[Starlingx-discuss] Announcing the First Release of StarlingX, an open source edge computing platform

[Ildiko Vancsa]

As you most probably already know, StarlingX[1] is a new independent, top-level, open source pilot project that's supported by the OpenStack Foundation. StarlingX joins other pilot projects hosted at OpenStack Foundation[2], including Airship, Kata Containers and Zuul.

Today the first release of StarlingX is here! Thank you to everyone who has spent time working on this first release and helping shape our community; it’s been great work to be a part of and we're excited to see this community progress.

We invite you to participate in getting the word out that the release is ready and that we’re eager to welcome more contributors to this project.

Learn more about it:
	• Read more about the project at starlingx.io
	• Listen to a recording of the onboarding webinar[3]
	• On-boarding slide deck[4]
	• Overview document[5]

Some things you can share:
	• A blog on starlingx.io[6]
	• Social sharing: Announcements on Twitter[7]

Want to get involved in the community?
	• Mailing Lists[8] 
	• Weekly Calls[9]
	• Freenode IRC: #starlingx channel[10]

Ready to dive into the code?
	• You can get download the first release at git.starlingx.io 
	• StarlingX Install Guide[11] 
	• StarlingX Developer Guide[12]

If you’re at the Berlin Summit November 13-15[13]:
Tuesday 11/13
	• StarlingX – Project update – 6 months in the life of a new Open Source project with Brent Rowsell & Dean Troyer
	• StarlingX CI, from zero to Zuul with Hazzim Anaya & Elio Martinez

Wednesday 11/14 
	• Keynote spotlight on the main stage with Ian Jolliffe & Dean Troyer
	• MVP (Minimum Viable Product) architecture for edge - Forum session
	• "Ask Me Anything" about StarlingX - Forum session
	• StarlingX Enhancements for Edge Networking presentation with Kailun Qin, Ruijing Guo & Dan Chen
	• Project Onboarding session with Greg Waines
	• Integrating IOT Device Management with the Edge Cloud - Forum session

Thursday 11/15
	• Containerized Applications' Requirements on Kubernetes Cluster at the Edge - Forum session

Thank you again to everyone who has been hard at work on the first release, and hope to see many of you in Berlin!

Ildikó

[1] https://www.starlingx.io/ 
[2] https://www.openstack.org/foundation/
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9uwGnKD6tM&t=232s 
[4] https://www.starlingx.io/collateral/StarlingX-Onboarding-Deck-Web.pdf 
[5] https://www.starlingx.io/collateral/StarlingX_OnePager_Web-102318pdf/
[6] https://www.starlingx.io/blog/starlingx-initial-release.html
[7] https://twitter.com/starlingx
[8] http://lists.starlingx.io/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo
[9] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Starlingx/Meetings
[10] https://freenode.net/
[11] https://docs.starlingx.io/installation_guide/index.html
[12] https://docs.starlingx.io/developer_guide/index.html
[13] https://www.openstack.org/summit/berlin-2018