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Genode OS Framework release 13.05 May 30, 2013: The highlights of version 13.05 are new tools for automated testing and benchmarking including a suite of networking benchmarks, added device drivers for the Samsung Exynos 5 and Freescale i.MX SoCs, and new components for the operation of headless systems.
Genode OS Framework release 13.02 Feb 28, 2013: The version 13.02 takes a major leap with supporting the NOVA hypervisor by fully embracing IOMMUs and NOVA's virtualization capabilities. Additionally, the framework enables the use of ARM Cortex A15, comes with a new audio interface, and introduces file-system notifications.
Road Map 2013 Jan 15, 2013: The updated road map provides the background and rough schedule for the advances of the framework planned for 2013.
Genode OS Framework release 12.11 Nov 29, 2012: With version 12.11, Genode has become able to execute the Genode build system directly on microkernels, introduces audio drivers based on the Open Sound System project, and largely revisits the platform mechanisms used on Linux.
How Genode came to the Pandaboard Nov 23, 2012: In the just published experience report, the Genode developers provide insights into the process of porting the framework to a new hardware platform, namely the popular Pandaboard.
Genode OS Framework release 12.08 Aug 23, 2012: Version 12.08 introduces a way to execute the framework on bare ARM hardware without the need for a separate kernel, adds comprehensive device-driver support for the OMAP4 SoC, and revives NOVA as base platform.
NOVA Hypervisor supported on 64-bit x86 machines Jul 27, 2012: NOVA combines microkernel principles with capability-based security and virtualization technology. The updated version complements the existing x86_32 support with a new variant for x86_64.
Interview in Revista Espírito Livre magazine Jun 20, 2012: Issue 36 of the Brazilian Revista Espírito Livre magazine features a comprehensive interview with Norman Feske. (update: english version)
Genode OS Framework release 12.05 May 30, 2012: The highlights of version 12.05 are our new USB stack, added media replay capabilities, new support for dynamic system re-configuration, and the ability to run the GNU tool chain on Genode.
Genode participation at GSoC 2012 Apr 25, 2012: Tobias Börtitz steps up to the challenge of combining the HelenOS kernel with the Genode userland.
New dynamic run-time configuration support Apr 11, 2012: A new mechanism for re-configuring subsystems at run-time paves the way to sophisticated general-purpose usage scenarios.
GSoC 2012 application rejected Mar 17, 2012: Unfortunately, Genode Labs was not accepted as mentoring organization for this year's Google Summer of Code program.
Google Summer of Code 2012 Mar 08, 2012: Genode Labs applies as mentoring organization at the Google Summer of Code 2012 program.
Genode OS Framework release 12.02 Feb 28, 2012: Version 12.02 comes with a new API for MMIO access, a new ACPI driver, fork support for the Noux runtime, Qt version 4.7.4, and special support for using Genode as application framework on Linux.
Slides of our talks at FOSDEM 2012 Feb 14, 2012: The slides for both Genode-related talks at FOSDEM 2012 are available.
Source code moved to GitHub Jan 17, 2012: GitHub has become the central place for Genode's mainline development.
Genode at FOSDEM Jan 04, 2012: Meet us at FOSDEM 2012, to be held on 4-5 February in Brussels.
Road Map 2012 Jan 02, 2012: The road map for 2012 envisions the use of Genode as everyday development platform.
New issue tracker at Github Dec 20, 2011: To promote open development, the new issue tracker replaces both the public tracker at Sourceforge and the tracker formerly internal to Genode Labs.
Steps towards an open development process Dec 05, 2011: Genode is going to embrace an open and transparent development process.
Genode OS Framework release 11.11 Nov 29, 2011: With version 11.11, we explore a plethora of options of combining Genode with virtualization techniques.
Android on top of Genode Sep 27, 2011: With the new support for L4Android, the Android software stack can be used as Genode sub system.
Genode OS Framework release 11.08 Aug 17, 2011: Version 11.08 introduces a unified workflow for dealing with all microkernels supported by the framework. This way, application scenarios can be ported from one kernel to another in an instant.
Genode OS Framework release 11.05 May 26, 2011: The Genode version 11.05 advances the Fiasco.OC platform support to the same level as the other fully-featured base platforms, enables the use of L4Linux with Genode, and introduces a brand new API for inter-process procedure calls.
Exciting challenges ahead Mar 24, 2011: Explore more than 30 new Genode-related project proposals at our challenges wiki page
Norman Feske introduces Genode on YouTube Mar 10, 2011: Bas de Lange has published the footage of Norman Feske's talk at the Software Freedom Day 2010 in Amsterdam
Genode OS Framework release 11.02 Feb 24, 2011: Version 11.02 of the framework adds support for the Fiasco.OC and NOVA v0.3 kernels as well as a new custom kernel platform targeted at softcore CPUs. Furthermore, we introduce the Noux execution environment for using GNU software natively on Genode.
Genode OS walk-through on YouTube Dec 22, 2010: Check out our new screencast presenting the Genode Live CD 10.11.
