[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 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 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta date="2013-09-27 21:59 UTC"]] Happy 30th birthday, GNU! GNU Hurd 0.5, GNU Mach 1.4, GNU MIG 1.4 released. [[!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=""" Which day could be better suited for publishing a set of Hurd package releases than the [GNU project's 30th birthday](http://www.gnu.org/gnu30/)? ... and here we have our birthday presents: * **GNU Hurd 0.5**: [[!message-id desc=announcement "874n960vyq.fsf@kepler.schwinge.homeip.net"]], [NEWS](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git/tree/NEWS?id=v0.5) * **GNU Mach 1.4**: [[!message-id desc=announcement "8761tm0vz8.fsf@kepler.schwinge.homeip.net"]], [NEWS](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/gnumach.git/tree/NEWS?id=v1.4) * **GNU MIG 1.4**: [[!message-id desc=announcement "877ge20vzt.fsf@kepler.schwinge.homeip.net"]], [NEWS](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/mig.git/tree/NEWS?id=v1.4) (If the NEWS links [[!GNU_Savannah_support desc="don't work" 108401]], try the following ones -- which are served from a GNU/Hurd machine, by the way: [GNU Hurd 0.5 NEWS](http://darnassus.sceen.net/gitweb/savannah_mirror/hurd.git/blob/v0.5:/NEWS), [GNU Mach 1.4 NEWS](http://darnassus.sceen.net/gitweb/savannah_mirror/gnumach.git/blob/v1.4:/NEWS), [GNU MIG 1.4 NEWS](http://darnassus.sceen.net/gitweb/savannah_mirror/mig.git/blob/v1.4:/NEWS).) These new releases bundle bug fixes and enhancements done since the last releases more than a decade ago; really too many (both years and improvements) to list them individually, but please see the NEWS files. Many thanks to all the people who are helping! If you want to give the Hurd a try, you may easily do so with [[Debian GNU/Hurd|2013-05-debian_gnu_hurd_2013]]. Please read the [[FAQ]]. Bug reports should be sent to [[mailing_lists/bug-hurd]] or filed on . Requests for assistance should be sent to [[mailing_lists/help-hurd]] or filed on . You can also find us on the Freenode IRC network in the [[#hurd|IRC]] channel. --- 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 other features that are implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux). [[More detailed|hurd/documentation]]. **GNU Mach** is the microkernel upon which a GNU Hurd system is based. It provides an Inter Process Communication (IPC) mechanism that the Hurd uses to define interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the services a traditional operating system kernel provides. [[More detailed|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]. """]]