Want to do something cool with QEMU? Whether you are a developer or user, you can help us create the QEMU Advent Calendar 2014!
I've had this whacky idea for a while and the right time of year has finally come. When I was a kid each year I would get an advent calendar for December... An advent calendar is a calendar that counts down days until Christmas. Each day has a window that is opened to reveal a surprise (often chocolate or pictures): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_calendar The QEMU Advent Calendar 2014 will be a website that reveals a new disk image for download each day in December. Launching the disk image under QEMU will bring up a nice surprise! Volunteers are needed to create disk images and to build the website. Disk images: * Need a disk image for each day: 1-25 December * Must be freely redistributable (i.e. no proprietary license that prevents distribution) * Ideally under 100 MB per disk image * Please include a command-line for launching the disk image * Please include a short description of the disk image with hints on what to try Ideas list for disk images (reply if you want to volunteer to create the image): * Slackware 1.0 with Linux 0.99pl11 (1993) * ReactOS * Haiku * MINIX 3 * Plan 9 * QEMU inside QEMU - nested emulation (how many levels can you do?!) * FreeDOS boot to DOOM or Commander Keen (use shareware version or open source clone) * International Obfuscated C Coding Competition 2004 entry - 32-bit multitasking operating system (http://www.ioccc.org/2004/gavin.hint) * Something s390 :-) * Your idea...! Website: * Static HTML, CSS, and images * Web design help needed! Please reply to this email thread if you want to volunteer. Questions? Feel free to reply or ask on #qemu irc.oftc.net. Stefan PS: The QEMU Advent Calendar 2014 is a secular calendar (not religious). The idea is for the QEMU community to create a fun experience to share with everyone. You don't need to celebrate Christmas to participate!