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+We created a list of the things we still need for using the Hurd for in our day-to-day activities (work or hobby). 
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+As soon as these issues are taken care of, the Hurd offers everything we need for fullfilling most of our computing needs on at least one of our devices: 
+
+- USB (5): Arne, ms, Michael, Emilio, antrik²³
+- Wireless (5): Arne, ms, Carl Fredrik, Michael (netbook), antrik (notebook)
+- Sound (4): ms, Carl Fredrik, Michael, antrik²
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+- SATA (2): Michael, (Emilio)
+- Tested for modern machines°¹ (2): Emilio, antrik (notebook)
+- Stable Xorg° (2): Emilio, antrik
+- PPPoE (2): Carl Fredrik, antrik²
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+- Graphical Desktop (1): Emilio
+- Full featured high-resultion console which doesn’t need X (1): antrik
+- Switching between console and X° (1): antrik
+- full-featured browser (i.e. Firefox)°⁵ (1): antrik
+- NFS working for climm, w3m and git (1): antrik⁴
+- mplayer with win32codecs (1): antrik³
+- gnash or alternatives (1): antrik³
+
+°: Very likely needed by more people, but not named as most pressing issue
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+¹: It’s unclear on which processors the Hurd would have problems. Please report it if you have one!  
+→ [http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-hurd@gnu.org/msg19105.html](info)
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+²: Would be OK to use a router box instead.
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+³: Not critical but would be convenient. 
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+⁴: Only while *not* using Hurd as the only machine. 
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+⁵: [We’re close to that](http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-hurd@gnu.org/msg19177.html).
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+So, if one of these issues seems to be interesting for you, or you think “I can do that easily”, 
+why not become a Hurd hacker and add your touch? 
+
+You can reach us in the [[mailing_lists]] and find the code in our [[source_repositories]] (git). “The great next stuff” is in the [incubator git repo](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/), including [clisp](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/tree/?h=clisp) (translators in lisp), [dde](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/tree/?h=dde) (using Linux device drivers), [nsmux](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/tree/?h=nsmux) (setting translators with file,,translator) and many others.