QEMU participates in open source internship programs including Google Summer of Code (GSoC) and Outreachy. These full-time remote work opportunities allow talented new developers to get involved in our community. This post highlights what our interns achieved in 2018.

QEMU is once again participating in Google Summer of Code and Outreachy this year! These open source internship programs offer full-time remote work opportunities for talented new developers wishing to get involved in our community.

micro:bit emulation support is available from QEMU 4.0 onwards and can be used for low-level software testing and development. Unlike existing micro:bit simulators, QEMU performs full-system emulation and actually runs the same ARM code as the real hardware. This blog post explains what full-system emulation means and why QEMU is now a useful tool for developing micro:bit software.

QEMU is participating in Outreachy again this year! Outreachy is an open source internship program for anyone who faces under-representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in the technology industry. Outreachy offers full-time remote work opportunities for talented new developers wishing to get involved in our community.

QEMU is applying to Google Summer of Code 2021 and is participating in Outreachy May-August 2021. Both of these open source internship programs offer remote work opportunities for new developers wishing to get involved in our community.

QEMU is offering open source internships in Outreachy’s May-August 2022 round. You can submit your application until February 25th 2022 if you want to contribute to QEMU in a remote work internship this summer.

This summer I worked on adding Zoned Block Device (ZBD) support to virtio-blk as part of the Outreachy internship program. QEMU hasn’t directly supported ZBDs before so this article explains how they work and why QEMU needed to be extended.

QEMU is participating in Google Summer of Code and Outreachy again this year! Google Summer of Code and Outreachy are open source internship programs that offer paid remote work opportunities for contributing to open source. Internships generally run May through August, so if you have time and want to experience open source development, read on to find out how you can apply.