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-A month of the Hurd: *X.org out of the box*, *Arch Hurd on Hardware*, *new debian qemu image* and *GSoC students*. 
+A month of the Hurd: *Arch Hurd on Hardware*, *X.org out of the box*, *new debian qemu image* and *GSoC students*. 
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-> This month 
-> Samuel Thibault
-> [reports](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00034.html) that
-> X.org is functional again out ofthe box.
-
-> Philip Charles [extended his
-> offerings](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00019.html) with a
-> *GRUB usb stick for booting Debian/Hurd*.
-
-> Arch Hurd → http://www.archhurd.org/news/11
-> on hardware → http://wiki.archhurd.org/wiki/User:Giselher#ArchHurd_on_a_real_PC
+> This month the Arch Hurd team 
+> reported the first instance of Arch Hurd 
+> [running on real hardware](http://www.archhurd.org/news/11) (and uploaded
+> [a photo](http://wiki.archhurd.org/wiki/User:Giselher#ArchHurd_on_a_real_PC) as evidence). 
 > 
-> Also new qemu image →  http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00098.html
+> Also the fix from *Samuel Thibault* got included in libxcb1, so X.org
+> [works out of the box again](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00034.html) with 
+> a simple startx. 
 > 
-> Mainly thanks to 
+> And *Philip Charles* 
+> [extended his offerings](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00019.html) 
+> with an updated *GRUB usb stick for booting Debian/Hurd*.
+
+> Mainly thanks to *Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez* we now have a 
+> [new qemu image](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/04/msg00098.html)
+> Which runs out of the box via `qemu -hda debian-hurd-17042010-qemu.img`. 
 > 
-> Additionally GSoC students: http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/list_projects/google/gsoc2010
-> Hurd Debian-Installer 
-> → http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/debian/t127230758239 and 
-> → http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2010/HurdDebianInstaller/JeremieKoenig
+> And now to the GSoC news: we got 
+> [3 students](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/list_projects/google/gsoc2010) 
+> working on The Hurd this year: 
 > 
-> Hurd: Fix Compatibility Problems Exposed by Testsuites 
-> → http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759396
+>>  *Jeremie Koenig* mentored by *Samuel Thibault* will be working on adapting the debian-installer to 
+>> [produce working Debian GNU/Hurd installation images](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/debian/t127230758239) 
+>> ([details](http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2010/HurdDebianInstaller/JeremieKoenig)), so we can more easily offer up to date disc-sets. 
+>> 
+>> Also *Emilio Pozuelo Monfort* mentored by *Fredrik Hammar* will work on the 
+>> possibly boring yet extremely valuable task of 
+>> [fixing compatibility problems exposed by projects testsuites](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759396). 
 > 
-> Tuning the VM Subsystem in GNU/Hurd 
-> → http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759587
+>> And finally *Karim Ahmed* mentored by *Sergio Lopez* will work on 
+>> [Tuning the VM Subsystem in GNU/Hurd](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759587)
+>> to bring get the virtual memory management in Hurd/Mach up to date.
 > 
-> And 
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-<!-- New QEMU image, once it's been done:
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+> So we had quite an exiting month with many starting threads, 
+> which makes this the perfect time to 
+> subscribe to our [[mailing_lists]] (bug-hurd and debian-hurd are the main lists)
+> and see the Hurd make another leap forward. 
 
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