============================================== Genode Labs Newsletter - February / March 2017 ============================================== Content 1. Genode OS Framework 17.02 released 2. FOSDEM 2017 wrap-up 3. Google Summer of Code 1. Genode OS Framework 17.02 released ------------------------------------- Following our quarterly release cycle, Genode 17.02 profoundly improves the framework infrastructure at several levels. At the workflow-level, the introduction of application binary interfaces further cultivates the framework's cross-kernel inter- operability to a point where entire system scenarios can be moved from one kernel to another in a matter of seconds. At the runtime level, the new release provides new mechanisms for adjusting the composition of subsystems from components on-the-fly. At the component level, Genode's virtual file-system (VFS) infrastructure has become vastly more flexible. For example, a TCP/IP stack can be "mounted" within a component as a file system and accessed via regular file operations. Apart from these infrastructural improvements, the most prominent new feature is a generic input-processing component that is able to merge multiple streams of user input, remap keys, switch keyboard layouts, or control input parameters like key repeat. All those topics are described in great detail in the accompanied release documentation: https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/17.02 2. FOSDEM 2017 wrap-up ---------------------- As announced in the previous newsletter, Genode Labs had the honor of shepherding the microkernel developer room at FOSDEM this year. We are happy that our call for participation was answered by both regular participants like HelenOS, MINIX 3, and GNU Hurd, as well as first-time contributors like Redox and F9. We greatly enjoyed the talks, catching up with many attendees, and the collaborative spirit in the room. For those of you who missed FOSDEM this year, recordings of all the talks at the developer room are available here: https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/microkernels_and_component_based_os/ 3. Google Summer of Code ------------------------ One exciting outcome of the above mentioned collaborative spirit at the FOSDEM's microkernel developer room is the joint application of the participating projects as one mentoring organization at this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program. We thank the HelenOS project for kicking off this initiative, which eventually became an umbrella for HelenOS, GNU Hurd, MINIX 3, Redox, and Genode: http://gsoc.microkernel.info We took the GSoC application as an opportunity to revisit our collection of future challenges, which may be taken as basis for GSoC student proposals: https://genode.org/about/challenges If you are a student interested to work on a Genode-related GSoC project, the call for proposals is open until April 3. Please find our invitation and general information about Google's Summer of Code program at the following links: https://genode.org/news/google-summer-of-code https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com About the newsletter -------------------- If you have friends or colleagues who might be interested in our projects, we would appreciate you to forward this email. If you received this newsletter as a forwarded email, you may subscribe to the newsletter here: https://genode-labs.com/newsletter In the case of receiving this newsletter unintended, you can cancel your subscription at any time by replying to this email with the subject set to "unsubscribe". Best regards -- Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske Genode Labs https://www.genode-labs.com/ · https://genode.org/ https://twitter.com/GenodeLabs · /ˈdʒiː.nəʊd/ Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth
