Discussion:
FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room - CfP
Martin Stein
2018-10-12 13:42:14 UTC
Permalink
Hi,

I'm Martin from Genode Labs, Dresden. We're organizing the "Microkernels
and component-based OS" developer room of the FOSDEM 2019 and thought
that maybe the GNU Hurd community could be interested in participating
in this Devroom. What do you think? I was not sure about which of your
mailing lists to address, so, would you mind to redirect this request to
the one that is most appropriate?

I'm looking forward to hear from you!
Best wishes,
Martin

----- FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room -----

FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels and Component-based OSes devroom
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


The developers of several free and open-source microkernel-based operating
systems will meet at FOSDEM 2019 [1] in Brussels, Belgium and will share a
developer room on Sunday February 03, 2019 [2]. The devroom is currently
looking for content in the form of talks and activities related to the
area of
microkernel-, unikernel-, and componenent-based operating systems. Possible
topics include, but are not limited to:

* introduction of a specific OS or framework
* design of subsystems and the general architecture of an OS
* enabling support for hardware (architectures, device drivers)
* used languages and tools
* maintenance and testing
* security and robustness
* trends and challenges
* use cases, experiences, lessons learned and demos

Please use the Pentabarf [3] system to submit your proposals. You do
not need to create a new account if you already have one. When in doubt,
please use the devroom mailing list [4]. If you do not want to give a
talk yourself, you may still send suggestions for what else you would
like to see, or do in the devroom. Please send your suggestions to the
mailing list. The deadline for your proposal is on December the 1st 2018.

Make sure to include the following in your proposal:

* title of your talk (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
* your full name (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
* a short abstract (one or two paragraphs)
* duration of your talk (please, at least 25 and no longer than 55 min)

The official devroom schedule (along with the accepted talks) will be
announced on December the 15th on the devroom's mailing list and the
speakers will be notified via e-mail. The schedule will also be published
on the FOSDEM website.


About FOSDEM

FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the
widespread use of free and open source software. Taking place in the
beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the
best such conference in Europe. FOSDEM covers a wide spectrum of free
and open source software projects, and offers a platform for people to
collaborate. To this end, FOSDEM has set up developer rooms (devrooms)
with network/internet connectivity and projectors where teams can meet
and showcase their projects. Devrooms are a place for teams to discuss,
hack and publicly present latest directions, lightning talks, news and
discussions. Besides developer rooms, FOSDEM also offers main tracks,
lightning talks, certification exams and project stands. Every year,
FOSDEM hosts more than 5000 developers at the ULB Solbosch campus.
Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organisers
gratefully accept donations and sponsorship. No registration necessary.


About the devroom

Since the first Microkernel devroom in 2012 this devroom has been part of
each following FOSDEM. By now it has become a somewhat institutionalized
tradition for the micro kernel community to meet there; to this date over
a dozen projects have participated in one way or another. Each of the
projects face similar challenges but come up with partially different
solutions. Therefore, the goal of the Microkernel devroom is to bring the
various projects together, let them exchange ideas, cross-pollinate and
socialize.


Social events

It also has become a habit that the microkernel projects dine together
somewhere in Brussels. The year 2019 will not be any different, so there is
going to be a microkernel family dinner on Saturday night. We try place a
reservation, so we will inform you about the exact location and time later.
Consult the FOSDEM web and other projects for additional social events such
as the famous FOSDEM-organized Friday Beer Event and the FOSDEM-arranged
free sightseeing tours for spouses.


Important dates recap

* 01.12.2018: Deadline for submissions
* 15.12.2018: Schedule published and speakers notified of acceptance
* 03.02.2019: The devroom takes places


Links

[1] http://fosdem.org
[2] https://fosdem.org/2019/practical/transportation
[3] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19
[4] https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom


See you all at FOSDEM!
Almudena Garcia
2018-10-12 21:24:37 UTC
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Forwarded message to bug-hurd list
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Martin Stein <***@genode-labs.com>
Date: vie., 12 oct. 2018 a las 22:47
Subject: FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room - CfP
To: <help-***@gnu.org>


Hi,

I'm Martin from Genode Labs, Dresden. We're organizing the "Microkernels
and component-based OS" developer room of the FOSDEM 2019 and thought
that maybe the GNU Hurd community could be interested in participating
in this Devroom. What do you think? I was not sure about which of your
mailing lists to address, so, would you mind to redirect this request to
the one that is most appropriate?

