updated (and some new) translations
Happy GIMPing, Sven
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From: Chris Lowth <chris@lowth.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Ftwall 1.09 Release (P2P Firewall add-on to Iptables)
Date: 25 Jun 2004 18:55:02 GMT
Version 1.09 of The P2PWall Project's "FTWall" has been released. This
version resolves issues with compilation of the code under Fedora Linux.
URL is: http://www.lowth.com/p2pwall/ftwall
"Ftwall" is an OpenSource GPL program for linux firewalls that allows
the control of network traffic from "Fast Track" peer-to-peer clients
(like "Kazaa" and it's derivatives).
It is designed to block network traffic from P2P client applications
running in the "home" (or "green") network from making access to any
peers on the public internet. It is ideal for use in networks where the
security paradigm is "open access" for outbound connections and "tightly
limited" access for inbound ones. Ftwall can be used in such a network
to prevent outbound P2P access, hence preventing illegal file downloads
and uploads.
Chris Lowth
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:12:11 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Join Software Freedom Day, Aug 28, 2004
Software Freedom Day
About SFD </staticpages/index.php/AboutSFD>
Team Pages </wiki/index.php/Team_Pages>
Forum </forum/index.php>
Wiki </wiki/index.php/Main_Page>
How to Help </staticpages/index.php/HowToHelp>
FAQ </staticpages/index.php/FAQ>
Submit Article </submit.php?type=story>
Downloads <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/filemgmt/index.php>
Contact </staticpages/index.php/Contact>
Partners
TheOpenCD
GNSS
FSF
OSI
Welcome to Software Freedom Day Online!
*On August 28, 2004, we will celebrate the first annual Software Freedom
Day.* On that day, we will make the world aware of the virtues of Free and
Open Source Software (FOSS), and encourage its widespread use. We will set
up stations in public places to give away informational fliers and CDs with
selected FOSS, including TheOpenCD <http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/> and a
special all-free version of Knoppix <http://www.knoppix.net/>.
This is a global grassroots marketing campaign in which we are inviting
volunteers from around the world to participate. It will be up to the
individual teams to chose how they wish to organize their local PR efforts.
We will assist with bulk production of supplies, though the cost of supplies
must be distributed.
Check our team pages to see if there is already a team near you,
<http://softwarefreedomday.org/wiki/index.php/Team_Pages> or use this form
<http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/staticpages/index.php/TLSignup> to sign
up to start one.
We also have a forum <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/forum/index.php> and
mailing lists to help you stay informed. We hope you will join the
celebration!
<http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/staticpages/index.php/mailinglists>
We have set up a wiki
<http://softwarefreedomday.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page> that will contain
all the team pages so that team members can set up and maintain their own
information. Matt has made a team sign-up page
<http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/staticpages/index.php/TLSignup> where new
team leaders can register their team and provide contact information. We
would ask that even established teams take a moment to fill in this form so
we have some standard contact information on all the teams.
We have now settled on an official approach for the supplies we will provide
to teams Software Freedom Day. We have always felt that it is important to
have a professional appearance on the items that we give to the public, so
we decided early on to help the SFD teams attain such professional quality
materials. The exact form this would take has evolved during the planning
process, and we can now present this year's for provision of the materials.
*"Free Software Flooding" in Macedonia*
<http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/users.php?mode=profile&uid=6>
<http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/index.php?topic=General>Free/Libre
Software Macedonia <http://www.freesoftware.org.mk/> have recently
distributed 1000 CDs, half and half TheOpenCD and Knoppix, to help promote
FLOSS. Here's the trick, the event was held outside the conference hall, in
Skopje, where Microsoft's "Vizija" (Vision) conference was taking place, in
short, Wonderful
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:00:21 CST
From: Mark Suter <suter@zwitterion.humbug.org.au>
Subject: [HUMBUG] Next Meeting - 3rd July 2004
The Home Unix Machine Brisbane Users Group exists to get fellow
Unix users in contact with each other, to introduce people to
Unix and Unix-like operating systems, and to help users in
operating those systems. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Meetings tend to be informal. We socialize, discuss Unix and
computing, solve Unix problems for new and experienced users
alike and, these days, have regular talks.
Date: Saturday, 3rd July 2004 (every second Saturday)
Time: From 3pm with the network up 30 minutes after we are
granted entry. The network will be brought down after
midnight to allow time to clean up for a 1am exit.
Venue: Room S201, Hawken Engineering Building (no. 50)
The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus
Car parking is currently unregulated on Saturdays. The
University is serviced by public transport with frequent
buses during University terms. For more information:
http://www.uq.edu.au/about/index.html?page=1070
http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&z=1&id=25
Cost: Membership until our AGM in September is $20, but no one
has to join unless they are going to use club services
such as our network access during meetings.
Talks: Information on upcoming talks is announced separately.
For information on talks see the announcements by our
Talks Maintainer on the announce mailing list.
Food: The eating places (ranging from take away to a la Carte)
at 'The Ville' are usually open until about 10pm Saturday
night. There is also the Pizza Cafe on campus near the
Schonell Theater:
http://www.schonell.uq.edu.au/pizza_caffe.html
http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&z=1&id=11
Drinks: Various soft drinks and snacks are available from the
three vending machines located immediately outside the
room. Remember to bring change!
For more information on club meetings and HUMBUG itself see our
web page at http://www.humbug.org.au/ or email me directly.
Humbug President
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