... one giant leap for a Genode enthusiast! ( OK, I exaggerated - it's not really a step for Genode at all, but it is a huge leap for me! ;^) )
After being extremely short of time for about a year, I finally used the 22.04 release to take my first steps toward using Genode as my daily driver OS, mainly by using VirtualBox 6 to run my existing VMs under Sculpt.
I still have some problems to work out before I can make the official transition, and I will probably have a fair number of "new user" questions here soon, but I am highly impressed with the state of the system. In the beginning, I will probably continue to do most tasks within the Linux VMs, but I am really looking forward to gradually shifting applications to running directly on Genode as they (or native alternatives) become available.
If any daily users have tips to share, I'll certainly be listening! (If I come up with anything helpful, I will try to write it up for Genodians also.) One thing I am very curious about is the state of the various packages in the depots - some of those look very intriguing!
The bottom line: Thanks to the Genode devs and community members for making this possible!
Happy Sculpting!
John J. Karcher devuser@alternateapproach.com
Hi John,
thank you for the enthusiastic feedback. Happy to have you on board! :)
If any daily users have tips to share, I'll certainly be listening! (If I come up with anything helpful, I will try to write it up for Genodians also.) One thing I am very curious about is the state of the various packages in the depots - some of those look very intriguing!
There are indeed many packages to discover by now. Not all of them are covered by corresponding Genodians.org articles yet, but sometimes a look into the pkg's runtime and accompanied configurations is already quite instructive.
It would be really nice if you write up your findings for other users to learn from. At one point, it would make sense to have an informally curated overview of what's available where.
While we are at it, let me just share one minor but enjoyable feature: By default, the window manager shows the window borders while a window is maximized. When using a VM in full screen, this is a waste of pixels. Now, with the black-hole component, one can simply route the window layouter's request for the "decorator margins" to the black hole, prompting the layouter to position a maximized window such that the window decor stays outside the visible area. I think that's is quite a nice hack.
Cheers Norman
On 5/10/22 11:55, Norman Feske wrote:
Hi John,
There are indeed many packages to discover by now. Not all of them are covered by corresponding Genodians.org articles yet, but sometimes a look into the pkg's runtime and accompanied configurations is already quite instructive.
It would be really nice if you write up your findings for other users to learn from. At one point, it would make sense to have an informally curated overview of what's available where.
That is a good idea. Too good, in fact - I guess I will try to do it.
I haven't updated "Genode Corner" [1] for quite a while, but I will try to reorganize it, and make a place for listing/describing interesting packages.
If anyone has a package that they would like others to try, just send an e-mail to "genodeinfo AT alternateapproach DOT com" with the location and whatever description/instructions are relevant. This also applies to any other interesting info that you'd like to share.
Please keep in mind, this is not my forte, and I can't guarantee I will do a good job, but I would love to help out as well as I can. (At least while the community is small. As soon as someone with better abilities comes along, I will be happy to hand over the raw data.)
[1] https://www.alternateapproach.com/computing/genode/genode_corner/
While we are at it, let me just share one minor but enjoyable feature: By default, the window manager shows the window borders while a window is maximized. When using a VM in full screen, this is a waste of pixels. Now, with the black-hole component, one can simply route the window layouter's request for the "decorator margins" to the black hole, prompting the layouter to position a maximized window such that the window decor stays outside the visible area. I think that's is quite a nice hack.
Interesting. It looks like I need to add a "Handy Tips" page also. ;^)
Thanks!
John J. Karcher devuser@alternateapproach.com
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