I'm happy to announce the version 20.02 of the Genode OS Framework.
The topics of this release were strongly motivated by Sculpt OS. As one break-through, it brings the entirety of Sculpt to 64-bit ARM hardware, including all device drivers needed for the i.MX8 SoC, and featuring even hardware-assisted virtualization.
At the user-facing side, the release features a largely redesigned administrative user interface for Sculpt along with many collateral improvements regarding the overall system performance and framework infrastructure. Speaking of the latter, the release features the long anticipated library version of the init component, which eases the creation of multi-component applications following the design principles of Genode.
The topics outlined above scratch only the surface. There is much more to discover:
Summary:
- Redesign of the user interface of Sculpt OS - Sculpt OS on 64-bit ARM i.MX8 hardware - New sandbox library for multi-component applications - VirtIO support for ARM virtual machine monitor - Virtual desktops - Enhanced GUI widget rendering - Performance optimizations - Faster XML parsing - Diminished idle load of the Seoul VMM - Lower IPC latency of the base-hw kernel - POSIX compatibility improvements - Migration to modern block-device API - Updated audio driver based on OpenBSD 6.6 - Genode running on bare-bone Linux kernel
Read the complete release documentation for the version 20.02 at
https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/20.02
Have fun while exploring the new version!
Norman