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-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
-2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 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
@@ -11,7 +8,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
<div id="statements">
<div id="what-is">
-<p class="statement-title">What is the GNU Hurd?</p>
+<p class="statement-title"><strong>What is the GNU Hurd?</strong></p>
<p>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
@@ -20,7 +17,7 @@ kernels (such as Linux).
<em>[[More_detailed|hurd/documentation]].</em></p>
</div>
<div id="mission">
-<p class="statement-title">What is the mission of the GNU Hurd project?</p>
+<p class="statement-title"><strong>What is the mission of the GNU Hurd project?</strong></p>
<p>Our mission is to create a general-purpose kernel suitable
for the GNU operating system, which is viable for everyday use,
and gives users and programs as much control over their
@@ -29,11 +26,13 @@ computing environment as possible.
</div>
</div>
+Download latest stable release [here](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/hurd-0.9.tar.gz) or [browse the Git repository](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd).
+
---
[[!toc levels=2]]
-
+---
# News
[[!inline
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@ actions=yes]]
Older news entries can be found in the [[news archive|news]]. For Hurd
developers' musings have a look at the [[shared weblog|community/weblogs]].
-The [[recent changes]] page lists the latest changes of this website.
-
+The [[@_recent_changes]] page lists the latest changes of this website.
+---
# Contributing
So, you are interested in contributing to the GNU Hurd project? Welcome!
@@ -62,10 +61,10 @@ See our [[source_repositories]] for the source code.
## Access to a GNU/Hurd System
-We provide accounts on our [[public_Hurd_boxen]], and there are also
-[[hurd/running/QEMU]] images available.
-
+We provide accounts on our [[public_Hurd_boxen]], and there are also several GNU/Hurd [[Distributions|hurd/running/distrib]] that allow for
+[[hurd/running/QEMU]] emulation.
+---
# Getting Help
There are a couple of different [[FAQ lists|FAQ]].
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ answer your own question using a search engine and reading the introductory
information. If you have done this and you cannot find the answer to your
question, feel free to ask on a mailing list or on IRC.
-
+---
<a name="run"> </a>
# Running the Hurd
@@ -88,19 +87,21 @@ Find more information about it at the
Along with it there are [[various_ways|hurd/running]] to run a GNU/Hurd system.
Three of them are
-* installing a [[GNU/Hurd_distribution|hurd/running/distrib]],
-* running it [[in_Xen|microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen]] and
-* starting a [[Hurd_qemu_image|hurd/running/qemu]] or [[Hurd_LiveCD|hurd/running/live_cd/]].
+* Installing a [[GNU/Hurd_distribution|hurd/running/distrib]],
+* Running it [[in_Xen|microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen]] and
+* Starting a Hurd [[QEMU_image|hurd/running/qemu]] or [[LiveCD|hurd/running/live_cd/]].
And these web pages are a living proof of the usability of the Hurd, as they
are rendered on a [[Debian_GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] system.
-
+---
# Current Status
-The latest releases are [[GNU Hurd 0.9, GNU Mach 1.8, GNU MIG
-1.8|news/2016-12-18-releases]], 2016-12-18. The Hurd is
-developed by [[a few volunteers in their spare time|faq/how_many_developers]].
+<!-- I understand the "GNU" prefix is important, especially for Mach, since GNU Mach is an implementation of normal Mach. I'm assuming the reader picks up on this instinctively. Revert if it seems wrong. -->
+The latest GNU releases are **Hurd 0.9**, **Mach 1.8**, and **MIG
+1.8** [[(Release Notes)|news/2016-12-18-releases]], 2016-12-18.
+
+The Hurd is developed by [[a few volunteers in their spare time|faq/how_many_developers]].
The project welcomes any assistance [[you can provide|contributing]].
Porting and development expertise is still badly needed in many key areas.
@@ -108,8 +109,7 @@ Functional systems are installable in a dual-boot configuration. Development
systems are currently mostly based on the [[Debian_GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] port
sponsored by the [Debian project](http://www.debian.org/).
-Community resources for related projects focus around these pages,
-<http://hurd.gnu.org/>, the [[mailing lists]] and the [[IRC_channels|IRC]].
+Aside from this Wiki, community resources for related projects focus around *[gnu.org](https://hurd.gnu.org)*, the *[[mailing lists]]*, and the *[[IRC_channels|IRC]]*.
If you want to see the current discussions in the Hurd project, please have a look at
the [bug-hurd mailinglist archives](http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-hurd/).