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authorArne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>2011-11-14 08:41:27 +0100
committerArne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>2011-11-14 08:41:27 +0100
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news: q3: M-q again
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@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ else="
In the third quarter of 2011, the Arch Hurd Hackers [packaged DDE](http://www.archhurd.org/news/22/),
so a subset of 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/en/exhibitors/projekte.html) and
+while other driver-types still need their interfaces ported. Also they
+had
+[a booth at FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en/exhibitors/projekte.html)
+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.
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ the Hurd.
Also Richard Braun contributed new Debian and KVM-based
[[buildd,_porterbox_and_public_box|public_hurd_boxen]], making it
easier to test the Hurd without much setup as well as improving debian
-packaging.
+packaging.
Samuel Thibault wrote a new
[Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters](http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00002.html)
@@ -45,8 +47,9 @@ to keep the Debian Folks up to date with the results of our work. And
these are quite good: Thanks to the relentless work of our porters,
you can now use
[70% of debian packages with the Hurd](https://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-big.png),
-so we’re coming closer towards [getting Hurd into Debian as a release arch](http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd). If you
-can port debian packages and want to help the Hurd, this is the
+so we’re coming closer towards
+[getting Hurd into Debian as a release arch](http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd). 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.
@@ -65,13 +68,15 @@ compare to Linux containers.
“It’s all about freedom #0”
-On the technical side, Thomas Schwinge improved the technical documentation of the
-[[hurd/io_path]] in translators to make it easier for new developers to start hacking and Guillem Jover, Fridolin Pokorny and Jonathan Neuschäfer
+On the technical side, Thomas Schwinge improved the technical
+documentation of the [[hurd/io_path]] in translators to make it easier
+for new developers to start hacking and Guillem Jover, Fridolin
+Pokorny and Jonathan Neuschäfer
[sent](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00184.html)
[many](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00093.html)
-[patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00030.html) for
- GNU Mach, improving stability, fixing memory leaks and cleaning up
-code.
+[patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00030.html)
+for GNU Mach, improving stability, fixing memory leaks and cleaning up
+code.
Additionally Maksym Planeta replaced GNU Mach’s old zone memory
allocator with the new slab allocator from Richard Braun
@@ -90,7 +95,8 @@ already allows writing a
[Hello World translator in Java](https://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd-java/blob/master/HelloMach.java). It
is still pretty low-level, but it paves the way for extending the core
of the Hurd with Java, which gets the count of supported languages to
-3: [C(++)](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hacking-guide/hhg.html#An-Example-using-trivfs),
+3:
+[C(++)](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hacking-guide/hhg.html#An-Example-using-trivfs),
[[common_lisp|user/flaviocruz]] and Java.
So if you want to help get the Hurd into Debian as full release arch,
@@ -99,19 +105,20 @@ the Hands of these, or dig dig deep into DDE to have more Linux
drivers running in Userspace, please [[get_in_contact|contact_us]] -
and maybe grab [[our_source_repos|source_repositories]].
-------
+------
The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel.
-It is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel
-to implement file systems, network protocols, file access control, and
+It is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to
+implement file systems, network protocols, file access control, and
other features that are implemented by the Unix kernel or similar
-kernels (such as Linux).
+kernels (such as Linux).
[[More_detailed|hurd/documentation]].
-[[GNU_Mach|microkernel/mach/gnumach]] is the microkernel upon which
-GNU Hurd is based. It offers Inter Process Communication (IPC)
-which the Hurd uses to define interfaces for implementing the services
-an operating system needs from a full-featured kernel.
+**GNU Mach** is the microkernel upon which GNU Hurd is based. It
+offers Inter Process Communication (IPC) which the Hurd uses to define
+interfaces for implementing the services an operating system needs
+from a full-featured kernel.
+[[Read_more|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]
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