Genode OS Framework
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Genode OS Framework
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Re: Genode OS Framework
#2> The framework aligns the construction principles of L4 with Unix philosophy. In line with Unix philosophy, Genode is a collection of small building blocks, out of which sophisticated systems can be composed. But unlike Unix, those building blocks include not only applications but also all classical OS functionalities including kernels, device drivers, file systems, and protocol stacks.
That's very interesting, but does it actually work in practice?
Re: Genode OS Framework
#3> The framework aligns the construction principles of L4 with Unix philosophy. In line with Unix philosophy, Genode is a collection of small building blocks, out of which sophisticated systems can be composed. But unlike Unix, those building blocks include not only applications but also all classical OS functionalities including kernels, device drivers, file systems, and protocol stacks. That's very interesting, but…
https://genode.org/download/sculpt
> Sculpt is an open-source general-purpose OS. It combines Genode's microkernel architecture, capability-based security, sandboxed device drivers, and virtual machines in a novel operating system for commodity PC hardware and the PinePhone. _Sculpt is used as day-to-day OS by the Genode developers_.
Re: Genode OS Framework
#4> The framework aligns the construction principles of L4 with Unix philosophy. In line with Unix philosophy, Genode is a collection of small building blocks, out of which sophisticated systems can be composed. But unlike Unix, those building blocks include not only applications but also all classical OS functionalities including kernels, device drivers, file systems, and protocol stacks. That's very interesting, but…
Yes, I recommend putting Sculpt on USB and trying it on a few years old x86 machine (one with decent Linux support). It’s a vision into a completely different computing paradigm, as distinct as Plan 9 or Qubes. If you are interested in OSdev you will be shocked.
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#5Has "genode" any meaning in English, or is it just an artistic blend of "generic" and "node" or similar?
I'm asking because my brain read "Genocide OS" at the first pass, which seems a bit unfortunate.
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#6Has "genode" any meaning in English, or is it just an artistic blend of "generic" and "node" or similar? I'm asking because my brain read "Genocide OS" at the first pass, which seems a bit unfortunate.
Please don’t make insubstantial comments about project names. There is a plague of this kind of comment here.
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#7It is soo cool.
Had the opportunity to see a demo at last year fossdem, and it blew me away with the level of configurability and seemingly compatibility.
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#8Very interesting OS but it is a bit difficult to get my mind around this one as it is so different from any other OS out there. Is there a default option within Sculpt where you can easily get access to a desktop with a app launch option, editors, a browser etc without having to click through a lot of very obscure menus to add components one at a time?
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#9Has "genode" any meaning in English, or is it just an artistic blend of "generic" and "node" or similar? I'm asking because my brain read "Genocide OS" at the first pass, which seems a bit unfortunate.
My mind went to Genome :^)
Re: Genode OS Framework
#10> The framework aligns the construction principles of L4 with Unix philosophy. In line with Unix philosophy, Genode is a collection of small building blocks, out of which sophisticated systems can be composed. But unlike Unix, those building blocks include not only applications but also all classical OS functionalities including kernels, device drivers, file systems, and protocol stacks. That's very interesting, but…
There are Youtube video's of it for a few years now, so you can watch it's progress over time.
Or to see something recent, there's a developer talk about it (~2 weeks ago) that's pretty informative: