============================================== Genode Labs Newsletter - February / March 2018 ============================================== Content 1. Sculpt for Early Adopters 2. Genode OS Framework 18.02 released 3. FOSDEM 2018 recordings 1. Sculpt for Early Adopters ---------------------------- Sculpt is the name of a new Genode-based operating system targeted at general-purpose computing. After having been in daily use by the entire team at Genode Labs since last autumn, we feel that the time is right to share it with a broader community of Genode enthusiasts. Initially, the system presents itself as a fairly minimalistic base system, which then can be interactively sculpted into different shapes and forms. In contrast to traditional Genode systems, which are largely defined at system-integration time, Sculpt's structure is completely dynamic and extensible at runtime. The accompanying documentation guides the user through this adventure. https://genode.org/documentation/sculpt-ea.pdf An online version of the document is available at: https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-ea On the way, many Genode features come into play, such as the live configuration of components, wireless networking, the GUI stack, package management, and virtualization. Whereas the current version is targeted at early adopters, our roadmap envisions that each subsequent release will make the system more and more attractive to a broader user base. 2. Genode OS Framework 18.02 released ------------------------------------- Genode's version 18.02 kicks off the Year of Sculpt with several features on account of the Sculpt system scenario. Most prominently, we added the ability to install, deploy, and update software packages on a running Genode system. Further highlights are the experimental use of the Nim programming language for the implementation of Genode servers, a new tracing utility that makes Genode's existing tracing infrastructure much easier to use, improvements across the entire user-level networking stack, and updates of many 3rd-party software packages. The release is described in full detail in the release documentation: https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/18.02 3. FOSDEM 2018 recordings ------------------------- Like every year, FOSDEM 2018 was an exciting event for us. We greatly enjoyed the microkernel developer room, which - to our delight - attracts an audience that seems to grow year after year. Our team participated with three presentations at the developer room. Furthermore, we were excited about a talk about Componolit at the Embedded developer room, which presents the prospect of leveraging Genode on mobile platforms. Shortly after FOSDEM, recordings of all talks became available online. To recap the Genode-related talks, you can enjoy the recordings by following the links below. "GPU resource multiplexing in component based systems" Sebastian Sumpf at the Microkernel developer room https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/microkernel_genode_gpu_multiplexing/ "Live sculpting a Genode-based operating system" Norman Feske at the Microkernel developer room https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/microkernel_genode_live_sculpting/ "User-level networking on Genode" Martin Stein at the Microkernel developer room https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/microkernel_genode_user_level_networking/ "Componolit - a component-based open-source platform for trustworthy mobile devices" Alexander Senier at the Embedded developer room https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/trustworthy_mobile_devices/ 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
