The H Open Source

Perl Data Language gets auto-parallelisation

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:47:00 GMT

A new ParallelCPU module allows the N-dimensional array supporting extension to Perl to make better use of systems with many cores when manipulating arrays

New Fedora Project Leader announced

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:27:00 GMT

Jared Smith has stepped down from leading the Fedora Linux distribution and is being replaced by Robyn Bergeron

Trimble Yuma: a rugged Ubuntu-based tablet

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:46:00 GMT

The Trimble Yuma from SDG Systems is a rugged dust- and water-resistant tablet computer with a 7-inch touchscreen display that runs the Netbook Edition of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Ubuntu Global Jam looking for event organisers

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon is calling for participants to organise hands-on meetings around the world to improve the Linux distribution

Adobe releases beta version of sandboxed Flash for Firefox

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:44:00 GMT

Protected Mode is designed to significantly improve the security of Flash in Firefox and a beta version is now available for download

New Linux kernel fixes power-saving issues

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:41:00 GMT

Linux 3.0.20 and 3.2.5 fix a headline-grabbing problem with the PCIe power-saving technology ASPM

Sandbox applications quickly with KVM or LXC

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:32:00 GMT

At FOSDEM, Daniel Berrange presented libvirt-sandbox, which sandboxes programs in a VM or a container without first requiring the user to set up an operating system there

Canonical pulls funding from Kubuntu, drops commercial support

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:30:00 GMT

Canonical is no longer paying Kubuntu developer Jonathan Riddell to work on Kubuntu and is making the KDE version of Ubuntu a fully community-supported distribution

Apache Commons updates Configuration and Validator

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:20:00 GMT

It's the first update since 2006 for the Commons Validator Java library for validating common forms, codes, numbers, addresses and strings, while Commons Configuration moves to requiring Java 1.5 as a minimum to perform

Joomla! updates close information disclosure holes

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:13:00 GMT

Versions 1.7.5 and 2.5.1 of the open source content management system close two information disclosure vulnerabilities; the update to Joomla! 2.5.x also fixes 30 bugs found in the prevoius release

Five open source hardware projects that could change the world

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:32:00 GMT

Open source hardware is increasingly making the news but could it change the world? Andrew Back takes a look at five projects which just might bring about that change

Firefox 11 enters beta, brings add-on sync

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:28:00 GMT

The Beta channel release of Firefox 11 includes a number of improvements for developers and users alike, such as support for syncing add-ons across platforms and an updated Migration Tool that supports importing data from Google Chrome

Mozilla wants to push notifications to browsers and devices

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:51:00 GMT

A proposal for push notifications for web browsers and other devices is being designed by Mozilla developers

Open source players share their experiences in CC-BY-SA book

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:23:00 GMT

Forty-two authors have contributed to a book entitled "Open Advice", which provides details about what they wish they had known when they started out in open source

Open Source Initiative affiliates announced at FOSDEM

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:43:00 GMT

As part of a wider reformation of the OSI, twelve new affiliates, including Apache, Eclipse, Mozilla and Linux Foundation, and a plan to open the open source defining organisation to personal membership, are announced at FOSDEM

KDE Akademy 2012 conference Call for Papers

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:59:00 GMT

The KDE Project has announced that it is seeking submissions for its upcoming annual KDE Community Summit and that registration for the event is now open

Wayland 0.85 soon, 1.0 by end of year

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:36:00 GMT

The Wayland display server and protocol is now expected to have a stable release by the second half of this year. The date will be the beginning of the next phase for the graphics technology though, rather than the start of widespread adoption

Google Summer of Code 2012 announced

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:52:00 GMT

Google has officially announced its eighth annual Google Summer of Code event, in which it offers university students stipends to write and develop code for various open source projects

The H Roundup for the week ending 4 February

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:59:00 GMT

In the last seven days: a critical hole in PHP was closed, Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 arrived and there was controversy around a Busybox alternative. Also Debian 7.0 will use the 3.2 kernel, VLC 2.0 gets ready to bloom and Wayland 1.0 approaches

Linux Mint 12 KDE released

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:25:00 GMT

The KDE edition of Linux Mint 12 is based on Ubuntu 11.10 and includes version 4.7.4 of KDE as its default desktop environment and a number of new and updated packages

Comment: Unity can't go it alone

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:49:00 GMT

Can Canonical learn the lesson that Red Hat and SUSE learned? When trying to establish bigger projects, doing it with only your own distribution can be difficult and often unwise

SambaXP 2012 conference call for papers

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:27:00 GMT

The eleventh international Samba conference, the Samba eXPerience, will take place from 8 to 11 May 2012 in Göttingen, Germany and its organisers are now accepting submissions for papers, presentations and talks

Further details of Spark "Plasma Active" tablet revealed

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:34:00 GMT

The "Spark" tablet is expected to become available in May and appears to be based on "Mer", an operating system that was developed in the MeeGo environment

Komodo IDE 7.0 adds Node.js, LESS and CoffeeScript support

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:24:00 GMT

ActiveState's development environment now includes collaboration and synchronisation tools as well as code profiling features, and has been integrated with the company's Stackato Platform-as-a-Service product

90% of Android devices now running 2.2 and later

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:18:00 GMT

The total number of Android devices running versions 2.2 or greater has moved past the 90% mark. Older versions are losing share but the very latest, Ice Cream Sandwich, is only gaining slowly