I'm looking forward to hear from you!
Best wishes,
Martin

----- FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room -----

FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels and Component-based OSes devroom
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


The developers of several free and open-source microkernel-based operating
systems will meet at FOSDEM 2019 [1] in Brussels, Belgium and will share a
developer room on Sunday February 03, 2019 [2]. The devroom is currently
looking for content in the form of talks and activities related to the
area of
microkernel-, unikernel-, and componenent-based operating systems. Possible
topics include, but are not limited to:

* introduction of a specific OS or framework
* design of subsystems and the general architecture of an OS
* enabling support for hardware (architectures, device drivers)
* used languages and tools
* maintenance and testing
* security and robustness
* trends and challenges
* use cases, experiences, lessons learned and demos

Please use the Pentabarf [3] system to submit your proposals. You do
not need to create a new account if you already have one. When in doubt,
please use the devroom mailing list [4]. If you do not want to give a
talk yourself, you may still send suggestions for what else you would
like to see, or do in the devroom. Please send your suggestions to the
mailing list. The deadline for your proposal is on December the 1st 2018.

Make sure to include the following in your proposal:

* title of your talk (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
* your full name (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
* a short abstract (one or two paragraphs)
* duration of your talk (please, at least 25 and no longer than 55 min)

The official devroom schedule (along with the accepted talks) will be
announced on December the 15th on the devroom's mailing list and the
speakers will be notified via e-mail. The schedule will also be published
on the FOSDEM website.


About FOSDEM

FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the
widespread use of free and open source software. Taking place in the
beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the
best such conference in Europe. FOSDEM covers a wide spectrum of free
and open source software projects, and offers a platform for people to
collaborate. To this end, FOSDEM has set up developer rooms (devrooms)
with network/internet connectivity and projectors where teams can meet
and showcase their projects. Devrooms are a place for teams to discuss,
hack and publicly present latest directions, lightning talks, news and
discussions. Besides developer rooms, FOSDEM also offers main tracks,
lightning talks, certification exams and project stands. Every year,
FOSDEM hosts more than 5000 developers at the ULB Solbosch campus.
Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organisers
gratefully accept donations and sponsorship. No registration necessary.


About the devroom

Since the first Microkernel devroom in 2012 this devroom has been part of
each following FOSDEM. By now it has become a somewhat institutionalized
tradition for the micro kernel community to meet there; to this date over
a dozen projects have participated in one way or another. Each of the
projects face similar challenges but come up with partially different
solutions. Therefore, the goal of the Microkernel devroom is to bring the
various projects together, let them exchange ideas, cross-pollinate and
socialize.


Social events

It also has become a habit that the microkernel projects dine together
somewhere in Brussels. The year 2019 will not be any different, so there is
going to be a microkernel family dinner on Saturday night. We try place a
reservation, so we will inform you about the exact location and time later.
Consult the FOSDEM web and other projects for additional social events such
as the famous FOSDEM-organized Friday Beer Event and the FOSDEM-arranged
free sightseeing tours for spouses.


Important dates recap

* 01.12.2018: Deadline for submissions
* 15.12.2018: Schedule published and speakers notified of acceptance
* 03.02.2019: The devroom takes places


Links

[1] http://fosdem.org
[2] https://fosdem.org/2019/practical/transportation
[3] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19
[4] https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom


See you all at FOSDEM!
Samuel Thibault
2018-11-28 00:45:48 UTC
Permalink
Hello,

So, any volunteer for a Hurd talk at FOSDEM?

