diff --git a/doc/news.txt b/doc/news.txt index de123be1d5..c90c1d9d13 100644 --- a/doc/news.txt +++ b/doc/news.txt @@ -4,6 +4,36 @@ =========== +Sculpt OS release 20.02 | 2020-03-10 +#################################### + +| Version 20.02 of the Sculpt operating system revisits the administrative +| user interface for a more intuitive and logical user experience. + +With the release of Sculpt version 20.02, we follow our +[https://genode.org/about/road-map - roadmap's] mission to make Sculpt OS +easier to approach. In particular, we +[https://genodians.org/nfeske/2020-01-06-pending-sculpt-ui - identified] the +reliance on a command-line interface as a potential barrier of entry. As +Sculpt OS is not a Unix-like system, it should not require any Unix know-how +from the user. To relieve users from this burden, Sculpt 20.02 introduces +a custom graphical file browser and editor that can be used for interactively +inspecting and tweaking the state of the system. The traditional command-line +interface is still present as a fallback for advanced tasks though. +The updated [https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-20-02 - manual] +goes into detail about the use of the new system. + +Thanks to the work of seasoned Genode developers, many software packages are +already available for the new version. These include virtual machine monitors +like VirtualBox, performance-monitoring tools, GUI components, Genode's custom +Unix runtime, and several applications and games. In particular, the software +depots offered by alex-ab, cnuke, skalk are worth exploring. +The ready-to-use system image for version 20.02 can be obtained from the +[https://genode.org/download/sculpt - Sculpt download page] and is +accompanied by matching +[https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-20-02 - documentation]. + + Genode OS Framework release 20.02 | 2020-02-28 ##############################################