Add general goal of GNU/Hurd

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diff --git a/community/meetings/fosdem_2013.mdwn b/community/meetings/fosdem_2013.mdwn
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--- a/community/meetings/fosdem_2013.mdwn
+++ b/community/meetings/fosdem_2013.mdwn
@@ -36,15 +36,18 @@ title: Latest news about GNU/Hurd
 Full name: Samuel Thibault
 
 Short abstract:
-GNU/Hurd has a long-term vaporware reputation. Development has indeed been
-relatively dormant for some time, but recent regain of interest has brought
-interesting improvements, to the point that there will be a non-official release
-of the GNU/Hurd variant of Debian Wheezy.
+GNU/Hurd aims at being a general-purpose Operating System with a strong emphasis
+on flexibility and freedom for the user. It has however a long-term vaporware
+reputation. Development has indeed been relatively dormant for some time, but
+recent regain of interest has brought interesting improvements, to the point
+that there will be a non-official release of the GNU/Hurd variant of Debian
+Wheezy, with about 75% of the Debian packages, including classical graphical
+desktop application (gnome, gnumeric, firefox, ...)
 
 This talk will present to GNU/Hurd in general and its "translator" mechanism
 which provides strong flexibility to users and administrators, as well as demo
 it live. The subhurd/neighborhurd mechanism, a very natural way to provide
-virtualization container support on GNU/Hurd, will also be presented.  It will
+virtualization container support on GNU/Hurd, will also be presented.  We will
 also present recent developments, notably in terms of DDE device drivers run as
 userland processes, and discuss about maintenance of DDE.