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Genode Labs Newsletter - December 2015 / January 2016
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Content
1. Genode talks at FOSDEM 2016
2. Road Map 2016
3. Upcoming Hack'n'Hike end of May
1. Genode talks at FOSDEM 2016
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The schedule for this year's FOSDEM in Brussels has been finalized.
Genode will show a strong presence in the form of four talks. On
Saturday (January 30), we will contribute to the microkernel
developer room (K.4.601) with a variety of topics. On Sunday, we
have the chance to present our current state of Genode as desktop
OS at the Desktops developer room. The detailed Genode-specific
schedule is as follows:
*Saturday 10:40, Microkernel developer room, K.4.601*
Norman Feske
"An exploration of the seL4 kernel from Genode's perspective"
https://fosdem.org/2016/schedule/event/microkernels_genode_sel4/
*Saturday 14:10, Microkernel developer room, K.4.601*
Emery Hemingway
"Porting Nix to Genode - Package management without a canonical
file system"
https://fosdem.org/2016/schedule/event/microkernels_genode_nix/
*Saturday 15:55, Microkernel developer room, K.4.601*
Martin Stein
"Genode's TrustZone demo on the USB Armory"
https://fosdem.org/2016/schedule/event/microkernels_genode_usb_armory/
*Sunday 10:20, Desktops developer room, K.4.401*
Norman Feske
"Genode as Desktop OS"
https://fosdem.org/2016/schedule/event/genode_as_a_desktop_os/
2. Road Map 2016
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After we kicked off the road map discussion for 2016 on the Genode
mailing list in mid of December with a reflection of the last year
and a vision for the next year, many different opinions, plans, and
suggestions were exchanged. Whereas the technical directions and
interests of the participants were quite diverse, everyone agreed
that now would be a good time to open up Genode to a broader
community. In particular, the desire for guiding documentation that
includes code examples was voiced multiple times. Furthermore, our
aspiration to make Genode palatable as a desktop OS for a narrow
group of end users received common acknowledgement. Those two
directions have become the basis for the finalized road map for
2016:
http://genode.org/about/road-map
3. Upcoming Hack'n'Hike end of May
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The Hack'n'Hike is the yearly highlight of the Genode developer
community. We meet at a cozy accommodation for multiple days. At
daylight, we spend the time at beautiful nature sites, which is
the perfect setting for letting ideas flow and just enjoy the
companionship of the others. In the evenings, we turn to hacking
on various projects, teaming up to work on challenging problems,
or learning new things.
This year, the Hack'n'Hike will take place during 27th - 30th of
May. We picked the Gutshaus Heeselicht in Stolpen as our venue:
http://www.gutshaus-heeselicht.de
Everyone who is interested in getting involved with the community,
catching up, or just hanging out with the Genode crowd is welcomed
to join! As every year, the Hack'n'Hike is sponsored by Genode Labs.
So your participation/accommodation is free. Please let us know
until the 26th of January if you like to join in. You can do so by
writing to hacknhike@genode-labs.com or by commenting at the
official Hack'n'Hike issue:
https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/issues/1544
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Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske
Genode Labs
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