Android-x86 2.2 (Froyo-x86) is released!

Android-x86 2.2 (Froyo-x86) is released!

 

The Android-x86 project announced the new stable version 2.2 to the public.

Key Features

The is based on the Android 2.2.1 (Froyo branch). We fixed and added many x86 specified code to let the system runs smoothly on x86 platforms, especially for netbooks or tablets. The key features contain

• Kernel 2.6.35.7 with KMS enabled. Most netbooks can run Android-x86 in the native resolution.
• Hardware OpenGL acceleration for Intel integrated graphic chipsets. It is turned on by default if the i915 driver is available. However, if you have trouble with it, you can disable it by adding HWACCEL=0 to the cmdline. (by olv from 0xlab)
• Wifi and Ethernet support. Both are configured from the GUI.
• Support 3G USB modem with auto-configuration.
• A text based GUI installer which supports ext3/ext2/ntfs/fat32 filesystems.
• The installer is improved to support read-write mode, as well as a tool to create a fake sdcard.
• Bluetooth support for builtin device and external bluetooth dongle.
• Keyboard layout is configurable. To use it, you have to install Android-x86 to harddisk and reboot after changing the setting.
• External usb drive and sdcard are auto mounted on plugging.
• Add touch features to simulate Home/Menu/Back keys, useful for touchscreen only devices.
• Add software mouse cursor. Mouse wheel is also supported.
• Compressed filesystem (squashfs).
• MirBSD Korn Shell (mksh) is added to replace android's dumb sh.
• Touchscreen calibration.
• Battery status percentage.
• AndAppStore client 1.6.8.
• Atom optimization for dalvik and bionic.

Live CD ISOs are available from our sites, as usual 

• http://www.android-x86.org/download
• http://code.google.com/p/android-x86/downloads/list
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/android-x86/files/

 

 

PiWik 1.1.1 a security update

Below you will find the text of the Piwik site about a security audit an because of that a new update package.

Professional Security Audit for Piwik 1.1

In the past, whenever we received security related questions and suggestions for Piwik, sent to oursecurity@piwik.org address, we quickly reacted and released a fix in a new Piwik release. However, going forward, we want to be proactive, so we requested a professional and thorough review of our code base.

SektionEins, a leading software security company based in Germany, undertook the professional security review of the Piwik source code. Stefan Esser conducted the audit on the Piwik source code for 5 full days. Stefan then sent us all the details about what could be improved in Piwik regarding security (various recommendations, XSS, etc.). Anthon and Matt from the Piwik team then prepared fixes and improvements following the security audit, which were then released in Piwik 1.1.

We would like to give a huge thanks to SektionEins and Stefan Esser for their work and support to Piwik and the open source community. We are very happy with their service, and can only recommend all other open source projects (and of course any closed source softwares) to contract them for security audits, consulting and/or security training.

We also want to give credit to our sponsors who helped us cover the cost of the review.

You can also learn more about our continuous Security efforts in Piwik.

Piwik 1.1 is rated critical. Please update to Piwik 1.1 now.