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diff --git a/Hurd/TheGnuHurd.mdwn b/Hurd/TheGnuHurd.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index dbd5c721..00000000 --- a/Hurd/TheGnuHurd.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 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]]."]]"""]] - -The Hurd is GNU's replacement for the various UNIX and Linux kernels. - -The Hurd is firstly a collection of protocols formalizing how different -components may interact. The protocols are designed to reduce the mutual -[[trust]] requirements of the actors thereby permitting a more [[extensible|extensibility]] -system. These include interface definitions to manipulate files and -directories and to resolve path names. This allows any process to -implement a file system. The only requirement is that it have access -to its backing store and that the principal that started it own the -file system node to which it connects. - -The Hurd is also a set of servers that implement these protocols. -They include fie systems, network protocols and authentication. -The servers run on top of the [[microkernel/Mach]] [[microkernel]] and use -Mach's [[microkernel/mach/IPC]] mechanism to transfer information. - -The Hurd development effort is a somewhat separate project from the -Debian GNU/Hurd port. The Hurd is a component of the GNU operating -system. |