Recently, the creators of the Genode microkernel framework delighted us with the release of the general-purpose OS Sculpt 24.04.
In this release:
- new driver management interface;
- (experimental) suspend/resume support;
- new audio interface;
- support for 4K resolution screens;
- remote debugging capability.
Overview of the project:
- support for multiple microkernels;
- free (GPL) source code;
- configuration of everything in XML;
- incredibly detailed and continuously updated documentation presented in book format: https://genode.org/documentation/index;
- most of the code is written in C++;
- drivers ported from GNU/Linux.
Overall, this release demonstrates that the project is steadily transforming from a quirky toy for microkernel enthusiasts into a fully-fledged general-purpose OS suitable for a variety of everyday tasks.
Source: linux.org.ru
