[HN Gopher] Genode OS is a tool kit for building highly secure s...
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       Genode OS is a tool kit for building highly secure special-purpose
       OS
        
       Author : doener
       Score  : 94 points
       Date   : 2026-01-31 18:03 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (genode.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (genode.org)
        
       | wotsdat wrote:
       | I misread Genode as genocide
       | 
       | wonder if that's just me?
        
       | bri3d wrote:
       | Appears on HN with some frequency, last time 4 months ago:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45384653
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       | The "showcase" composition / implementation of Genode, Sculpt OS,
       | is pretty fun to install and run.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Thanks! Macroexpanded:
         | 
         |  _Genode OS Framework_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45384653 - Sept 2025 (39
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode: FOSDEM 2024 Aftermath_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39557993 - March 2024 (2
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode - Genode on seL4 - IPC and virtual memory_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38060698 - Oct 2023 (6
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode 's Browser Odyssey (2022)_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35206642 - March 2023 (11
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode OS Framework 22.08_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32671467 - Sept 2022 (2
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode OS Framework release 22.02_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30521093 - March 2022 (12
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode - Sculpt Operating System 21.10_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28889767 - Oct 2021 (12
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode Operating System Framework - General Overview_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26441425 - March 2021 (1
         | comment)
         | 
         |  _Genode OS Framework 20.11_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25236274 - Nov 2020 (3
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode OS Framework 19.05_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20038374 - May 2019 (20
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode OS: A tool kit for highly secure special-purpose
         | operating systems_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18962861 - Jan 2019 (31
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode - The microkernel approach (2008)_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16084936 - Jan 2018 (1
         | comment)
         | 
         |  _Genode OS Framework 16.05 (with Rust support and 4.4.3 Linux
         | drivers)_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11854460 -
         | June 2016 (3 comments)
         | 
         |  _How Genode came to RISC-V_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11369463 - March 2016 (19
         | comments)
         | 
         |  _Genode - Operating System Framework_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10139224 - Aug 2015 (23
         | comments)
        
       | enricotr wrote:
       | So good memories the day I obtained the floppy with Drops with
       | dope. Awesomeness. One the same bunch, another floppy of a
       | unixlike RT OS, which I cannot now recall the name to save my
       | life...the then blackberry one.
        
         | hackernudes wrote:
         | DROPS, The Dresden Real-Time Operating System Project --
         | https://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/drops/
         | 
         | QNX -- http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html (or
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44856046)
        
       | mikewarot wrote:
       | I haven't seen the "This is how you use it as a daily driver"
       | video yet. Maybe it's lack of google-fu on my part?
       | 
       | If I can throw it on an inexpensive desktop, and the run Linux
       | and Windows under it, and maybe do some Lazarus/Free pascal
       | development, I'll be a happy camper.
        
         | doener wrote:
         | Does this help? It's six years old though:
         | https://youtu.be/4wKmpCrWSxI
        
         | cmiller1 wrote:
         | The "this is how you use it as a daily driver" would be for the
         | sub project called SculptOS, you can find details on that and
         | how to set it up here: https://genode.org/download/sculpt
        
         | iamnothere wrote:
         | > If I can throw it on an inexpensive desktop, and the run
         | Linux and Windows under it, and maybe do some Lazarus/Free
         | pascal development, I'll be a happy camper.
         | 
         | It's capable of this today. Be aware that VMs do have a
         | noticeable performance impact, but on a powerful system they
         | aren't unusably slow.
        
         | genodethrowaway wrote:
         | Published on the group blog a year and a day ago:
         | https://genodians.org/nfeske/2025-01-30-sculpt-os-walkthroug...
        
       | Western0 wrote:
       | interesting please compile me for luxFox linux hardware or
       | raspberry pi 2350
        
         | MonkeyClub wrote:
         | Consider yourself compiled /s
        
       | cachius wrote:
       | Reminds me of T2 SDE:
       | 
       |  _a highly customizable and portable build system for creating
       | complete Linux distributions from source. It serves as a robust
       | toolkit for building everything from embedded platforms to full
       | desktop systems_
       | 
       | https://t2linux.com/about.html
        
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