Samuel
Post by Almudena Garcia
Forwarded message to bug-hurd list
---------- Forwarded message ---------
Date: vie., 12 oct. 2018 a las 22:47
Subject: FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room - CfP
Hi,
I'm Martin from Genode Labs, Dresden. We're organizing the "Microkernels
and component-based OS" developer room of the FOSDEM 2019 and thought
that maybe the GNU Hurd community could be interested in participating
in this Devroom. What do you think? I was not sure about which of your
mailing lists to address, so, would you mind to redirect this request to
the one that is most appropriate?
I'm looking forward to hear from you!
Best wishes,
Martin
----- FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room -----
FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels and Component-based OSes devroom
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The developers of several free and open-source microkernel-based operating
systems will meet at FOSDEM 2019 [1] in Brussels, Belgium and will share a
developer room on Sunday February 03, 2019 [2].  The devroom is currently
looking for content in the form of talks and activities related to the
area of
microkernel-, unikernel-, and componenent-based operating systems. Possible
 * introduction of a specific OS or framework
 * design of subsystems and the general architecture of an OS
 * enabling support for hardware (architectures, device drivers)
 * used languages and tools
 * maintenance and testing
 * security and robustness
 * trends and challenges
 * use cases, experiences, lessons learned and demos
Please use the Pentabarf [3] system to submit your proposals. You do
not need to create a new account if you already have one. When in doubt,
please use the devroom mailing list [4]. If you do not want to give a
talk yourself, you may still send suggestions for what else you would
like to see, or do in the devroom. Please send your suggestions to the
mailing list. The deadline for your proposal is on December the 1st 2018.
 * title of your talk (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
 * your full name (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
 * a short abstract (one or two paragraphs)
 * duration of your talk (please, at least 25 and no longer than 55 min)
The official devroom schedule (along with the accepted talks) will be
announced on December the 15th on the devroom's mailing list and the
speakers will be notified via e-mail. The schedule will also be published
on the FOSDEM website.
About FOSDEM
FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the
widespread use of free and open source software. Taking place in the
beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the
best such conference in Europe. FOSDEM covers a wide spectrum of free
and open source software projects, and offers a platform for people to
collaborate. To this end, FOSDEM has set up developer rooms (devrooms)
with network/internet connectivity and projectors where teams can meet
and showcase their projects. Devrooms are a place for teams to discuss,
hack and publicly present latest directions, lightning talks, news and
discussions. Besides developer rooms, FOSDEM also offers main tracks,
lightning talks, certification exams and project stands. Every year,
FOSDEM hosts more than 5000 developers at the ULB Solbosch campus.
Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organisers
gratefully accept donations and sponsorship. No registration necessary.
About the devroom
Since the first Microkernel devroom in 2012 this devroom has been part of
each following FOSDEM. By now it has become a somewhat institutionalized
tradition for the micro kernel community to meet there; to this date over
a dozen projects have participated in one way or another. Each of the
projects face similar challenges but come up with partially different
solutions. Therefore, the goal of the Microkernel devroom is to bring the
various projects together, let them exchange ideas, cross-pollinate and
socialize.
Social events
It also has become a habit that the microkernel projects dine together
somewhere in Brussels. The year 2019 will not be any different, so there is
going to be a microkernel family dinner on Saturday night. We try place a
reservation, so we will inform you about the exact location and time later.
Consult the FOSDEM web and other projects for additional social events such
as the famous FOSDEM-organized Friday Beer Event and the FOSDEM-arranged
free sightseeing tours for spouses.
Important dates recap
* 01.12.2018: Deadline for submissions
* 15.12.2018: Schedule published and speakers notified of acceptance
* 03.02.2019: The devroom takes places
Links
[1] [3]http://fosdem.org
[2] [4]https://fosdem.org/2019/practical/transportation
[3] [5]https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19
[4] [6]https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom
See you all at FOSDEM!
[3] http://fosdem.org/
[4] https://fosdem.org/2019/practical/transportation
[5] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19
[6] https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom
Almudena Garcia
2018-11-28 13:24:42 UTC
Permalink
why not yours? You use to talk about Hurd in FOSDEM every year.

I can't talk yet: my SMP project is in a draft stage, and I don't enough
information about this.
This edition is too early to talk about my project.

If my develop goes well, may I will can talk about this in next edition, in
2020 ;)


