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| author | Simon Law <sfllaw at engmail dot uwaterloo dot ca> | 2002-08-10 00:09:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon Law <sfllaw at engmail dot uwaterloo dot ca> | 2002-08-10 00:09:52 +0000 |
| commit | 656d4bc79222ea6e8931c8d10272a0116df5fb3b (patch) | |
| tree | 05f0b0907b0ed04e1aab7dd6807969e9fb10eb56 /Hurd | |
| parent | 3184e86045f44cbd052158e101680ea63aa9d1e0 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Hurd/NewbieQuestions.mdwn b/Hurd/NewbieQuestions.mdwn index 8d389171..3d138202 100644 --- a/Hurd/NewbieQuestions.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/NewbieQuestions.mdwn @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ If you still have problems, do not hesitate to make use of the [[MailLists]] or * There was an ABI change for glibc0.3. It's recommended you reinstall your GNU/Hurd system. * What software is available for GNU? - * Most packages from [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) [GNU/Linux](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html) which aren't linux-specific (\[[http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian]\[Packages That Won't Be Ported]) are expected to work on GNU/Hurd too. See the database in <http://packages.debian.org/>. Large exceptions are the programs which need pthreads, which include [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), [KDE](http://www.kde.org), [Mozilla](http://www.mozilla.org), [OpenOffice](http://www.openoffice.org), [SDL](http://www.libsdl.org), etc. If you can't fetch a package with "apt-get install ", try building it from source: "apt-get source && cd && debian/rules binary". See the [Porting](http://www.vmlinux.org/twiki/bin/view/Hurd/Porting) document for some common build problems and their solutions. + * Most packages from [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) [GNU/Linux](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html) which aren't linux-specific ([Packages That Won't Be Ported](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian)) are expected to work on GNU/Hurd too. See the database in <http://packages.debian.org/>. Large exceptions are the programs which need pthreads, which include [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), [KDE](http://www.kde.org), [Mozilla](http://www.mozilla.org), [OpenOffice](http://www.openoffice.org), [SDL](http://www.libsdl.org), etc. If you can't fetch a package with "apt-get install ", try building it from source: "apt-get source && cd && debian/rules binary". See the [Porting](http://www.vmlinux.org/twiki/bin/view/Hurd/Porting) document for some common build problems and their solutions. * Will GNU work in Vmware? * It won't, [Hurd bootstrap fails](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2002/debian-hurd-200207/msg00069.html). Vmware is not [free software](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) and it is [not supported](http://www.vmlinux.org/twiki/bin/preview/Hurd/VMware). We recommend to use [free](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) alternatives, like [Bochs](http://www.vmlinux.org/twiki/bin/view/Hurd/Bochs). |