========================================= Genode Labs Newsletter - April / May 2026 ========================================= Content 1. Sculpt OS 26.04 2. Genode OS Framework 26.05 released 1. Sculpt OS 26.04 ------------------ On our roadmap, we announced "building bridges" as our guiding theme for this year. As one particularly enticing way to build bridges, we identified the splitting up of Sculpt OS into distinct features, each ready to be reused in completely different incarnations of Genode-based systems. This would greatly ease the use of Genode as underpinning of alternative OS projects, or the creation of special- purpose headless systems. End of April, we were thrilled to wholly deliver on that promise with the release of Sculpt OS 26.04: https://genode.org/news/sculpt-os-release-26.04 With this version, we now lay the entire construction plan of Sculpt OS into the hands of the user, opening up the system for customization at all levels. The construction plan is not merely a declarative description of the system but it can be live edited at will. Since any change takes immediate effect, declarative system administration becomes an interactive experience. Should these words sound a little bit intangible to you, it's probably because this new version pretty much re-defines what an operating system can represent. Give it a try, it is eye opening! Sculpt OS is available as a ready-to-use system image and is accompanied with extensive documentation: https://genode.org/download/sculpt https://genode.org/documentation/sculpt-26-04.pdf 2. Genode OS Framework 26.05 released ------------------------------------- Today, we proudly released version 26.05 of the Genode OS Framework. Following up on the migration of the project from GitHub to Codeberg as discussed in the previous newsletter, we are happy to report the completion of this delicate mission. All source-code repositories and more than 5800 issue discussions have found a new home, and Genode Labs happily joined the Codeberg non-profit as a member. https://codeberg.org/genodelabs This infrastructure change along with the framework's recent switch of its configuration format called for a holistic documentation update. Therefore, the release is accompanied with fresh revisions of the three Genode books, which can be downloaded for free at the genode.org project website. At the technical level, the new version advances the driver support across the board including LTE, I2C HID, SOF audio, ACPI, and Wifi. The most innovative aspects of Sculpt OS have now been turned into reusable framework features. Further highlights are touch-based window management, the update of Qt to version 6.8.3, and a variety of Goa SDK improvements. Please find the entire picture presented by the official release documentation: https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/26.05 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