El mié., 28 nov. 2018 a las 1:46, Samuel Thibault (<
Post by Samuel Thibault
Hello,
So, any volunteer for a Hurd talk at FOSDEM?
Samuel
Post by Almudena Garcia
Forwarded message to bug-hurd list
---------- Forwarded message ---------
Date: vie., 12 oct. 2018 a las 22:47
Subject: FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room - CfP
Hi,
I'm Martin from Genode Labs, Dresden. We're organizing the "Microkernels
and component-based OS" developer room of the FOSDEM 2019 and thought
that maybe the GNU Hurd community could be interested in participating
in this Devroom. What do you think? I was not sure about which of your
mailing lists to address, so, would you mind to redirect this request to
the one that is most appropriate?
I'm looking forward to hear from you!
Best wishes,
Martin
----- FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room -----
FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels and Component-based OSes devroom
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The developers of several free and open-source microkernel-based
operating
Post by Almudena Garcia
systems will meet at FOSDEM 2019 [1] in Brussels, Belgium and will share
a
Post by Almudena Garcia
developer room on Sunday February 03, 2019 [2]. The devroom is currently
looking for content in the form of talks and activities related to the
area of
microkernel-, unikernel-, and componenent-based operating systems.
Possible
Post by Almudena Garcia
* introduction of a specific OS or framework
* design of subsystems and the general architecture of an OS
* enabling support for hardware (architectures, device drivers)
* used languages and tools
* maintenance and testing
* security and robustness
* trends and challenges
* use cases, experiences, lessons learned and demos
Please use the Pentabarf [3] system to submit your proposals. You do
not need to create a new account if you already have one. When in doubt,
please use the devroom mailing list [4]. If you do not want to give a
talk yourself, you may still send suggestions for what else you would
like to see, or do in the devroom. Please send your suggestions to the
mailing list. The deadline for your proposal is on December the 1st 2018.
* title of your talk (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
* your full name (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
* a short abstract (one or two paragraphs)
* duration of your talk (please, at least 25 and no longer than 55 min)
The official devroom schedule (along with the accepted talks) will be
announced on December the 15th on the devroom's mailing list and the
speakers will be notified via e-mail. The schedule will also be published
on the FOSDEM website.
About FOSDEM
FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the
widespread use of free and open source software. Taking place in the
beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the
best such conference in Europe. FOSDEM covers a wide spectrum of free
and open source software projects, and offers a platform for people to
collaborate. To this end, FOSDEM has set up developer rooms (devrooms)
with network/internet connectivity and projectors where teams can meet
and showcase their projects. Devrooms are a place for teams to discuss,
hack and publicly present latest directions, lightning talks, news and
discussions. Besides developer rooms, FOSDEM also offers main tracks,
lightning talks, certification exams and project stands. Every year,
FOSDEM hosts more than 5000 developers at the ULB Solbosch campus.
Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organisers
gratefully accept donations and sponsorship. No registration necessary.
About the devroom
Since the first Microkernel devroom in 2012 this devroom has been part of
each following FOSDEM. By now it has become a somewhat institutionalized
tradition for the micro kernel community to meet there; to this date over
a dozen projects have participated in one way or another. Each of the
projects face similar challenges but come up with partially different
solutions. Therefore, the goal of the Microkernel devroom is to bring the
various projects together, let them exchange ideas, cross-pollinate and
socialize.
Social events
It also has become a habit that the microkernel projects dine together
somewhere in Brussels. The year 2019 will not be any different, so there
is
Post by Almudena Garcia
going to be a microkernel family dinner on Saturday night. We try place a
reservation, so we will inform you about the exact location and time
later.
Post by Almudena Garcia
Consult the FOSDEM web and other projects for additional social events
such
Post by Almudena Garcia
as the famous FOSDEM-organized Friday Beer Event and the FOSDEM-arranged
free sightseeing tours for spouses.
Important dates recap
* 01.12.2018: Deadline for submissions
* 15.12.2018: Schedule published and speakers notified of acceptance
* 03.02.2019: The devroom takes places
Links
[1] [3]http://fosdem.org
[2] [4]https://fosdem.org/2019/practical/transportation
[3] [5]https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19
[4] [6]https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom
See you all at FOSDEM!
[3] http://fosdem.org/
[4] https://fosdem.org/2019/practical/transportation
[5] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19
[6] https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom
Samuel Thibault
2018-11-28 13:46:49 UTC
Permalink
Post by Almudena Garcia
why not yours? You use to talk about Hurd in FOSDEM every year.
I could, sure, I just don't know what I could talk about, and it's good
to see various people take the microphone :)

Samuel
Almudena Garcia
2018-11-28 19:10:10 UTC
Permalink
May Damien could talk about their ACPI translator project. Or Joshua about
their wiki update work.
Post by Samuel Thibault
Post by Almudena Garcia
why not yours? You use to talk about Hurd in FOSDEM every year.
I could, sure, I just don't know what I could talk about, and it's good
to see various people take the microphone :)
Samuel
Joshua Branson
2018-11-29 13:13:17 UTC
Permalink
May Damien could talk about their ACPI translator project. Or Joshua about their wiki update work.
I'm flattered that you mentioned me, but is wiki edits really something
that people will want to hear about? It would probably end up being a
meta talk. "You don't have to be a developer to contribute".

I'm also probably not going to FOSDEM. I'd rather go to libreplanet.
It's closer to me and will probably be a little cheaper. Though I do
want to go to FOSDEM someday!

