From 7fdf60af28c2bac89a17c13ad7dbc925a8c6d32b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:50:24 +0200 Subject: Wrote the news 2010-04 --- news/2010-04-30.mdwn | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) (limited to 'news') diff --git a/news/2010-04-30.mdwn b/news/2010-04-30.mdwn index 07ab3f4e..65062dcb 100644 --- a/news/2010-04-30.mdwn +++ b/news/2010-04-30.mdwn @@ -13,44 +13,50 @@ Will be set by tschwinge when publishing. [[!meta date="YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC"]] --> -A month of the Hurd: *X.org out of the box*, *Arch Hurd on Hardware*, *new debian qemu image* and *GSoC students*. +A month of the Hurd: *Arch Hurd on Hardware*, *X.org out of the box*, *new debian qemu image* and *GSoC students*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -> This month -> Samuel Thibault -> [reports](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00034.html) that -> X.org is functional again out ofthe box. - -> Philip Charles [extended his -> offerings](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00019.html) with a -> *GRUB usb stick for booting Debian/Hurd*. - -> Arch Hurd → http://www.archhurd.org/news/11 -> on hardware → http://wiki.archhurd.org/wiki/User:Giselher#ArchHurd_on_a_real_PC +> This month the Arch Hurd team +> reported the first instance of Arch Hurd +> [running on real hardware](http://www.archhurd.org/news/11) (and uploaded +> [a photo](http://wiki.archhurd.org/wiki/User:Giselher#ArchHurd_on_a_real_PC) as evidence). > -> Also new qemu image →  http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00098.html +> Also the fix from *Samuel Thibault* got included in libxcb1, so X.org +> [works out of the box again](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00034.html) with +> a simple startx. > -> Mainly thanks to +> And *Philip Charles* +> [extended his offerings](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00019.html) +> with an updated *GRUB usb stick for booting Debian/Hurd*. + +> Mainly thanks to *Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez* we now have a +> [new qemu image](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00098.html) +> Which runs out of the box via `qemu -hda debian-hurd-17042010-qemu.img`. > -> Additionally GSoC students: http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/list_projects/google/gsoc2010 -> Hurd Debian-Installer -> → http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/debian/t127230758239 and -> → http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2010/HurdDebianInstaller/JeremieKoenig +> And now to the GSoC news: we got +> [3 students](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/list_projects/google/gsoc2010) +> working on The Hurd this year: > -> Hurd: Fix Compatibility Problems Exposed by Testsuites -> → http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759396 +>> *Jeremie Koenig* mentored by *Samuel Thibault* will be working on adapting the debian-installer to +>> [produce working Debian GNU/Hurd installation images](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/debian/t127230758239) +>> ([details](http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2010/HurdDebianInstaller/JeremieKoenig)), so we can more easily offer up to date disc-sets. +>> +>> Also *Emilio Pozuelo Monfort* mentored by *Fredrik Hammar* will work on the +>> possibly boring yet extremely valuable task of +>> [fixing compatibility problems exposed by projects testsuites](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759396). > -> Tuning the VM Subsystem in GNU/Hurd -> → http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759587 +>> And finally *Karim Ahmed* mentored by *Sergio Lopez* will work on +>> [Tuning the VM Subsystem in GNU/Hurd](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759587) +>> to bring get the virtual memory management in Hurd/Mach up to date. > -> And - - +> So we had quite an exiting month with many starting threads, +> which makes this the perfect time to +> subscribe to our [[mailing_lists]] (bug-hurd and debian-hurd are the main lists) +> and see the Hurd make another leap forward. - + """]] -- cgit v1.2.3