The H Roundup - Critical IE hole, Fedora 18 Alpha and Cinnamon 1.6
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 week began with the news that versions 6 to 9 of Internet Explorer on all supported versions of Windows contained a highly critical security hole that could be used to infect victims' systems with malware. As the vulnerability was being actively exploited, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) advised users to switch to another browser, while Microsoft provided workarounds and a Fix-it tool until a cumulative update patch can be made available.
- Attackers exploit unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability
- Microsoft and Germany's BSI warn against using IE
- Microsoft issues Fix-it tool for critical IE security hole
Following three week-long delays, the first alpha of Fedora 18 arrived with a new installer user interface, version 1.6 of the Linux Mint project's Cinnamon desktop environment was released with a number of enhancements, and Dropbox detailed its reasons for migrating from JavaScript to CoffeeScript for its browser-side codebase.
- Fedora 18 Alpha released with new installer UI
- Cinnamon 1.6 released with workspace improvements
- Dropbox replaces JavaScript with CoffeeScript
Red Hat used the GPL to strike back at Twin Peaks Software in a patent infringement lawsuit, while Italy made open source a requirement for public administrators. An update on the status of the Vivaldi KDE tablet revealed that it had run into a major setback and has been delayed, while the Raspberry Pi mini-computer got an official overclocking option that doesn't void its warranty.
- Red Hat uses GPL to strike back in patent lawsuit
- Italy making way for open source
- Vivaldi KDE tablet delayed following major setback
- The Raspberry Pi gets a turbo mode
Feature Articles
This week, Andrew Back looked at the possibilities of hacking the Rasperry Pi credit-card-sized Linux computer. As version 3.6 of Linux approaches, Thorsten Leemhuis detailed the architecture, driver and infrastructure changes coming in the next version of the kernel.
- Breaking out the Raspberry Pi
- Kernel Log - Coming in 3.6 (Part 3): Architecture
- Kernel Log - Coming in 3.6 (Part 4): Drivers
- Kernel Log - Coming in 3.6 (Part 5): Infrastructure
Open Source Releases
Sabayon introduced a MATE edition of its distribution, Xen 4.2 arrived with a new default tool stack, Mandriva Linux 2012 got an alpha version, and the Shotwell photo manager added Tumblr support.
- Sabayon 10 introduces MATE edition
- Xen 4.2 brings new default tool stack
- First alpha of Mandriva Linux 2012 now available
- Shotwell photo manager now supports Tumblr blogs
- Apache Bloodhound aims to make Trac easier to use
- Piwik 1.8.4 slashes memory usage
- Apache Commons Codec 1.7 arrives
- ACE code editor reaches version 1.0
- BotQueue: Distributed control of 3D printers on the net
- PHPUnit 3.7 and related tools arrive
- Yahoo's YUI JavaScript framework updated
- Unity 6.6 arrives, is headed for Ubuntu 12.10
Security Alerts
- Attackers exploit unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability
- Microsoft issues Fix-it tool for critical IE security hole
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