I'm happy to announce today's release of Genode 20.08. The two most prominent topics of the new version are our port of the Chromium web engine and the redesign of the low-level GUI stack.
With the Chromium engine, we expose Genode to an extremely heavy-weight workload, which stresses the framework like never before on many levels, from the quality of our POSIX runtime, the ability to bridge 3rd-party build systems with Genode, to the performance and robustness of our native protocol stacks (TCP/IP, graphics, file-system access). So the collateral improvements while porting this behemoth of software are valuable for the users of the framework at large.
The rework of the framework's low-level GUI stack is the result of a design and planning phase of over two years. With the architectural change conducted during this release cycle, we clear the path for the ability to swap-out graphics and input drivers on the fly without reboot, and to realize features like screen capturing and remote desktop scenarios in a privacy-protecting way.
Besides these highlights, the release comes with plentiful improvements ranging from hardware-support (i.MX8), over the modularisation of CBE block encryptor, to CPU-affinity management for Sculpt OS.
A quick summary of the most visible topics:
- Redesigned low-level GUI stack - Removal of drivers from the trusted computing base - Consistent use of 32 bits per pixel - Improved Qt5 integration and work flows - Chromium engine and Falkon web browser - Pluggable crypto and trust anchor for the CBE block encrypter - Device drivers and platforms - ARM Trusted Firmware access - Power and clock management for i.MX 8M Quad SoC - New block server backed by VFS content - New port of SDL2 library - Interactive CPU-affinity management for Sculpt OS
You can find all the details in the release documentation at
https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/20.08
Enjoy!
Norman
On Aug 28, 2020, at 3:14 AM, Norman Feske norman.feske@genode-labs.com wrote:
I'm happy to announce today's release of Genode 20.08. The two most prominent topics of the new version are our port of the Chromium web engine and the redesign of the low-level GUI stack.
With the Chromium engine, we expose Genode to an extremely heavy-weight workload, which stresses the framework like never before on many levels, from the quality of our POSIX runtime, the ability to bridge 3rd-party build systems with Genode, to the performance and robustness of our native protocol stacks (TCP/IP, graphics, file-system access). So the collateral improvements while porting this behemoth of software are valuable for the users of the framework at large.
The rework of the framework's low-level GUI stack is the result of a design and planning phase of over two years. With the architectural change conducted during this release cycle, we clear the path for the ability to swap-out graphics and input drivers on the fly without reboot, and to realize features like screen capturing and remote desktop scenarios in a privacy-protecting way.
Besides these highlights, the release comes with plentiful improvements ranging from hardware-support (i.MX8), over the modularisation of CBE block encryptor, to CPU-affinity management for Sculpt OS.
A quick summary of the most visible topics:
- Redesigned low-level GUI stack
- Removal of drivers from the trusted computing base
- Consistent use of 32 bits per pixel
- Improved Qt5 integration and work flows
- Chromium engine and Falkon web browser
- Pluggable crypto and trust anchor for the CBE block encrypter
- Device drivers and platforms
- ARM Trusted Firmware access
- Power and clock management for i.MX 8M Quad SoC
- New block server backed by VFS content
- New port of SDL2 library
- Interactive CPU-affinity management for Sculpt OS
You can find all the details in the release documentation at
https://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/20.08
Enjoy!
I just want to say, the Genode releases (and their fantastic write-ups) are honestly some of the highlights of my year. I await every one eagerly.
Please keep up the incredible work! I am convinced that the future of the computing itself looks an awful lot like Genode.
Matt
Norman
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