The H Roundup - jQuery drops GPL, Firefox OS and VirtualBox 4.2
Welcome to The H Roundup, your rapid review of the week with the most read news on The H, the security alerts and open source releases, and the essential feature articles – all in one quick-to-scan news item.
Top News
The jQuery JavaScript library dropped the General Public Licence (GPL) from its dual-licensing, version 9.2 of the open source PostgreSQL database arrived with boosted performance, and the most popular programming language for September is either C or JavaScript, depending on who you ask.
- jQuery dropping GPL from licence
- PostgresSQL 9.2 works faster and smarter
- Language popularity varies based on data sampled
Mozilla showed off a recent build of its browser-centric Firefox OS for mobile devices and Google donated $20,000 to the Eclipse Foundation so that the organisation could better test the performance of its IDE. Apache came under fire for a controversial patch for its open source HTTP daemon that ignores the do-not-track header from version 10 of Internet Explorer.
- Mozilla shows off Firefox OS
- Google donates to an Eclipse performance test lab
- Apache ignores Internet Explorer 10's do-not-track header
After four release candidates, the latest major update to Oracle's VirtualBox virtualisation application, version 4.2, arrived with more OS support and new features for advanced users. The Avidemux developers released a new version of their simple video editing tool with rewritten internals, and the Opus Audio Codec became an Internet Standard. In the recent edition of Hardware Hacks, The H took a look at Raspberry Pi 2.0 and a hack that turns it into a command-line only development machine.
- Oracle releases VM VirtualBox 4.2
- Version 2.6.0 of Avidemux video editor released
- Opus audio codec is now an Internet Standard
- Hardware Hacks: Raspberry Pi 2.0 is made in the UK & KindleBerry Pi
Feature Article
This week, Thorsten Leemhuis looked at new Linux tools and recent kernel developments, as well as graphics and userland changes.
Open Source Releases
The latest stable update to Parted Magic included a version of GParted with LVM support, Chrome for Android improved the browser's sandbox, Bodhi Linux got a new file manager, and the custom variant of openSUSE for education offered Cinnamon as a default desktop.
- Parted Magic update includes GParted LVM support
- Chrome for Android update strengthens sandbox
- Bodhi Linux 2.1.0 arrives with new file manager
- openSUSE Edu Li-f-e 12.2 offers Cinnamon option
- New FoxBrowser for iPad talks Firefox Sync
- Twitter's Bower packages web resources
- Google releases tool for creating online courses
- HTML5 UI editor Maqetta gets a visual makeover
- Zentyal 3.0 integrates Samba 4
Notable development releases included a second beta of GNOME 3.6, the first alpha of Mageia 3, and the first release candidate for Samba 4.
- Second beta of GNOME 3.6 arrives
- Mageia 3 Alpha 1 brings /usr/ merge
- New Firefox for Android Beta supports more devices
- Mozilla turns on IonMonkey-boosted JavaScript JIT
- First release candidate for Samba 4 is available
Security Alerts
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