Releases: genodelabs/genode
Genode 24.02
Release notes summary for the version 24.02
The current release contains the following changes and new features:
- Revised audio infrastructure
- Sculpt OS as remote test target for Goa SDK
- TCP/IP based on DDE-Linux 6.1.20
- Suspend/resume awareness of GPU, AHCI, NVMe drivers
- Improved human-interface device handling
- Multi-client use of Vivante GPUs
- De-privileged light-weight event tracing
Read the complete release documentation for the version 24.02 here
Genode 23.11
Release notes summary for the version 23.11
The current release contains the following changes and new features:
- Kernel-agnostic DMA protection
- PC power, frequency, temperature sensing and control
- Modernized virtualization interface
- New API for low-complexity interactive applications
- Seoul virtual machine monitor for 64-bit guest OSes
- Ports of Linphone VoIP stack, socat, SDL2 libraries
- USB device drivers updated to Linux 6.1.20
- Improved build-system for quick development-test cycles
Read the complete release documentation for the version 23.11 here
Sculpt 23.10
chelmuth
Christian Helmuth
Sculpt OS 23.10 makes metering and power-management options of modern PC CPUs available via an interactive user interface. Also, generally improved support for modern Intel-based laptops renders features like battery monitoring, keyboard backlight control, and external displays just working, e.g., on the Framework Gen 12 laptop. The PinePhone version received several usability improvements like a new screensaver that reduces the power draw to less than 40%, functional volume buttons, and a more flexible dial pad.
Ready-to-use system images for PC and PinePhone are available at the Sculpt download page and the builtin system update dialog. As usual, the release is accompanied by an updated version of the documentation.
Genode 23.08
Release notes summary for the version 23.08
The current release contains the following changes and new features:
- New multi-component debug monitor
- Goa tool support for working with multiple projects
- New NIC server for raw uplink connectivity
- New PC network driver based on DDE-Linux
- New USB host drivers for i.MX6 and Raspberry Pi
- New PinePhone support for buttons and screensaver
- New depot-remove component
- Improved drivers for Intel GPU, Intel display, Wifi, and audio
- Internal core and base-framework modernization
Read the complete release documentation for the version 23.08 here
Genode 23.05
Release notes summary for the version 23.05
The current release contains the following changes and new features:
- Goa tool updated to Sculpt OS 23.04
- Ubuntu-Touch-UI toolkit
- Initial support for Rust cargo
- New tool chain based on GCC 12.3
- C++20 enabled by default
- Annual documentation update
- Uniform Wifi stack across PC and ARM platforms
- Revision of Genode's custom block-encryption infrastructure
- Linux device-driver environment updated to Linux 6.1.20
- Improved USB, Intel display, and NVMe drivers
- VirtualBox 6.1.44
- Initial x86 virtualization via the base-hw microkernel
- Updated seL4 microkernel to version 12.1
- NetBSD rump kernel on RISC-V
Read the complete release documentation for the version 23.05 here
Sculpt 23.04
chelmuth
Christian Helmuth
Sculpt OS 23.04 marks the first-time PinePhone support in addition to the PC version. With this release, the system supports live upgrades of the boot image, rendering Sculpt updates and switching between versions a matter some easy steps. The new preset feature brings entire application scenarios to your screen after just one click/tap.
Sculpt OS 23.04 for PC and PinePhone is available as ready-to-use system image at the Sculpt download page accompanied with updated documentation.
Genode 23.02
Release notes summary for the version 23.02
The current release contains the following changes and new features:
- First system image of mobile Sculpt OS (PinePhone)
- Interactive graphical VMs on ARM
- Custom IP block for DMA protection on AMD/Xilinx Zynq
- Optimized GPU and VFS performance
- On-target system-update and rollback mechanism
- Device-driver improvements for NXP i.MX (USB-C, network)
- Distinction of Intel P&E cores on the NOVA kernel
- Suspend/resume and improved scheduling for the base-hw kernel
- Streamlined work flow for building and publishing libraries
Read the complete release documentation for the version 23.02 here
Genode 22.11
Release notes summary for the version 22.11
The current release contains the following changes and new features:
- Hardware-software co-design with Genode on Xilinx Zynq
- Hardware-accelerated graphics with Intel GEN12+ GPUs
- Unified device-driver infrastructure across PC and ARM
- Low-level support for suspend/resume on PC hardware
- Device drivers
- New PinePhone drivers for audio, camera, and power control
- New PCI and network drivers for NXP i.MX
- Intel display-driver support for 12th-Gen hardware
- PC audio driver updated to OpenBSD 7.1
- Forthcoming Sculpt OS variant for the PinePhone
- Virtualization
- Improved usability of the ARM VMM
- Virtio device models for the Seoul VMM on PCs
- MSI support for the base-hw microkernel
Read the complete release documentation for the version 22.11 here
Genode 22.08
Release notes summary for the version 22.08
The current release contains the following changes and new features:
- Emerging phone variant of Sculpt OS
- Modem driver with support for telephony and mobile data
- Drivers for USB, Mali-400 GPU, SD-card ported from Linux
- Custom touch-friendly administrative user interface
- Chromium-based Morph web browser
- Enhanced tooling for system tracing
- Improved network performance
- USB networking via Ethernet control model
- Optimizations of the Linux-device-driver environment
- Qt5 updated to version 5.15.2
- Support for USB smart cards via PKCS#11
- VirtIO block, network, input, and display drivers for RISC-V
- Improved UEFI support
Read the complete release documentation for the version 22.08 here
Genode 22.05
Release notes summary for the version 22.05
The current release contains the following changes and new features:
- New WireGuard VPN component
- New generation of DDE-Linux-based PC drivers
- Feature-complete USB host-controller driver
- Intel wireless stack with support for 802.11ax
- Intel display driver supporting generations 11 and 12
- Modernized platform driver for PC hardware
- Dynamic device management and SD-card support on Xilinx Zynq
- PinePhone with custom SCP firmware and basic telephony
- New revisions of Genode Foundations and Platforms documents
- Improved usability of light-weight event tracing
Read the complete release documentation for the version 22.05 here