Comment by nfeske
4 months 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-walkthroug...
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!
The core OS (including GUI) is surprisingly small. It will download software like the browser when you first enable it.
Do you have any articles about setting it up/running it on your Framework? Sounds really neat
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-walkthroug...
The Sculpt OS articles on genode.org also provide a thorough overview: https://genode.org/documentation/articles/index
that's pretty awesome, I've seen the project mentioned every so often, but I didn't realise it was that usable already!
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