Thanks,

Joshua
Post by Almudena Garcia
why not yours? You use to talk about Hurd in FOSDEM every year.
I could, sure, I just don't know what I could talk about, and it's good
to see various people take the microphone :)
Samuel
Joshua Branson
2018-11-29 13:11:05 UTC
Permalink
Post by Samuel Thibault
Post by Almudena Garcia
why not yours? You use to talk about Hurd in FOSDEM every year.
I could, sure, I just don't know what I could talk about, and it's good
to see various people take the microphone :)
Just to help you brain storm...And forgive me if these are silly ideas.

Maybe you could mention some nearly finished or half finished work that
people should try to finish? like the ext3fs project, perl & python
support. Someone could finish the valgrind port. I know it was a gsoc,
but I'm not certain how far the student got...

Perhaps you could outline a roadmap.

Maybe you could mention what's the most crucial gsoc project.

Maybe you could demo a python, java, or lisp translator. I have a
feeling the port for those are not complete, but it would be cool to
show a translator running in something other than C. :)

You could mention recent news items:
- You could mention the recent LLVM supporting the GNU/Hurd.
- ArchHurd started up again.
- the recent merge of PCI arbiter

Maybe you could demo guix/shepherd running on the Hurd. It would
actually be cool to see a guix config file specifying a GNU/Hurd
translator. Something like

(operating-system
(translator
(ftpfs
(user samuel)
(mount-point ftp:))))

Perhaps you could mention some of the other ways to run the Hurd besides
qemu. Maybe you could demo the Xen port/show people how they can run
GNU/Linux and the Hurd at the same time on any computer that supports
Xen. (Am I correct in thinking that this is possible?)

Perhaps you could show people where/how they could set up a GNU/Hurd
server, with which to play. Maybe give a few use cases where a GNU/Hurd
server is more flexible than GNU/Linux.

Perhaps you could demo some translators: mboxfs, xmlfs, jfs, run, etc.
I suppose that the jfs is in a sad state, seeing as it's in hurd extras.
And it's only read-only. ah. I didn't know that. So technically the
Hurd does have a "modern-ish" journal file system.

Maybe you could mention libguestfs. We could build translators out of
that...Not everybody has heard of that.

Would Richard by mad if we mentioned x15? You could mention how we are
pulling ideas from it.
Post by Samuel Thibault
Samuel
Samuel Thibault
2018-12-02 00:24:38 UTC
Permalink
Post by Joshua Branson
Post by Samuel Thibault
Post by Almudena Garcia
why not yours? You use to talk about Hurd in FOSDEM every year.
I could, sure, I just don't know what I could talk about, and it's good
to see various people take the microphone :)
Just to help you brain storm...And forgive me if these are silly ideas.
Well, these are not silly ideas at all, but for a talk one needs to
have a main story to tell, not only a collection of small stories, and
I'm afraid I have already covered what I can talk about (flexible way
to have hardware support, flexibility for the user), and Justus talked
about virtualization two years ago.
Post by Joshua Branson
Maybe you could demo [...]
Demos take a very long time to make them work. Unless people help me
with it (understand: give me a step-by-step process that I'll be able to
just follow) I won't be able to get the time to make them work.
Post by Joshua Branson
Perhaps you could outline a roadmap.
Mmm. In the end that's what I could think of from your ideas. I have
thus proposed:


A roadmap for the Hurd?

Most people don't realize it, but the Hurd system is actually well
established. Between 75% and 80% of Debian official packages do build
fine, it has mainstream gcc/glibc/llvm support, go and rust ports are
ongoing, it can be installed with the Debian installer and GuixSD and
Arch ports are ongoing...

Yet not so much has been happening within the Hurd itself in the past
couple of years. We have notably added a PCI arbiter, which allows for
both flexible and safe PCI access for end users, and some basic ACPI
support is ongoing. But many exciting features could be achieved with a
bit of work.

This talk will discuss some of these promising features, to give a sort
of ideas roadmap for contributions. Some have implementation sketches
which just need to be polished to be more production-ready, such as
httpfs, mboxfs, or writing translators in more high-level languages
than C. Other features are at early stage, such as adding sound support
through rump, getting complete rid of disk drivers from the kernel by
moving them to userland, or also getting valgrind support. I will also
discuss some promising ideas, such as using libguestfs to get support
for more filesystems.


