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-A month of the Hurd: *first DDE driver*, *libpciaccess upstream*, *Fosdem results* and *GSoC meetings again*. 
+A month of the Hurd: *DDE driver*, *X.org / libpciaccess*, *FOSDEM*, and
+*Google Summer of Code 2010*.
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+> A bit late, but here it is finally: the *MotH* for February, 2010.
+
 > This month saw the first running and testable 
-> [[DDE_driver_by_Zheng_Da|user/zhengda]], 
-> with which he begins to reap the benefits of porting DDE to Hurd, 
-> since [[DDE|dde]] allows to use current Linux drivers for Mach and L4. 
+> [[DDE driver by Zheng Da|user/zhengda]],
+> with which he begins to reap the benefits of porting [[DDE]] to the Hurd --
+> essentially, allowing us to use current Linux device drivers.
+
+> Samuel Thibault pushed a [libpciaccess x86
+> backend](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libpciaccess/commit/?id=af2be74979aeab9a2fc4c933462e97ce70f816b6)
+> to X.Org:
+
+> > This adds support on x86 for OSes that do not have a PCI interface,
+> > tinkering with I/O ports, and makes use of it on GNU/Hurd.
 
-> Also Samuel Thibault 
-> [pushed libpciaccess to Xorg](http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2010-January/048801.html) 
-> which adds support in the Xserver (x86) 
-> “for OSes that do not have a PCI interface, 
-> tinkering with I/O ports, and makes use of it on GNU/Hurd.”
+> In the course of this, he also got commit access to X.org, so it should be
+> easier now to get further Hurd-related patches applied.
 
-> Additionally we saw the talks on the Hurd in the Alt-OS devroom at 
-> Fosdem: [Why is Anyone Still Working on the GNU Hurd?](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/altos_hurd) and [Porting KGI graphics drivers from Linux to GNU Hurd](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/altos_kgi_hurd). 
+> As announced in our [[previous news blurb|2010-01-31]], at FOSDEM, Bas did
+> his presentation of [*Iris, a new capability-based microkernel
+> OS*](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/emb_iris) in the Embedded
+> Developer Room, and Olaf illustrated [*Why is Anyone Still Working on the GNU
+> Hurd?*](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/altos_hurd), and presented his
+> work of [*Porting KGI graphics drivers from Linux to GNU
+> Hurd*](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/altos_kgi_hurd), in the Alt-OS
+> Developer Room.
 
-> In [Mikels words](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-03/msg00014.html): 
+> In [Mikel Olasagasti's
+> words](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-03/msg00014.html):
 
-> > The room was full and people were "standing-up" for the talk. Some people
-> > couldn't even enter the room (+20?).
+> > The room was full and people was "standing-up" for the talk. Some people
+> > even couldn't enter to the room (+20?).
 > > 
-> > Antrik made a good job. Was nice for the crowd to see Hurd running X,
+> > Antrik [Olaf] made a good job. Was nice for the crowd to see Hurd running X,
 > > slow but working.
-> > 
-> > The unique problem might have been the short time available. The machine
-> > needed to be fsck-ed losing some time, which could have been be used at the end
-> > for Q&A which was quite interesting.
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-> Sadly we couldn't yet upload notes from the talks - 
-> as soon as these are availble, you should get notice here.
-> Also they should be linked on the Fosdem pages we linked to above.
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-> And it is time for the [[Google_Summer_of_Code|community/gsoc]] again, so 
-> [we started our weekly GSoC IRC meetings](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-02/msg00040.html) in which we coordinate the GSoC projects. 
-> [[2008|community/gsoc/2008]] the GNU Hurd had 5 successful projects, 
-> 2009 saw [[another_one|user/scolobb]], 
-> and we hope to make it 5 projects again this year. 
-> The last few years brought 
-> [libchannel](http://code.google.com/soc/2007/gnu/appinfo.html?csaid=44FB3FD69C665A08), 
-> **lisp bindings**, **dtrace**, [[nsmux|hurd/translator/nsmux]], 
-> **network virtualization** (which led to the DDE drivers), **procfs** 
-> and [[unionmount|hurd/translator/unionmount]], 
-> and we have [[dozens_of_ideas|community/gsoc/project_ideas]] 
-> for innovative projects this year. 
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-> So if you're interested in working on the GNU Hurd,
-> or want to help with coordinating (or simply want to be up to date), 
-> please come and join in (currently via [[IRC]] every Wednesday at 11:00 UTC). 
-> Also we'd be glad to have more eyes on polishing 
-> [[our_application/community/gsoc/organization_application]]. 
 
+> The regular IRC meeting schedule has been
+> [changed](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-02/msg00040.html)
+> to Wednesdays, 11:00 UTC; see the [[IRC#regular_meetings]] page for details.
+
+> Last, but not least, it is time again to think about the [[Google Summer of
+> Code|community/gsoc]].  In [[community/gsoc/2007]], the GNU Hurd had one
+> successful project, in [[community/gsoc/2008]] five of them,
+> [[community/gsoc/2009]] saw another one, so we obviously plan to make it five
+> projects again this year.  We already have [[dozens of
+> ideas|community/gsoc/project ideas]] online, and will add yet more -- also
+> based on YOUR suggestions and wishes!
+
+> So, if you're a student, and interested in working on the GNU Hurd, please
+> join in; browse through the [[community/GSoC]] pages, and don't be shy to
+> [[contact us]]!
 
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