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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn
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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+
+[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
+id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+
+<!-- Date when the news item is (to be) pulished (important for RSS feeds).
+Will be set by tschwinge when publishing.
+[[!meta date="YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC"]]
+-->
+
+Debian GNU/Hurd 2013 *released*!
+
+[[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news
+text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]"""
+else="
+[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]
+
+[[!cut id="full_news" text="""
+
+It is with huge pleasure that the Hurd project announces the release of Debian
+GNU/Hurd 2013.  This is a snapshot of Debian sid at the time of the Debian
+Wheezy release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on Wheezy.  It is *not* an
+official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release.
+
+The installation ISO images can be downloaded from
+[[Debian Ports|http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/]]
+with the usual 3 Debian flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image
+is also available to make trying Debian GNU/Hurd even easier.
+
+Yes, really. This time it is not a joke like the
+[[0.401 release|news/2011-04-01]] . Due to the very small amount of
+developers, the progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful
+Operating Systems, but we believe to have reached a very good state.
+
+Please make sure to read the
+[[configuration information|http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install]],
+the [[FAQ|faq]],
+and the [[translator primer|hurd/documentation/translator_primer]]
+for a start.
+
+We would like to thank all the people who have worked on GNU/Hurd over the past
+decades. There were not many people at any given time (and still not many people
+today, please [[join|contributing]]!), but in the end a lot of people have
+contributed one way or the other, thanks everybody!
+
+---
+
+The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel.  It is a
+collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement file
+systems, network protocols, file access control, and other features that are
+implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux).  [[More
+detailed|hurd/documentation]].
+
+**GNU Mach** is the microkernel upon which a GNU Hurd system is based.  It
+provides an Inter Process Communication (IPC) mechanism that the Hurd uses to
+define interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the
+services a traditional operating system kernel provides.  [[More
+detailed|microkernel/mach/gnumach]].
+
+<!--see [[contributing/web_pages/news/writing_the_qoth]] for additional information on writing the QotH.-->
+
+"""]]
diff --git a/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn b/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn
index 70560f12..4864e35b 100644
--- a/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn
+++ b/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 [[!meta title="Are SATA disk drives supported?"]]
 
-GNU Mach does not support SATA disk drives (`/dev/sda` etc. in GNU/Linux)
-natively, so using `device:sd0s1` will not work, as sd* devices are for SCSI
-drives only.
-The only way to get those drives to work is to put them into compatibility mode
-in the BIOS, if such an option exists.  GNU Mach will then recognize them as hda etc.
+Until recently, GNU Mach did not support SATA disk drives (`/dev/sda` etc. in GNU/Linux) natively, the only way to get those drives to work used to be to put them into compatibility mode in the BIOS, if such an option exists.  GNU Mach will then recognize them as hd etc.
+
+An AHCI driver has been added on 10th May 2013, which should bring support for a wide range of SATA controlers. Please however make sure to configure the BIOS in AHCI mode (as opposed to RAID mode).
diff --git a/faq/still_useful.mdwn b/faq/still_useful.mdwn
index 60149a2b..8d7e3f28 100644
--- a/faq/still_useful.mdwn
+++ b/faq/still_useful.mdwn
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ develop custom replacements for them.  Users will be able to write and
 use their own file systems, their own `exec' servers, or their own
 network protocols if they like, all without disturbing other users.
 
+A [[series of interesting examples|hurd/documentation/translator_primer]] is
+available.
+
 The Linux kernel has now been modified to allow user-level file
 systems, so there is proof that people will actually use features such
 as these.  It will be much easier to do under the Hurd, however,