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| author | Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> | 2011-11-13 19:00:17 +0100 |
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| committer | Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> | 2011-11-13 19:00:17 +0100 |
| commit | bf3ed6dc887f25b452e0b663d0dbc4a7c5921f0d (patch) | |
| tree | b6b8f1ae980b2808a08ace2ca29d1ccee4976f90 /contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn | |
| parent | 5458eac77c98bd0dabf644757a82b60d8d86152e (diff) | |
news: q3: added a description of the Hurd and Mach at the end.
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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 5b67d3fb..1785b393 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ the Hands of these, or dig dig deep into DDE to have more Linux drivers running in Userspace, please [[get_in_contact|contact_us]] - and maybe grab [[our_source_repos|source_repositories]]. +------ + +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|microkernel/mach/gnumach]] is the microkernel upon which +GNU Hurd is based. It offers Inter Process Communication (IPC) +which the Hurd uses to define interfaces for implementing the services +an operating system needs from a full-featured kernel. + <!--see [[contributing/web_pages/news/writing_the_moth]] for additional information on writing the MotH.--> <!-- * [[toolchain/ELFOSABI_GNU]]--> |