Genode OS Framework release 10.11 Nov 30, 2010: With version 10.11, Genode has become able to run network drivers of the gPXE project, employ user-level on-demand paging, and use advanced graphics with the nitpicker GUI server.
Genode Live Demonstration 2010-11 Nov 16, 2010: The new Genode Live CD showcases the vast functional progress during the past year in a selection of five demos ranging from native Qt4/Webkit support to hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.
Genode OS Framework release 10.08 Aug 11, 2010: With Gallium3D, MadWifi, and a new block-driver infrastructure, the release 10.08 takes Genode's device-driver support to the next level.
Genode OS Framework release 10.05 May 27, 2010: The new version 10.05 adds support for mandatory access-control policies, introduces audio playback, and improves the integration of the paravirtualized OKLinux kernel with the framework.
Adaptation to Codezero kernel v0.3 Apr 06, 2010: The just released version 0.3 of the Codezero kernel adds support for the latest ARMv7 CPUs. The Genode OS Framework is now ready to be used with this new kernel version.
Genode OS Framework release 10.02 Feb 24, 2010: Among a variety of platform-related improvements, the release 10.02 adds support for the NOVA and Codezero kernels and introduces a new concept for managing real-time priorities.
Road map 2010 Jan 04, 2010: We have updated our road map with the planning of the year 2010.
Genode OS Framework release 9.11 Nov 25, 2009: With release 9.11 Genode gets Webkit, USB storage, TCP/IP stack, support for ARM, OKLinux and more ...
Genode Live Demonstration 2009-09 Sep 02, 2009: The latest release of the ready-to-boot Live CD image is available.
Genode OS Framework release 9.08 Aug 19, 2009: The release 9.08 advances the portability of the operating-system framework to a new level.
Document about Genode's native Qt4 port available Jul 06, 2009: The document "Portierung von Qt auf Genode" (german) describes the undertaking of making the Qt4 framework natively available on Genode. Among many technical insights, it provides an overview about the integration with Genode's GUI, and explains how Qt4's low-level interfaces are mapped to native Genode functionality.
Genode OS Framework release 9.05 May 27, 2009: With the release 9.05, we introduce the first fragments of USB support, update Qt to version 4.5.1, and add the OKL4 kernel as supported base platform.
Bringing Genode to the OKL4 kernel May 06, 2009: We have enhanced the range of supported kernel platforms by bringing Genode to the OKL4 kernel developed by Open Kernel Labs.
Genode on 64-bit Linux kernels Apr 17, 2009: Genode can now use both 32-bit as well as 64-bit versions of the Linux kernel as base platform.
Christian Prochaska joins our project as regular developer Apr 08, 2009: The developer of the Qt4 port for Genode joins Genode Labs to bring forward his Genode-related projects.
Genode OS Framework release 9.02 Feb 26, 2009: The version 9.02 of the Genode OS Framework introduces support for L4ka::Pistachio as base platform, a port of the Qt4 application framework, and networking.
Port of libSDL to Genode Jan 23, 2009: As announced on the Genode mailing list, the popular Simple Directmedia Library is being ported to Genode. A first version of the port and a demo application are already available.
Genode on the L4ka::Pistachio kernel Dec 18, 2008: The new L4ka::Pistachio version of the Genode OS Framework makes the unique features, performance, and stability of the L4::Pistachio kernel available for Genode's software stack.
Public bug tracker available Dec 12, 2008: Because we received several requests for a public bug tracker, we have now enabled the public tracker of our Sourceforge project.
Genode OS Framework release 8.11 Nov 21, 2008: We are pleased to announce the release 8.11 of the Genode OS Framework introducing a new device-driver API, a C runtime, support for asynchronous notifications, and many improvements of the base API.
Ready-to-boot Live-CD image available Oct 21, 2008: As a teaser for the upcoming release 8.11, we have compiled a Live-CD image showing off the current state of the Genode OS Framework.
New and exciting challenges ahead Sep 19, 2008: To foster the involvement of developers interested in working on Genode, we have enhanced the compilation of future challenges in our Wiki by a number of interesting Genode-related projects to pursue.
The Genode build system thoroughly examined Aug 22, 2008: In his paper "Empirical Comparison of SCons and GNU Make", Ludwig Hähne pursues the question of which build system to choose for an operating-system project such as ours. For his study, he took the Genode build system as a real-world use case. His results are not only valuable for our particular project but for everyone with an interest in build systems.
Genode ported to Syllable Server OS Aug 22, 2008: The developers of the Syllable OS project have ported Genode to the Linux-based server version of Syllable OS.
Genode OS Framework release 8.08 Aug 06, 2008: We released the first official version of the Genode OS Framework.
Project website launched Jul 29, 2008: The launch of our comprehensive project website genode.org marks the begin of our effort to turn Genode into a community project. The initial release of the Genode OS framework is scheduled for the 6th of August.
Genode Labs founded Jul 17, 2008: The original authors of the Genode OS Framework start a company dedicated to promoting and advancing Genode.

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