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A month of the Hurd: *first DDE driver*, *libpciaccess upstream*, *Fosdem results* and *GSoC meetings again*.
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> This month saw the first running and testable
> [[DDE_driver_by_Zheng_Da|user/zhengda]],
> with which he begins to reap the benefits of porting DDE to Hurd,
> since [[DDE|dde]] allows to use current Linux drivers for Mach and L4 more easily.
> Also Samuel Thibault
> [pushed libpciaccess to Xorg](http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2010-January/048801.html)
> which adds support in the Xserver (x86)
> “for OSes that do not have a PCI interface,
> tinkering with I/O ports, and makes use of it on GNU/Hurd.”
> Additionally we saw the talks on the Hurd in the dev-alt room at
> [Fosdem]().
> In […s words]():
> > …
> > …
> > …
> Sadly we couldn't yet upload notes from the talks -
> as soon as these are availble, you'll get notice here.
> And it is time for the [[Google_Summer_of_Code|community/gsoc]] again, so
> [we started our weekly GSoC IRC meetings](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-02/msg00040.html) in which we coordinate the GSoC projects.
> [[2008|community/gsoc/2008]] the GNU Hurd had 5 successful projects,
> 2009 saw [[another_one|user/scolobb]],
> and we hope to make it 5 projects again this year.
> The last few years brought
> [libchannel](http://code.google.com/soc/2007/gnu/appinfo.html?csaid=44FB3FD69C665A08),
> **lisp bindings**, **dtrace**,
> **network vertualization** (which led to the DDE drivers), **procfs**
> and [[unionmount|hurd/translator/unionmount]],
> and we have [[dozens_of_ideas|community/gsoc/project_ideas]]
> for innovative projects this year.
> So if you're interested in working on the GNU Hurd,
> or want to help with coordinatung (or simply want to be up to date),
> please come and join in.
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