openEuler Monthly Bulletin – November

Introduction

Welcome to the November edition of the openEuler monthly bulletin! In November, the openEuler Community reached key milestones, marking exciting activities, significant progress, and new technological developments. Here are the major highlights from this month:

As of November 30th, 2024, the openEuler Community has grown to over 3.72 million users, generating a total of more than 198,000 PRS and over 104,400 issues. The community now includes 1,876 organization members, with 63 new members joining in November.

Community Highlights

The openEuler Summit 2024, which took place on November 15th to 16th, 2024, at the Donggansong International Innovation Center in Beijing, concluded successfully. The event showcased openEuler’s remarkable achievements over the past five years, featuring two-day keynotes, over ten sub-forums and sessions, more than 40 SIG meetings, and over 100 exhibition booths that highlighted key advancements in technology, ecosystem collaboration, and globalization.

The transformation of openEuler from an enterprise-driven project to a thriving community gathering diverse industry strengths was a central theme. We have established openEuler as a versatile and reliable open-source OS platform, accelerating our journey toward greater innovation.

In response to data security needs in the AI era, openEuler launched AI Confidential Computing Solutions in collaboration with processor vendors and industry partners, ensuring the safety of personal and enterprise data. The openEuler and Friends 5.0 session showcased the diverse applications of openEuler's intelligent computing software packages and highlighted its reliable infrastructure.

With over 2,000 contributors from 43 countries and regions, openEuler has gained native support from numerous mainstream open-source projects and formed deep partnerships with global communities. OpenEuler is now fully available on major global public clouds and container repositories.

At the summit, we announced deeper collaboration with three major open-source foundations: OpenInfra, CNCF, and OpenAPC, which will provide native support for openEuler while further accelerating its globalization. The community also jointly launched the openEuler Global Resilience Initiative to strengthen the open-source supply chain security, promoting development excellence, innovation in OS security, and integration with upstream vulnerability management ecosystems.

In partnership with SBDX, ContriS, and other organizations, openEuler released SBDX 3.0, the Chinese version, enabling millions of Chinese developers to contribute to enhancing global software supply chain security.

Moving forward, the openEuler community is committed to driving intelligence, resilience, and globalization to create intelligent infrastructure and an open-source operating system. Notably, several maintainers from the openEuler Kernel SIG have joined the Linux Kernel CV Review Team to enhance our ability to detect and respond to vulnerabilities, enhancing our commitment to information security and regulatory frameworks.

YouTube Achievements

In November, openEuler surpassed 100,000 subscribers on YouTube, with over 6.12 million views and a total watch time exceeding 60,000 hours. Our YouTube channel offers diverse content related to the openEuler ecosystem, including expert speeches, tech discussions, and tutorials. We welcome you to follow us on YouTube, where every subscriber and like contributes to our growth.

Community Engagement

openEuler meetups were held across multiple cities this month. On November 20th, the openEuler Talent and Service SIG Meetup took place in Beijing, attracting nearly 90 faculty members and students from the College of Computer Science at Beijing University of Technology. The event featured courses covering everything from openEuler basics to practical applications, along with hands-on demos of the operating system.

On November 22nd, an openEuler and Xfusion co-hosted meetup focused on enhancing AI capabilities for industries, gathering experts from various fields to discuss openEuler's advancements and practical applications in AI.

Community Governance

The openEuler Technical Committee held several meetings in November, including the 2023-2024 meeting on November 16th in Beijing. Committee members presented their reports for 2024, discussed optimization strategies, and shared future development plans.

During the committee meeting, the establishment of the openEuler Long SIG was approved. This SIG aims to build a heterogeneous converged computing infrastructure, enabling unified access to diverse computing power, heterogeneous memory, and virtualization compute allocation. The SIG will maintain relevant software components within the openEuler community to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance the overall software ecosystem.

Technical Progress

November witnessed several technical milestones with the launch of the openEuler Dev Station, tailored for developers. It comes pre-installed with VS Code to enhance development efficiency. By the end of 2024, OE Deploy is expected to be released on Dev Station, supporting full process automation from deployment and coding to compilation, build, and release.

The openEuler community introduced an AI-powered PR review feature to enhance code quality while reducing the review workload for maintainers and committers. This feature leverages LLMs to analyze changes, extract code intent, identify issues, and suggest optimizations.

The LFS Server, an open-source high-performance large file storage solution developed by openEuler, supports various file types with a 5GB upload limit and no repository size restrictions. This service streamlines the file upload and download process for developers.

Additionally, the Open High TLS open-source SDK has been integrated into openEuler 24.3 LTS SP1, enabling users to select appropriate cryptographic algorithms and protocols for secure data transmission and storage.

The openEuler Backup SIG has been improving the community release of openEuler Backup, an open-source backup solution offering end-to-end backup and recovery capabilities for various applications.

To improve user experience, the openEuler community rolled out a series of optimizations to its official website and forum, including a restructured navigation bar, prioritized sections, and support for multiple languages and dark mode.

By the end of November, 2,438 hardware and software products were certified as compatible with openEuler. In November alone, 111 applications, 33 hardware components, and 3 OSes were added to the compatibility list. Additionally, the community published 197 security notices and patched 588 vulnerabilities this month.

We extend our gratitude to all members, developers, and contributors for their support and contributions, and we look forward to bringing you the latest news from the openEuler Community. Stay tuned!

Keywords

openEuler, community growth, open-source platform, AI Confidential Computing Solutions, collaboration, globalization, security initiative, YouTube achievements, meetups, governance, technical progress, LFS Server, cryptographic library, community engagement, backup solution, optimization.

FAQ

Q: What is the current size of the openEuler Community?
A: As of November 30th, 2024, the openEuler Community has grown to over 3.72 million users.

Q: What notable event took place in November 2024?
A: The openEuler Summit 2024 was held on November 15th to 16th, showcasing the community's achievements and future directions.

Q: What initiatives were launched for data security in November?
A: The AI Confidential Computing Solutions initiative was launched to ensure the safety of personal and enterprise data.

Q: How many subscribers does openEuler have on YouTube?
A: openEuler surpassed 100,000 subscribers on YouTube in November 2024.

Q: What is the purpose of the Long SIG created by the openEuler Technical Committee?
A: The Long SIG focuses on building heterogeneous converged computing infrastructure to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.

Q: What were the results regarding security in November?
A: The community published 197 security notices and patched 588 vulnerabilities in November 2024.