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> The framework aligns the construction principles of L4 with Unix philosophy. In line with Unix philosophy, Genode is a collection of small building blocks, ou

> 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?

johnwayne666 1y ago
https://genode.org/download/sculpt 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_.
iamnothere 1y ago
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.
justinclift 1y ago
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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=N624i4X1UDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=N624i4X1UDw
- chelmuth 1y ago
  A list of Genode videos can be found at https://genode.discourse.group/t/collection-of-genode-video-urls/144?u=chelmuth https://genode.discourse.group/t/collection-of-genode-video-...
nfeske 1y ago
Genode developer here. Surprised seeing the project at HN, I'm very happy about the interest. My colleagues and me are indeed using the system on a daily basis. Personally, I'm running it on an Intel-based Gen12 Framework laptop and on an i.MX8-based MNT-Reform laptop. Earlier this year, I recorded a casual walk-through of the Genode-based Sculpt OS. https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthrough https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthroug...
- awkwardpotato 1y ago
  Do you have any articles about setting it up/running it on your Framework? Sounds really neat
  - iamnothere 1y ago
    This isn’t specific to Framework but should be similar on more or less all supported devices: https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthrough https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthroug... The Sculpt OS articles on genode.org also provide a thorough overview: https://genode.org/documentation/articles/index https://genode.org/documentation/articles/index
- unquietwiki 1y ago
  Hey there. Came across this a while ago, but glad to see it alive & kicking. Two questions... 1. Is there going to be a disk image/installer for 25.08, or is that supposed to be self-compiled? 2. Does the OS download missing components on its own or something? The 25.04 image on the website is only 30+ MB. Thanks!
  - iamnothere 1y ago
    The core OS (including GUI) is surprisingly small. It will download software like the browser when you first enable it.
- ConanRus 1y ago
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johnwayne666 1y ago

https://genode.org/download/sculpt 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_.

iamnothere 1y ago

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.

justinclift 1y ago

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=N624i4X1UDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=N624i4X1UDw

chelmuth 1y ago
A list of Genode videos can be found at https://genode.discourse.group/t/collection-of-genode-video-urls/144?u=chelmuth https://genode.discourse.group/t/collection-of-genode-video-...

nfeske 1y ago

Genode developer here. Surprised seeing the project at HN, I'm very happy about the interest. My colleagues and me are indeed using the system on a daily basis. Personally, I'm running it on an Intel-based Gen12 Framework laptop and on an i.MX8-based MNT-Reform laptop. Earlier this year, I recorded a casual walk-through of the Genode-based Sculpt OS. https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthrough https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthroug...

awkwardpotato 1y ago
Do you have any articles about setting it up/running it on your Framework? Sounds really neat
- iamnothere 1y ago
  This isn’t specific to Framework but should be similar on more or less all supported devices: https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthrough https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthroug... The Sculpt OS articles on genode.org also provide a thorough overview: https://genode.org/documentation/articles/index https://genode.org/documentation/articles/index
unquietwiki 1y ago
Hey there. Came across this a while ago, but glad to see it alive & kicking. Two questions... 1. Is there going to be a disk image/installer for 25.08, or is that supposed to be self-compiled? 2. Does the OS download missing components on its own or something? The 25.04 image on the website is only 30+ MB. Thanks!
- iamnothere 1y ago
  The core OS (including GUI) is surprisingly small. It will download software like the browser when you first enable it.
ConanRus 1y ago
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