2019-02-11-fosdem2019.txt

                FOSDEM'19 - Microkernel devroom

The year 2019 marked Genode Lab's turn to organize the
[https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/track/microkernels_and_component_based_os - Microkernels and Component-based OS devroom]
at [https://fosdem.org - FOSDEM 2019] in Brussels. The devroom has been
established in 2012 and every year since, varying open-source organizations or
private microkernel enthusiasts have taken over and passed the organization
helmet on. We had a great time meeting familiar and new faces at the devroom
and, in my personal opinion, we had an interesting mixture of talks this year. I
especially want to thank the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unikernel - Unikernel]
speakers, since they brought a breath of fresh air into the devroom, while
staying at eye-level regarding the technical skills required for systems
programming. So, thank you!

As for Genode, I like to point out Alexander's talk about the progress he made
regarding Genode's unified virtualization interface.

[image fosdem_virtualization]
  Microkernel virtualization under one roof - Dare the impossible

The talk is available
[https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/microkernel_virtualization - here]. A
mobile friendly version is also [https://youtu.be/L83qlU9pQtQ - available].

Also, Norman gave an unexpected lightning talk about the current state of
Genode's Sculpt OS, which really gathered traction. 

[image fosdem_lightning_talks]
   Genode's Sculpt OS - A general purpose microkernel based OS in daily use

Here are the links:
[https://video.fosdem.org/2019/AW1.121/microkernel_lightning_talks.mp4 - MP4]
and
[https://video.fosdem.org/2019/AW1.121/microkernel_lightning_talks.webm - WEBM].

All talks are available at
[https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/track/microkernels_and_component_based_os - FOSDEM's]
main site. Have fun watching and if you feel like organizing the Microkernel
devroom next year, let us know - we would be happy to give support.