The H Roundup for the week ending 26 May

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

Version 3.4 of the Linux kernel was released on the same day that Perl 5.16.0 arrived, and, according to a one web statistics company, Google's Chrome passed Internet Explorer's browser share. VIA Technologies announced a new $49 ARM-based Android-running mini-computer, and German company sysmocom launched a free software based GSM Base Transceiver Station called sysmoBTS.

• Perl 5.16.0 now available
• Linux 3.4 arrives
• Chrome passes IE in browser share
• VIA launches "Android PC" mini ARM-based system
• Economical GSM base station using free software
• ZTE admits to backdoor in one of its Android devices
• SecurID software tokens cloned
• Nmap now fully ready for IPv6
• EDE 2.0 released
• Linux Mint 13 "Maya" arrives as two editions

Featured Articles

This week, Thorsten Leemhuis took an in depth look at the latest Linux release, version 3.4 of the kernel, while Glyn Moody discussed why monopolies are problematic for open source. Dj Walker-Morgan spoke to Scala creator Martin Odersky about his popular programming language, and The H published the Community Calendar for June.

• What's new in Linux 3.4
• Monopoly madness
• Scala creator Martin Odersky - The H Half Hour
• The H Community Calendar - June 2012

Open Source Releases

• Linux 3.4 arrives
• Perl 5.16.0 now available
• Nmap now fully ready for IPv6
• ownCloud 4 adds version management
• EDE 2.0 released
• Opsview moves to open core with Opsview Core
• Lightspark update improves graphics capabilities
• printerd aims to be a modern print spooler for Linux
• Mageia 2 arrives with GNOME 3 and systemd
• LLVM 3.1 Compiler Infrastructure released
• Core JRuby developers move to Red Hat
• Wireshark updates close DoS security holes
• VirtualBox 4.1 update brings Linux 3.4 fixes
• NetBeans 7.2 goes into beta
• Google releases security update for Chrome 19
• Linux Mint 13 "Maya" arrives as two editions
• Fedora 17 goes gold
• RPM 4.10 brings better consistency checking
• Kanotix live Linux system refreshed

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