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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
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+[[!meta date="2009-11-30 00:00 UTC"]]
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+[[!meta updated="2009-11-30 00:00 UTC"]]
+
+A month of the Hurd: *network in userspace* and *grub2 from hurd*.
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+[[!cut id="full_news" text="""
+> This month Zheng Da ported the pcnet32 driver into user space
+> and did some preliminary
+> [performance tests](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2009-11/msg00144.html).
+> The test results were mostly on par with the in-kernel driver, so they show
+> that moving networking on the Hurd into user space can be done
+> without losing (much) performance.
+>
+> Also thanks to Samuel Thibault, the latest grub2 package (1.97+20091125-1)
+> [supports native installation](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2009/11/msg00095.html)
+> from GNU/Hurd itself. Grub was originally designed
+> [to allow booting of GNU/Hurd systems](http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#History),
+> so this step brings it closer to its original purpose again.
+>
+
+"""]]