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The JNode team is glad to announce the release of JNode 0.2.8.

JNode is a free, open source Java technology based operating system implemented in the Java language with a very small assembler nano-kernel.

The main focus of this release is general stability improvements and bug fixes and also reflects the current status of several major features in active development such as: isolates, Bjorne shell and complete support for HFS+. Significant progress has been made with the integration of the remaining parts of OpenJDK and the JNode class library has been updated to OpenJDK6 b13. JNode now builds with both JDK 1.6 and OpenJDK6+IceadTea and by the means of Linux and KVM it's possible to set up a well performing and completely free open source development and test environment. Mauve based regression testing is being introduced and various test-suites consolidated into a distributed automatic regression testing infrastructure. As a result of these activities real world applications and frameworks like Jetty, Quercus, Groovy, JEdit and many others are getting usable under JNode.

The JNode team is proud to announce the release of JNode 0.2.7.

JNode is a free, open source Java technology based operating system implemented in the Java language with a very small assembler nano-kernel.

This release features the integration of the OpenJDK implementation of Swing and AWT, and significant improvements to the overall JNode GUI including improved painting and font rendering, generic VESA support and graphical console. The release also includes a new command argument framework for the shell, reworked shell commands, a configure tool for the JNode build environment, Samba file system with read/write support and many stability and bug fixes across the whole system.

JNode 0.2.7 is a development release targeting Java developers and computer software specialists who like the idea of a Java based operating system. It is intended to encourage people to join in the creation of this truly unique and innovative free operating system.

We would like to thank all contributors for their efforts in making this release possible.

Screenshots are available here: http://www.jnode.org/node/132

JNode can be downloaded from here: http://www.jnode.org/node/2705

The Jikes RVM project (http://jikesrvm.org) has been choosen for Google Summer of Code 2008.

So, if you are a student, you can help both JNode and Jikes RVM by applying here for Summer of code 2008.

Then, choose the project "Work on the continued integration of the RVM with JNODE" on the Jikes RVM page. This project will look to continue to harmonize development effort of the Jikes RVM with the JNode operating system. We have 3 mentors until now and we need students.

Heading towards to FOSDEM in Belgium the JNode team is proud to
announce
the release of JNode 0.2.6.

JNode is a free, open source Java technology based OS (Operating
System)
written fully in Java language (with a very small assembler
nano-kernel).

This release features over 99 percent java 6 api compatibility,
hotswapping, nfs, hfs+, even more openJDK integration, jetty6 and
ofcourse bug fixes and improvements.

As a workshop version of the JNode operating system
members of the JNode team are holding a presentation at the FOSDEM,
more information can be found at

http://www.fosdem.org/2008/schedule/events/freejava_cool_stuff

After nearly a year of hard work the JNode team is proud to announce the release of JNode 0.2.5, the new intermediary development version of the JNode operating system.

JNode is a free, open source Java technology based OS (Operating System) written fully in Java language (with a very small assembler nano-kernel).

This release features OpenJDK integration, Java 6 support, substantially improved consoles, experimental support for isolates and a large set of bug fixes and improvements to all parts of the system, including better memory mamagement and increased performance.

We would like to thank all contributors for their effort in making this release possible.