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-A quarter of the Hurd, Q2 of 2011, PS: *GNU Hurd Truths and Myths*.
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-
-After our last *[[Quarter of the Hurd, Q2 of 2011|2011-q2]]* has been picked
-up by a bunch of news sites, blogs, and so on, discussions and speculations
-have been running all over the net:
-
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#lwn}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#phoronix-1}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#phoronix-2}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#golem}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#h-online}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#innocenthacker}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#netzwelt}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#operation-tunnelbau}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#osnews}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#pro-linux}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#reddit-1}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#reddit-2}};
-  * {{$news/2011-q2#slashdot}};
-  * and a lot more.
-
-We are happy to see that there is
-considerable interest in the Hurd; but we also saw some
-misunderstandings, false rumors, and outdated information floating
-around.  Thus we will try to clarify the situation regarding some of
-the more common misunderstandings.
-
-  * **Debian GNU/Hurd strives to become an official Debian port**:
-    The Debian GNU/Hurd team is working hard to prepare a technology
-    preview/release candidate for the next Debian release (Wheezy), to
-    eventually become an official port alongside GNU/Linux and GNU/kFreeBSD --
-    but we don't know yet whether we will make it.  This is also the
-    understanding of (for example) Debian's spokesperson
-    {{$news/2011-q2#schmehl}}.
-    There is still substantial work necessary to indeed become a release candidate.
-    If you
-    want to help, please see our [[contributing]] page and the *to do*
-    list maintained on <http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd>.  We'd
-    be happy to have you on board!
-
-  * **Java support for GNU Hurd is nearby**: Jérémie Koenig is working
-    on making a versatile Java programming environment available on
-    GNU/Hurd as part of his
-    [[Google Summer of Code project|user/jkoenig/java]], focusing on
-    OpenJDK 7.  [Experimental
-    packages](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/experimental/)
-    are already available.
-    Also, Java support in GCC (via GCJ/ECJ) has been available before,
-    which Jérémie also improved.
-
-  * **GNU Hurd supports X.Org, though a bit unstable**:
-    X support has been present for ages
-    (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)?),
-    and X.Org also has been supported for a long time (for example, GNU Hurd
-    support is explicitly mentioned in the [X.Org 7.2 release
-    announcement](http://www.x.org/wiki/Other/Press/X11R72Released?action=show&redirect=PressReleases%2FX11R72Released)).
-    It is true though that many modern graphic card drivers don't work anymore,
-    as they require DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) support,
-    so often only VESA is available.
-    Also, X on the Hurd is [[somewhat_unstable|hurd/status]].
-
-  * **GNU Hurd has weaker device driver support than the Linux kernel**:
-    Most of the drivers we use today were imported from Linux 2.0 series.
-    For network cards,
-    Linux 2.6.29 drivers are available through [[DDE|hurd/dde]] --
-    however, this is not fully integrated yet,
-    so using these drivers needs manual setup for now ([[hurd/dde/guide]]).
-    Support for other driver types is also possible with DDE in principle,
-    but it requires some not-trivial work for each additional class of drivers,
-    so this can take some time to become available.
-    (An additional benefit provided by DDE is that the device drivers run as
-    regular user-space processes --
-    unlike the old drivers we were using so far,
-    which are part of the underlying GNU Mach microkernel.)
-
-  * **The Hurd has SMP, but needs support for new chipsets**:
-    Both GNU Mach (the microkernel used by the Hurd),
-    and the Hurd servers themselves come with SMP support.
-    However, GNU Mach [[misses drivers for modern SMP chipsets|faq/smp]], and
-    there are also some SMP-related bugs in the implementation,
-    so further work is needed
-    for the Hurd to take advantage of multicore processors.
-
-  * **Installation can still be challenging**:
-    Please [[take notice|http://xkcd.com/293/]] of the
-    [README file](http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/YES_REALLY_README.txt) --
-    just like with any software in development,
-    there are some known pitfalls to avoid.
-    (Or better yet, help to fix.)  :-)
-    Alternatively, you can simply use the the
-    [preinstalled
-    image](http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz)
-    in QEMU/KVM/VirtualBox/...
-
-  * **GNU Hurd is not the same as GNU/Hurd**:
-    The GNU project set out in 1983 to create a complete free operating system.
-    When a distribution such as Debian combines their GNU-based userland
-    with the GNU kernel (named [[*GNU Hurd*|hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd]]),
-    the result is more or less a full GNU system.
-    However, such third-party distributions are distinct
-    from what an official complete GNU system release would be;
-    and thus we often call them *GNU/Hurd* for clarity, similar to *GNU/Linux*
-    or *GNU/kFreeBSD*.
-
-  * **Performance**:
-    The benchmarks conducted by Phoronix (as reported by
-    {{$2011-q2#phoronix-3}}) (Phoronix/Michael: thanks for doing these!)
-    attest very good performance to the Hurd.
-    Keep in mind though that these benchmarks were almost completely CPU-bound,
-    so they essentially just confirm that we don't do anything stupid
-    regarding CPU initialization (cache setup, etc.).
-    The results would be different for benchmarks
-    that actually exercise the operating system functionality more.
-    The fact that the tests were performed in a virtualized environment,
-    might also have helped the results,
-    for example by mitigating the effects of our unoptimized I/O paths --
-    which are currently the major bottleneck in most situations.
-    Nevertheless, these results are a hint
-    that the extra IPC required in microkernel systems
-    [[doesn't necessarily hamper performance|ipc#performance]]
-    quite as much as often believed.
-    We are glad to see such solid benchmarks
-    help dispel some of the myths around the Hurd and other microkernel-based
-    systems.
-
-  * **Given the available manpower, the progress is very good**:
-    Over the past decade,
-    there were seldom more than [[*half a dozen developers* at any given
-    time|faq/how_many_developers]]
-    hacking on the Hurd, in their spare time --
-    not hundreds of paid developers like Linux has nowadays.
-    Considering this, the progress made is quite encouraging
-    with the system being [[pretty usable|hurd/status]] for many day-to-day tasks now.
-    It is generally understood that the ambitious architecture of the Hurd
-    requires a lot of effort to get it working at all,
-    but the recent progress shows that once the foundations are in place,
-    the Hurd design indeed allows the developers to be very productive.
-    To see the progress over the last few years, you can have a look at our 
-    [[news archive|news]].  If you're interested, you can find various ways of
-    [[contributing]].  We'd be happy to see you join in, because for the Hurd,
-    every single helping hand makes a big difference!
-
-"""]]