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 <!--basic structure of a MotH entry. Adapt, reduce and add points as needed. At the end, try to make the text flow as a unified whole.-->
 
-This month [hurd hacker]  [item]
+In the third quarter of 2011, the [hurd hacker]  [item]
 
 Also …
 
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   * [[toolchain/ELFOSABI_GNU]]
 
-  * [Arch Hurd, DDE](http://www.archhurd.org/news/22/)
-
-  * Arch Hurd will have a booth at [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.org/).
-
-  * Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters,
-    id:"20110721172827.GF4057@const.famille.thibault.fr",
-    <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00002.html>
-
-  * [[2011-q2-ps]]
-
-  * GSoC end
-
-  * mcsim memory allocator project
-
-  * GHM.
-
-      * <http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2011/>; Samuel.  Slides.  Also add
-      all to media.
-
-  * Richard's new buildd.
-
-    Is this for Q4?
+  * The Arch Hurd Hackers [packaged DDE](http://www.archhurd.org/news/22/), so
+    Linux 2.6 drivers can now be compiled on Arch Hurd to run in
+    userspace. At the time of writing it supports network cards, while
+    other driver-types still need their interfaces ported.
+
+  * Also they had
+    [a booth at FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/aussteller/projekt) and
+    [released a new Arch Hurd LiveCD](http://www.archhurd.org/news/24/),
+    so new users can easily test the current state of the Arch flavor
+    of the Hurd.
+
+  * The videos and slides from the GNU Hacker Meeting 2011 in Paris
+    are [online](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2011/paris/), including the
+    talk from Samuel Thibault:
+    [GNU/Hurd, aka. Extensibility from the Ground](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2011/Samuel_Thibault-GNU_Hurd.ogv)
+    ([slides](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2011/paris/slides/samuel-thibault-hurd.pdf)). He
+    explains nicely how the simple concept of translators gives power
+    to non-priviledged and casual users (once we get some of those :)
+    ) without security implications, and how Sub-Hurds and
+    Neighbor-Hurds compare to Linux containers.
+
+        “It’s all about freedom #0”
+
+  * Samuel Thibault wrote a new
+    [Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters](http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00002.html)
+
+  * Thomas Schwinge improved the technical documentation of the
+    [[hurd/io_path]] in translators to make it easier for new developers to start hacking.
+
+  * Guillem Jover, Fridolin Pokorny and Jonathan Neuschäfer
+    [sent](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00184.html)
+    [many](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00093.html)
+    [patches](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00030.html) for
+    gnumach, improving stability, fixing memory leaks and cleaning up
+    code.
+
+  * Jeremie Koenig finished his Google Summer of Code project to
+    [Improve Java on Hurd](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/user/jkoenig/java.html). He
+    [improved the Hurd signalling](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-06/msg00073.html),
+    ported OpenJDK and created a
+    [Java Hurd-Library](https://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd-java)
+    which already allows writing a
+    [Hello World translator in Java](https://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd-java/blob/master/HelloMach.java),
+    though still pretty low-level.
+
+  * Maksym Planeta replaced GNUmach’s old zalloc memory allocator with
+    the new balloc from Richard Braun
+    ([integration commit](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/gnumach.git/commit/?id=50d073c5ef0feb1676606d0068abf626e8297cd7)),
+    which handles slabs and should waste less memory than zalloc. Also
+    balloc has a cpu cache level, so it should work faster on SMP
+    systems, once we get up do date SMP CPU drivers for GNUmach.
+
+  * 69.96% of debian packages
+    [are now available for the Hurd](https://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-big.png),
+    so we’re getting closer to the goal of reaching 85%. If you can
+    port debian packages and want to help the Hurd, this is the
+    perfect time to get in contact and
+    [port your favorite missing package](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian)
+    to the Hurd.
+  
+  * And Richard Braun contributed a new
+    [[buildd,_porterbox_and_public_box|public_hurd_boxen]] via
+    sceen.net, making it easier to test the Hurd without much setup as
+    well as improving debian packaging.
 
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