Lars Kurth

Lars Kurth is a highly effective, passionate community manager with strong experience of working with open source communities (Symbian, Symbian DevCo, Eclipse, GNU) and currently is community manager

Lars Kurth
Xen Project Introduces the Unikraft Unikernel Project
12/05/2017

Xen Project Introduces the Unikraft Unikernel Project Unikraft aims to simplify the process of building unikernels through a unified and customizable code base SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 2017 – The Xen Project, hosted by The Linux Foundation, today announced the formation of Unikraft. Unikraft is an incubation project under the Xen

Announcing the Xen Project 4.10 RC and Test Day Schedules
10/19/2017

On Monday, we created Xen 4.10 RC1 and will release a new release candidate every MONDAY, until we declare a release candidate as the final candidate and cut the Xen 4.10 release. We will also hold a Test Day every WEDNESDAY for the release candidate that was released

Recap of LinuxCon China and Xen Project’s Growth in the Region
07/25/2017

It’s been a very busy month or so for the Xen Project. During mid-June, I was lucky to attend and speak at LinuxCon + ContainerCon China held in Beijing. There I spoke on the topic of securing embedded systems with the hypervisor and live patching, virtual machine introspection and vulnerability

New Features in Xen Project 4.9 Provide Better Usability in Automotive and Embedded
06/28/2017

Updates include increased security to protect against QEMU compromises, features that lay the foundation for the next generation of cloud-native platforms, and more   SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2017 – Xen Project, hosted at The Linux Foundation, today announced the release of Xen Project Hypervisor 4.9. The latest release focuses on

Download server change for Xen releases
04/25/2017

The official way to get the Xen hypervisor and other Xen Project downloads is via the the https://www.xenproject.org/ website. If you get Xen via the links on the website, you do not need to read the rest of this message. We are aware that some users have

Announcing Xen Project 4.9 RC and Test Day Schedule
04/13/2017

Today, we created Xen 4.9 RC1 and will release a new release candidate every week, until we declare a release candidate as the final candidate and cut the Xen 4.9 release. We will also hold a Test Day every TUESDAY for the release candidate that was released the

Now Accepting Submissions for Xen Project Developer and Design Summit 2017
03/14/2017

We’re excited to announce that registration and the call for proposals is open for Xen Project Developer and Design Summit 2017, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary from July 11-13, 2017. The Xen Project Developer and Design Summit combines the formats of Xen Project Developer Summits with Xen

Xen Project Participates in Google Summer of Code and Outreachy
02/28/2017

This is a quick announcement that the Xen Project is again participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a program that awards three-month paid stipends to University students to work on open source projects, with the goal to get open source experience. The Xen Project will also again participate in

Xen Project’s MirageOS Expands its Ecosystem in Latest Release
02/23/2017

Innovative unikernel open source project increases commercial use cases and improves ease of use with contributions from Docker, IBM, Citrix and more SAN FRANCISCO, February 23, 2016 – The Xen Project, a project hosted at The Linux Foundation, today announced the release of MirageOS v3.0. The new version includes support

Xen Project Welcomes Qualcomm to its Advisory Board
12/19/2016

A world leader in next-generation wireless technologies joins open source project to accelerate ARM-server and hyperscale cloud development SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2016 – The Xen Project, a project hosted at The Linux Foundation, today announced that Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, is a new Advisory Board member.

Xen Project Hypervisor Continues to Expand into Embedded Use Cases in Latest Release
12/06/2016

Updates focus on ARM server enhancements, security hardening and quality code SAN FRANCISCO, December 7, 2016 – The Xen Project, hosted at The Linux Foundation, today announced the release of Xen Project Hypervisor 4.8. The latest release focuses on advanced embedded use cases, features to support security-first environments and continued

What You Need to Know about Recent Xen Project Security Advisories
11/22/2016

Today the Xen Project announced eight security advisories: XSA-191 to XSA-198. The bulk of these security advisories were discovered and fixed during the hardening phase of the Xen Project Hypervisor 4.8 release (expected to come out in early December). The Xen Project has implemented a security-first approach when publishing