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@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ gnumeric, iceweasel, and advanced server applications like the Apache webserver.
The DDE environment allows for reusing half of the Linux 2.6.32 network device
drivers, and experimental support for SATA devices was added in May 2013.
-On the other side, support for character devices (like sound
-cards) and other hardware (USB, multicore) is mostly missing.
+Robert Millan worked on a port of the Rump kernel, which allowed to run a
+sound driver in userland. This work now needs to be extended. Support for
+character devices and other hardware (USB, multicore) is mostly missing.
Although the [[POSIX
interface|faq/posix_compatibility]] is provided, some additional interfaces
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ test-drive the Hurd, and about 78% of the Debian software archive are
available. Along with the official Debian "jessie" release (but not as an
official Debian release), in April 2015 the [[Debian
GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] team released [[Debian GNU/Hurd
-2015|news/2015-04-29-debian_gnu_hurd_2015]].
+2015|news/2015-04-29-debian_gnu_hurd_2015]]. Similarly, along Debian "stretch",
+in June 2017 [[Debian GNU/Hurd 2017|news/2017-06-18-debian_gnu_hurd_2017]] was released.
[[hurd/running/Arch_Hurd]] offers *LiveCDs* for testing and installation.