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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2008-11-06 11:37:33 +0100
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+[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
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+# Introductory Material
+
* [[What_Is_the_GNU_Hurd]]
* [[Advantages]]
* [[FAQ]]
- * <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/docs.html>
+ * [[*Towards_a_New_Strategy_of_OS_Design*|hurd-paper]], an architectural
+ overview by Thomas Bushnell, BSG.
+
+ * [[*The_Hurd*|hurd-talk]], a presentation by Marcus Brinkmann.
+
+ * [[*A_Critique_of_the_GNU_Hurd_Multi-server_Operating_System*|critique]], an
+ analysis of the GNU Hurd on GNU Mach system, written by Neal Walfield and
+ Marcus Brinkmann.
+
+## External
+
+ * [*Examining the Legendary HURD
+ Kernel*](http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=1180992),
+ an article by David Chisnall.
+
+ Also covers a bit of GNU's and the Hurd's history, fundamental techniques
+ applied, comparisions to other systems.
+
+
+# Development
+
+ * *[[The_GNU_Hurd_Reference_Manual|reference_manual]]*.
+
+ * The *[[Hurd_Hacking_Guide]]*, an introduction to GNU&nbsp;Hurd and Mach
+ programming by Wolfgang Jährling.
+
+ * [*Manually Bootstrapping a
+ Translator*](http://walfield.org/pub/people/neal/papers/hurd-misc/manual-bootstrap.txt),
+ a text by Neal Walfield about how to *manually connect the translator to
+ the filesystem*.
+
+ * [[*The_Authentication_Server*|auth]], the transcript of a talk about the
+ details of the authentication mechanisms in the Hurd by Wolfgang Jährling.
+
+ * [*The Mach Paging Interface as Used by the
+ Hurd*](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2002-06/msg00001.html), a
+ text by Neal Walfield.
+
+ * In the
+ [[Position_paper_*Improving_Usability_via_Access_Decomposition_and_Policy*|ng/position_paper]]
+ Neal Walfield and Marcus Brinkmann give an overview about how a future,
+ subsequent system may be architected.