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-A quarter of the Hurd, Q2 of 2011, PS: *GNU Hurd Truths and Rumors*.
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-After our last *[[Quarter of the Hurd|news/2011-q2]]* has been picked up by a bunch
-of news sites, blogs, and so on, discussions have been running all over the
-net.  While we are happy to see that there obviously is quite some interest in
-the GNU Hurd, we also saw some rumors and outdated information flowing around.
-In the following, we try to clear the situation up a bit.
-
-  * *Debian wants to replace the Linux kernel with the GNU Hurd*.  {X}
-    **Wrong**.  We plan to get into Wheezy as an additional port besides
-    GNU/Linux and GNU/kFreeBSD -- but we don't know whether we will make it.
-    It depends on a lot of factors, a lot of work is still to be done.  If you
-    want to help, please see our [[contributing]] page and the *to do* list
-    maintained on <http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd>.
-
-  * *GNU Hurd developers want the Linux kernel to die*.  {X}
-    **Wrong**.  All of us are happy users of the Linux kernel, every
-    day, and GNU/Linux is the free operating system of choice, which
-    we're using ourselves (unless sitting in front of a GNU/Hurd
-    system). We work on the Hurd instead of Linux because of the
-    [[additional capabilities and clean design|advantages]] it
-    provides.
-
-  * *Java support for GNU/Hurd is in the works*.  (./) **True**.  Jérémie
-    Koenig is working on making a versatile Java programming environment
-    available on the GNU/Hurd as part of his [[Google Summer of Code
-    project|user/jkoenig/java]], focussing on OpenJDK 7.  Also, we already do
-    have support by the GCJ/ECJ platform, but this is not fully functional, and
-    Jérémie is improving that, too.
-
-  * *GNU/Hurd has no support for X.org*.  {X} **Wrong**.  X.Org *does* work,
-    and has for a long time.  (Anyone remember [1998's
-    XFree86](http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/hurd/hurd_video.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup),
-    by chance?)  It is correct however that not a lot of advanced drivers work,
-    due to missing DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) support.
-
-[[tschwinge]] thinks that the following one is a bit questionable...
-
-  * *The GNU/Hurd only runs on legacy hardware*.  {X} **Wrong**.  The GNU/Hurd
-    is only tested on a few platforms, but it likely runs on modern processors.
-    If you want to see if it works for you, just test a
-    [[hurd/running/Live_CD]].
-
-* *Hurd only supports legacy devices:* ½ Partly True: Currently most drivers are from Linux 2.0. For network cards, Linux 2.6+ drivers are available through DDE, though (needs manual setup for now). With a good amount of work, DDE also allows porting other classes of drivers to allow using the drivers from recent Linux releases — and push them into userspace.
-
-* *The Hurd has no SMP:* <u>✔ **True**</u>: Even though the **Hurd servers support SMP** and **GNU Mach has SMP support**. But the latter [[does_not_yet_have_drivers_for_nowadays_chipsets|faq/smp]], so the Hurd currently can’t take advantage of multiple cores.
-
-* *Developing a microkernel must be harder than developing a monolithic kernel, because the Hurd took so long:* ✘ **Wrong**: For the last decade, the Hurd had on average 5 hobby developers. That these developers managed to get the Hurd into a state where it actually gets not too far from the Linux kernel in performance — which has about 1000 developers, many of them full time — shows the efficiency of the Hurd’s design.
-
-* *Installation does not work:* ½ Partly True: Did you read the [[README|http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/YES_REALLY_README.txt]] ([[file|http://xkcd.com/293/]])? Just like any beta piece of software, there are known pitfalls which you could easily avoid (or better, help to fix). You can also simply use the the [[preinstalled image|http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz]].
-
-* *The system is called GNU/GNU Hurd:* ✘ **Wrong**: The GNU userland (glibc, coreutils, …) and the GNU Hurd together form the GNU system. To avoid being mistaken for GNU/Linux, we normally use the name GNU/Hurd or GNU Hurd. The *correct* name is simply GNU.
-
-**Test results**
-
-The results of the test from Phoronix were quite good. We expected that the microkernel design of the Hurd would have a far more severe performance hit. 
-
-Some possible explanations: 
-
-* The tests were mostly CPU bound.
-* IPCs [are no more such a problem on recent hardware][ipc].
-
-And a non-explanation: 
-
-* The emulation layer should rather make the context switches worse, so it’s likely not at play.
-
-[ipc]: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.51.16
-
-"""]]
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-and phoronix did some [performance tests of the Hurd][phorperf], 
-[phorperf]: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=debian_gnu_hurd&num=1
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-
-IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-08-24:
-
-    < ArneBab> hurd related: I now think you were right, antrik: the hurd
-      rumors don’t belong into the news (tschwinge)
-    < antrik> ArneBab: you mean the postscriptum as a whole, or just the wild
-      rumours part?...
-    < ArneBab> the whole PS
-    < ArneBab> it should rather go into a blog post
-    < ArneBab> (in the wiki)
-    < antrik> hm... I don't think I agree
-    < ArneBab> why?
-    < antrik> apparently there is a number of people following the news now,
-      and apparently many of them misread some statements... it makes sense to
-      use the same channel for clarifying them I'd say
-    < ArneBab> hm, ok
-    < ArneBab> how would you select the part to include?
-    < antrik> roughly speaking, I'd include everything that actually relates to
-      the previous news that were misunderstood
-    < antrik> and drop all unrelated speculations that popped up
-    < antrik> BTW, it *might* be useful perhaps to actually update the original
-      news posting with the clarifications?...
-    < ArneBab> we can’t do that without breaking some peoples RSS feeds
-    < antrik> note that there is another aspect to consider: the fact that
-      several news sites picked it up is indeed genuine news by itself...
-    < ArneBab> that’s right, yes
-    < antrik> will it really break anything? from what I heard so far it just
-      means they will see the posting as new again, which would actually make
-      sense in this case...
-    < antrik> but I don't insist if you think it's too risky :-)
-    < antrik> just an idea
-
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