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= Debian on the OpenMoko FreeRunner =
[http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/smartphones-standards/2008-August/000232.html Joachim Breitner announces] the start of an offical Debian port to the !OpenMoko !FreeRunner, a smartphone that was designed and developed in a free and open manner. This enables Debian users to use the distribution of their choice even on their telephone. [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner Installation instructions] can be found on the Debian wiki.

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Welcome to this year's 9th issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian community. Some of the topics covered in this issue include:

  • ... and much more.

Freespire 5 to be based on Debian

Recently acquired by the Xandrox Corporation, the upcoming release of Freespire will be based on the Debian GNU/Linux Lenny release. The current release of Freespire (2.0.8) is based on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). "A combined Xandros/Linspire development effort will return Freespire to its Debian GNU/Linux roots and put it in sync with Xandros Desktop Pro," [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/freespire-returns-debian-roots/story.aspx?guid={21713CB4-464B-4292-89EB-BE41F67FDD92}&dist=hppr said Andreas Typaldos], Xandros CEO. Freespire 5 is slated to be released in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Debian on the OpenMoko FreeRunner

[http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/smartphones-standards/2008-August/000232.html Joachim Breitner announces] the start of an offical Debian port to the OpenMoko FreeRunner, a smartphone that was designed and developed in a free and open manner. This enables Debian users to use the distribution of their choice even on their telephone. [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner Installation instructions] can be found on the Debian wiki.

CD/DVD Image Downloads - A Reminder

[http://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors/2008/08/msg00000.html Josip Rodin noted] that there seems to be a rash of CD/DVD image hoarding happening. Particularly, it seems that many people are not only downloading the first image, but the additional images (CDs 2-20+) as well. The full set of images are posted so that they can be downloaded by those who do not have regular access to a reliable connection. However, for those who do have solid Internet connections, it is more efficient to retrieve packages directly from the repositories.

TODO:

Other news

The Xth issue of the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/... miscellaneous news for developers] has been released and covers the following topics:

Important Debian Security Advisories

Debian's Security Team recently released advisories for these packages (among others): [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa- foo], [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-... bar] and [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-... baz]. Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.

Please note that these are a selection of the more important security advisories of the last two weeks. If you need to be kept up to date about security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please subscribe to the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/ security mailing list] for announcements.

Please note that those are only the most important security advisories of the last two weeks. If you would like to be kept up to date about the security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please subscribe to the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/ mailing list for security announcements.]

New and noteworthy packages

The following packages were added to the unstable Debian archive recently ([http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg among others]):

Work-needing packages

Currently 468 packages are orphaned and 120 packages are up for adoption. Please take a look at the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00212.html recent] [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00372.html reports] to see if there are packages you are interested in or view the complete list of [http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested packages which need your help].

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