Now, that being written, I very well remember feedback from previous
talks. Basically the question was "Cool project! How do I start?" I
would point to the contribution page of the wiki, and notably its "Small
hack entries", but apparently it is way not detailed enough for people
to give them a try. Obviously, ideally enough I'd have time to develop
them, but I simply don't have it. I mean, for each of these items,
giving more details is not just a matter of writing them, but looking
around what needs to be done, where, which RPCs, etc. I don't have
enough time for that. So, while I'll be happy to give this talk, unless
the community takes a stab at reworking the contribution page into
workable items, I'm afraid it will not drag much more than the previous
years.

Samuel

Joshua Branson
2018-10-15 00:25:17 UTC
Permalink
Post by Martin Stein
Hi,
I'm Martin from Genode Labs, Dresden. We're organizing the "Microkernels
and component-based OS" developer room of the FOSDEM 2019 and thought
that maybe the GNU Hurd community could be interested in participating
in this Devroom. What do you think? I was not sure about which of your
mailing lists to address, so, would you mind to redirect this request to
the one that is most appropriate?
Just FYI, this is the best emailing list to contact the Hurd
developers. I'm not one of them though. :(
Post by Martin Stein
I'm looking forward to hear from you!
Best wishes,
Martin
----- FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels developer room -----
FOSDEM 2019 - Microkernels and Component-based OSes devroom
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The developers of several free and open-source microkernel-based operating
systems will meet at FOSDEM 2019 [1] in Brussels, Belgium and will share a
developer room on Sunday February 03, 2019 [2]. The devroom is currently
looking for content in the form of talks and activities related to the
area of
microkernel-, unikernel-, and componenent-based operating systems. Possible
* introduction of a specific OS or framework
* design of subsystems and the general architecture of an OS
* enabling support for hardware (architectures, device drivers)
* used languages and tools
* maintenance and testing
* security and robustness
* trends and challenges
* use cases, experiences, lessons learned and demos
Please use the Pentabarf [3] system to submit your proposals. You do
not need to create a new account if you already have one. When in doubt,
please use the devroom mailing list [4]. If you do not want to give a
talk yourself, you may still send suggestions for what else you would
like to see, or do in the devroom. Please send your suggestions to the
mailing list. The deadline for your proposal is on December the 1st 2018.
* title of your talk (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
* your full name (will be printed in the FOSDEM booklet)
* a short abstract (one or two paragraphs)
* duration of your talk (please, at least 25 and no longer than 55 min)
The official devroom schedule (along with the accepted talks) will be
announced on December the 15th on the devroom's mailing list and the
speakers will be notified via e-mail. The schedule will also be published
on the FOSDEM website.
About FOSDEM
FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the
widespread use of free and open source software. Taking place in the
beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the
best such conference in Europe. FOSDEM covers a wide spectrum of free
and open source software projects, and offers a platform for people to
collaborate. To this end, FOSDEM has set up developer rooms (devrooms)
with network/internet connectivity and projectors where teams can meet
and showcase their projects. Devrooms are a place for teams to discuss,
hack and publicly present latest directions, lightning talks, news and
discussions. Besides developer rooms, FOSDEM also offers main tracks,
lightning talks, certification exams and project stands. Every year,
FOSDEM hosts more than 5000 developers at the ULB Solbosch campus.
Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organisers
gratefully accept donations and sponsorship. No registration necessary.
About the devroom
Since the first Microkernel devroom in 2012 this devroom has been part of
each following FOSDEM. By now it has become a somewhat institutionalized
tradition for the micro kernel community to meet there; to this date over
a dozen projects have participated in one way or another. Each of the
projects face similar challenges but come up with partially different
solutions. Therefore, the goal of the Microkernel devroom is to bring the
various projects together, let them exchange ideas, cross-pollinate and
socialize.
Social events
It also has become a habit that the microkernel projects dine together
somewhere in Brussels. The year 2019 will not be any different, so there is
going to be a microkernel family dinner on Saturday night. We try place a
reservation, so we will inform you about the exact location and time later.
Consult the FOSDEM web and other projects for additional social events such
as the famous FOSDEM-organized Friday Beer Event and the FOSDEM-arranged
free sightseeing tours for spouses.
Important dates recap
* 01.12.2018: Deadline for submissions
* 15.12.2018: Schedule published and speakers notified of acceptance
* 03.02.2019: The devroom takes places
Links
[1] http://fosdem.org
[2] https://fosdem.org/2019/practical/transportation
[3] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19
[4] https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom
See you all at FOSDEM!
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