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@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ users when they are talking about, installing, using, compiling and
developing the GNU Hurd as well as its binary distribution Debian
GNU/Hurd. Be sure to read this before asking for help.
-The GNU Hurd is under active development and a stable version has not
-yet been released. Be aware that: there is a lot of work yet to be
+The GNU Hurd is under active development.
+Be aware that there is a lot of work yet to be
completed; you will find bugs; your system will crash. That said, there
is a lot of room for contributions at all levels: development of the
Hurd and Mach proper, porting applications, writing documentation and,
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ at:
?? What is OSKit-Mach?
-{NHW,FH} There are two versions of GNU Mac that are in use: GNU Mach
+{NHW,FH} There have once been two versions of GNU Mach developed: GNU Mach
1.x and GNU Mach 2.x, formerly known as OSKit-Mach. The former uses
the drivers from Linux 2.0.x while the latter uses the University of
Utah's OSKit library for drivers. You can find out more about the
@@ -414,9 +414,7 @@ OSKit library at:
http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit
-GNU Mach 2.x is usable, but some things are still missing or not
-working, like the serial port and scsi drivers. This is why GNU Mach
-2.0 hasn't released yet and the two versions coexist.
+The project didn't work out too well, so development has again been halted.
?? Where is the documentation?