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Add description for the Microkernel devroom (#274)
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<h3>About Microkernels</h3> | ||
<p> | ||
Microkernels are kernels that provide only simple generic mechanisms | ||
suitable for outsourcing the traditional operating-system functionality to | ||
deprivileged user-mode processes in a component-based OS that runs on top. | ||
Microkernel-based operating systems come in many different flavors, each | ||
having a distinctive set of goals, features, mechanisms and trade-offs. | ||
Some of the most frequently cited reasons for structuring the system as a | ||
microkernel are security, modularity, flexibility, verifiability and | ||
fault tolerance. Many microkernels can also act as a hypervisor. | ||
</p> | ||
<p><b> | ||
See <a href="https://www.microkernel.info/">https://www.microkernel.info/</a> | ||
for a comprehensive list of open-source microkernel projects. | ||
</b></p> | ||
<h3>About the Devroom</h3> | ||
<p> | ||
The microkernel and component-based OS devroom brings the creative minds | ||
behind several open-source projects together and offers enthusiasts a chance | ||
to discuss novel ideas and get up to speed with the latest developments in | ||
the various groups. | ||
Since the first Microkernel OS Devroom at FOSDEM 2012, this devroom has been | ||
a part of each following FOSDEM (with slight variations of the name). | ||
The focus gradually widened to include component-based, unikernel-based and | ||
other operating systems. | ||
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