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| author | Paul Visscher <paulv@gnu.org> | 2001-03-30 21:25:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Visscher <paulv@gnu.org> | 2001-03-30 21:25:20 +0000 |
| commit | 7a3e16c8ae5beb5700d75df29d6b4477b1aaaeaa (patch) | |
| tree | 0a8b7852e47080de08c9586f97fb527e9f34c467 | |
| parent | bdbf893d0d5ba4f137556adba47ce8ff248f6592 (diff) | |
changed per RMS's request
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:web-hurd@gnu.org"> </HEAD> -<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" LINK="#8888EE" VLINK="#9F00DD" ALINK="#000088"> +<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000" VLINK="#9900DD"> <IMAGE SRC="/graphics/hurd_sm_mf_invert.jpg"> <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20"> <TR> @@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ <A NAME="contents"><H1>GNU Hurd</H1></A> <H3>NEWS</h3> -<p>November 3rd, 2000 - Integration has begun of the hurddocs.org site HOWTO and WHATIS sections. This will continue during the next little while.<p> -<p>November 22nd, 2000 - We made slashdot! For those of you wondering, this page is now under new maintainership. Please check back soon for new updates, links, and information!</p> +<p>November 3rd, 2000 - Integration has begun of the hurddocs.org site +HOWTO and WHATIS sections. This will continue during the next little +while.<p> <H3>What is the Hurd?</H3> The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. The @@ -45,10 +46,15 @@ that are implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux). Currently, the Hurd runs on IA32 machines. The Hurd should, and probably will, be ported to other hardware architectures or other microkernels in the future. +<P> +The Hurd is part of the GNU, which is a complete free operating +system. Since the Hurd is not in production use yet, the version of +GNU that is popular today is <A HREF="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html"> +GNU/Linux</A>, which uses Linux as the kernel instead of the Hurd. <H3>Advantages of the Hurd</H3> -The Hurd is not the most advanced operating system known to the planet +The Hurd is not the most advanced kernel known to the planet (yet), but it does have a number of enticing features: <DL> @@ -58,16 +64,15 @@ The Hurd is not the most advanced operating system known to the planet <DD> Anybody can use, modify, and redistribute it under the terms of the <A HREF="/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU -General Public License (GPL)</A>. The Hurd is part of the GNU system, -which is a complete operating system licensed under the GPL. -</DD> +General Public License (GPL)</A>.</DD> <DT><STRONG>it's compatible</STRONG></DT> <DD> The Hurd provides a familiar programming and user environment. For all intents and purposes, the Hurd is a modern Unix-like kernel. The Hurd uses -the GNU C Library, whose development closely tracks standards such as ANSI/ISO, +the <A HREF="/software/libc/libc.html">GNU C Library</A>, +whose development closely tracks standards such as ANSI/ISO, BSD, POSIX, Single Unix, SVID, and X/Open. </DD> @@ -128,26 +133,25 @@ recursive acronyms.'' <H3>Status of the project</H3> -The last official release was the 0.2 binary distribution of June 1997. -At the moment, the Hurd developers and people from the -<A HREF="http://www.debian.org/">Debian Project</A> are assembling -a new distribution; it will become the 0.3 distribution. - +The last official release of the Hurd-based GNU system was the 0.2 +binary distribution of June 1997. At the moment, the Hurd developers +and people from the Debian Project are assembling a new distribution +which will be known as version 0.3. In parallel to that GNU/Linux +distribution, the upcoming Hurd-based GNU distribution is called <A +HREF="debian-gnu-hurd.html">Debian GNU/Hurd</A>. <P> -The new distribution will use the Debian package management system -to ease installation and updating the system. This package management system -is the same one used in -<A HREF="http://www.debian.org/">Debian GNU/Linux</A> distributions. -In parallel to the Linux distribution, the upcoming Hurd distribution is -called <A HREF="debian-gnu-hurd.html">Debian GNU/Hurd</A>. +The new GNU/Hurd distribution will use the Debian package management +system to ease installation and updating the system. This package +management system is the same one used in Debian GNU/Linux +distributions. <P> -These efforts are ongoing, but the fundamental packages are ready -and quite stable. If you want to try out the Hurd, it is recommended that you -use the preliminary 0.3 version instead of the 0.2 version, because the -newer snapshots have many bugs fixed and are more stable. +These efforts are ongoing, but the fundamental packages are ready and +quite stable. If you want to try out the Hurd, it is recommended that +you use the preliminary 0.3 version instead of the 0.2 version, +because the newer snapshots have many bugs fixed and are more stable. <P> @@ -172,14 +176,14 @@ Please send comments on these web pages to send other questions to <A HREF="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><EM>gnu@gnu.org</EM></A>. <P> -Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc., +Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA <P> Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.<P> Updated: <!-- hhmts start --> -23 Jan 1999 matthias +29 Mar 2001 rms <!-- hhmts end --> <HR> </TD> |