================================================ Genode Labs Newsletter - August / September 2024 ================================================ Content 1. Genode OS release 24.08 2. New Genode Community Forum 3. Hands-on Sculpt-OS Workshop at C3D2 1. Genode OS release 24.08 -------------------------- Moving forward at steady pace, we published Genode's 3rd release of this year by the end of August. https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/24.08 This version puts much emphasis to the tracking of ported 3rd- party software. Most prominently, we added support for the Qt6 application framework, which supersedes the time-tested Qt5. The upgrade is accompanied with a revised build-system integration, which boost the productivity when developing Qt applications for Genode. As another crucial type of 3rd-party software, device drivers and protocol stacks ported from the Linux kernel received the update to kernel version 6.6.47. So Genode users can enjoy current-generation commodity software and drivers across all kernels supported by the framework. For application developers, the version 24.08 introduces a new way to combine Genode's software development kit (Goa SDK) with a remote test machine running Sculpt OS. Within a few seconds, any machine compatible with Sculpt OS can be turned into a remote testing target now. 2. New Genode Community Forum ----------------------------- Until now, the Genode community used to gather on the project's mailing list and the public issue tracker. However, those channels are highly technical and rather formal. To lower the barrier of participation, and for giving users a place to share questions, ideas, and projects in a casual setting, a new public forum has been started: https://genode.discourse.group Please drop by and join the fun! As the forum is a place for users, it is moderated by users. Thanks a lot to Spencer and Cedric for constituting the initial moderation team! 3. Hands-on Sculpt-OS Workshop at C3D2 -------------------------------------- The enthusiastic feedback we received at recent events like FrOSCon suggests that Sculpt OS might be ready to be picked up by a wider circle of people. Up to now, even highly technical communities are still largely unaware of Genode and Sculpt OS. It is about time to change that! On that account, we will hold a hands-on workshop at the Dresden branch of the Chaos Computer Club (C3D2) at the beginning of November. Should you be curious about Sculpt OS and happen to be around Dresden in the evening of November 5, mark the date. https://c3d2.de/news/ta-20241105-sculptos.html 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
