Genode OS

[nfeske]

Thanks for posting the steps on how to install as a reminder. Here's what I have for feedback.

I very much appreciate your feedback. Your remark about the hard-to-hit buttons inspired me to write up a guide for modding Sculpt OS: Crafting a modded Sculpt OS image in a few moderate steps

Previous images that I provided as 'nfeske' had a few patches on top of the upstream version. One of those patches actually tweaked the button sizes. Now, after having written the article, I published a new image under nfeske (version 2023-11-10) with those tweaks applied.

> Might be a good idea to create a series of nag screens at start up
 
Very good point. Since the PC version of Sculpt has the same culprit, we should really implement this for both versions to ease the on-boarding.

> the # is still disabled on the dial pad

Do you mean that it cannot be included in the called number (this should work), or it has no effect during the call (expected)?

> The "Clear" button works more like a back space

This is more of an interim solution until we add symbols for various functions. Then we'll replace the label with the typical backspace symbol. A long press could clear the while number. I also plan to use proper symbols on the touch keyboard (cursor keys, escape, enter etc.).

> The history & clear sections appear to be inactive placeholders for future use.

That's true.

> morph browser, but at some point the tiny size of each website

The default scaling factor can actually be configured (albeit in a awkward way): If you are eager to try and are well-versed in using Vim, you can use the system-shell preset to tweak the value. In the system shell, edit /config/presets/morph_browser, search for "zoom" (using the / command), finding the zoomFactor setting, and change the value from 1.0 to 1.5. When then switching to the morph-browser preset, everything will be displayed larger. You may try different values. Once you are satisfied, you can make the configuration persistent, using the system shell, by copying the tweaked preset to /rw/config/23.10/presets/. You'll need to create this directory using 'mkdir' first. Should you find a value that works generally good for you, we can make it the default.

> It would be great to have some kind of meter for signal strength

I agree, and remember that this was suggested before. We just need to get to implement it.

> what are the smallest devices Sculpt can fit on?

The CPU must support an MMU at minimum. So really small devices (speaking of micro controllers) are out of question. For addressing a device with very little memory (yet featuring an MMU), I'd first try to use a custom-tailored Genode system (not the complete Sculpt). In an experimental setting, we managed to boot a Genode-based system on a 32-bit ARM platform with as little as 4 MiB. But that was just a one-off experiment.