This Month in Redox - November 2024

By Ribbon and Ron Williams on

Redox OS is a Unix-like general-purpose microkernel-based operating system written in Rust. November was a very exciting month for Redox! Here’s all the latest news.

If you would like to support Redox, please consider donating or buying some merch! Use code REDOX2025 at checkout for 15% off (it comes out of Redox’s share of the profit, so consider not using the code if you are only buying one item).

Getting Funding to be a Redox Contributor

If you are a current Redox contributor, or if you are a student who would like to contribute to Redox, there are opportunities for funding.

NLnet is an excellent organization, and the NGI Zero Commons fund seems like a great fit for Redox. Up to 50,000 EUR is available for a first project. There should be a “European dimension” to your project, so if you are based in the EU, this might be a great opportunity for you. There’s a new call for proposals on the 1st of every even numbered month. It can take about 5 months to get funding in place, so apply early. You can apply directly to the fund, but if you are a Redox contributor and would like our help with writing a proposal, please contact Ron Williams on Matrix Chat.

Redox currently has one project funded by NLnet’s NGI Zero Core fund, and we have applied for two NGI Zero Commons projects to start this summer. However, if both proposals are accepted, we will need a second developer, so if you are a Redox kernel contributor and want to help, please contact Ron Williams on Matrix. The projects will run roughly from June 2025 to May 2026.

Redox has a enough money to fund one or two projects, up to $5,000 each. We are looking for current Redox contributors who would like to help us with some of our priorities. The work can be done part-time as long as it is done in a reasonable timeframe. You must be eligible to receive funds from a US organization. Here are a few of our priorities, but we are open to anything that helps us get one step closer to a release. If you are already working on one of these, don’t be afraid to ask about funding, or let us know if you would like to collaborate with someone who is funded.

If you are a student or new graduate, we are planning to have our Redox Summer of Code (RSoC) program again in 2025. It’s too early to apply for that, however, if you are not able to participate in the summer but would like to do a project sooner than that, please let us know. We are looking for projects from 6 to 10 weeks in duration, and you must be eligible to receive funds from a US organization. Feel free to bring your own ideas, but here are a few suggestions.

COSMIC Alpha 4

COSMIC Desktop has just released Alpha 4! Redox includes COSMIC Editor, Files, Terminal and Store, and the Redox nightly build has all the latest improvements.

Redox On Redox

Andrey Turkin executed the RISC-V version of Redox Server from the RVVM RISC-V emulator running on the x86-64 version of Redox Desktop!! And thanks again to LekKit for the awesome emulator!

Redox On Redox

Compiling Redox on WSL

Charlie Philips from Georgia Tech did a video tutorial teaching how to build the Redox system on WSL, you can watch the video below:

Kernel Improvements

Driver Improvements

Relibc Improvements

Programs

Testing Improvements

Build System Improvements

Documentation Improvements

Join us on Matrix Chat

If you want to contribute, give feedback or just listen in to the conversation, join us on Matrix Chat.