Dear Sculpt OS users,

today we have updated the official system image for Sculpt OS 21.03, incorporating feedback from users as well as recent performance optimizations.

The mentioned optimizations reduce the boot time to less than 2.5 seconds (from the first life sign of the kernel right up to the GUI), and visibly improve the UI responsiveness.

We also identified and solved quite a few hardware-compatibility issues, thereby enabling Sculpt to run on a broader range of modern machines.

You can find the updated image at the official Sculpt OS download page:

https://genode.org/download/sculpt

Since the updated version in binary compatible with the initial 21.03 release, you can use the image as drop-in-replacement to enjoy the refining touches.

For reproducing the image from source, please refer to the corresponding branch at https://github.com/chelmuth/genode/commits/sculpt_21_03b

Cheers Norman

On 24.03.21 12:26, Norman Feske wrote:

Hello everyone,

we just released the new version 21.03 of Sculpt OS today! You can find a fresh system image at the Sculpt download page:

https://genode.org/download/sculpt

Of course, the new version comes with updated documentation:

https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-21-03 https://genode.org/documentation/sculpt-21-03.pdf (PDF)

You can find the official news announcement at:

https://genode.org/news/sculpt-os-release-21.03

To get a quick overview of the most prominent changes, please have a look at the following article:

https://genodians.org/nfeske/2020-09-17-sculpt-os

Have fun sculpting!

Norman