Hello,
it is my pleasure to announce the release of Sculpt OS 23.10:
https://genode.org/news/sculpt-os-release-23.10
The highlight is certainly the new ability to fine-tune physical CPU parameters via an interactive user interface, which is especially useful on modern laptops that offer plenty of monitoring and power-management options. As described in the following article, one can watch CPU temperatures and frequencies, dynamically adjust performance profiles, unveil the differences between Intel's P&E cores, and even observe the power draw.
https://genodians.org/alex-ab/2023-10-23-msr
Besides this most prominent feature, the new version benefits from Genode's advances during the past 6 months. E.g., the former iPXE-based network driver has been replaced by a current Linux driver, the entire software is now consistently built with GCC 12.3, and Sculpt's runtime is now driven by the new monitor runtime paving the ground towards on-target debugging.
We made the new version readily available for both PCs and the PinePhone. The latter benefits from several usability improvements such as a screensaver conserving battery power, various UI tweaks, and functional volume buttons.
Users of Sculpt 23.04 can switch to the new version via the built-in system-update dialog. New users can find ready-to-use disk images at the Sculpt download page.
https://genode.org/download/sculpt
Up-to-date Sculpt documentation is available on our website and as PDF.
https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-23-10 https://genode.org/documentation/sculpt-23-10.pdf
As you may have noticed on the mailing list, Sculpt 23.10 is the first version that was preceded by several release candidates (RC). Thanks to everyone who gave the RCs a spin. The official release greatly benefited from your feedback!
Cheers Norman