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diff --git a/news/2010-01-31.mdwn b/news/2010-01-31.mdwn index 569fa7a8..306a54b3 100644 --- a/news/2010-01-31.mdwn +++ b/news/2010-01-31.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -[[!meta date="2010-01-31 00:00 UTC"]] - -[[!meta updated="2010-01-31 00:00 UTC"]] +[[!meta date="2010-02-02 00:25 UTC"]] A month of the Hurd: *Arch Hurd*, *FOSDEM preparations* and a *thesis on mobile Hurd objects*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news @@ -18,37 +16,43 @@ text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -> This month saw the first booting version of an -> [Arch GNU Hurd](http://www.archhurd.org/), -> which seconds the distribution from -> [Debian](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/) -> which already gives you 66% of the debian software archive. -> -> Also we organized a meeting at FOSDEM, February 6th and 7th in Bruxelles, where -> [8 Hurd developers will meet](http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/community/meetings/fosdem_2010/). -> Six of us will stay in Hotel Astrid with the FSFE folks. -> On Sunday 7th, Olaf Buddenhagen will be giving two presentations in the -> [Alt-OS Devroom](http://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/FOSDEM2010AltOSDevroomSchedule): -> *Why is Anyone Still Working on the GNU Hurd?* (10:30) -> and *Porting KGI graphics drivers from Linux to GNU Hurd* (13:00). -> -> And Carl Fredrik Hammar + +> This month, we saw the first booting version of an [[hurd/running/Arch Hurd]] +> system, which seconds the [[Debian GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] +> distribution that already provides two third of the Debian software archive +> compiled for GNU/Hurd. + +> Nine Hurd developers will [[meet at FOSDEM +> 2010|community/meetings/fosdem_2010]] on February 6th and 7th in Bruxelles, +> Belgium. On Sunday, Olaf will be giving two presentations in the Alt-OS +> Developer Room: [*Why is Anyone Still Working on the GNU +> Hurd?*](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/altos_hurd) (10:30), and +> [*Porting KGI graphics drivers from Linux to GNU +> Hurd*](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/altos_kgi_hurd) (13:00). The +> day before, on Saturday, Bas will be giving a [talk about *Iris*, his new +> kernel](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/emb_iris) (18:00, Embedded +> Developer Room). + +> Carl Fredrik Hammar > [finished and presented](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-01/msg00078.html) > his thesis -> [Generalizing mobility for the Hurd](http://users.student.lth.se/cs07fh9/2009-hammar-hurd-mobility.pdf) -> and passed with distinction. Its abstract reads: -> *The GNU Hurd features mobile objects -> in its implementation of filesystem backing stores. -> This thesis investigates the -> limitations and security concerns -> these objects present, -> and how they can be overcome. -> This is done in preparation for new applications -> that feature mobile code and mobile objects. -> In addition, -> one such application is studied and implemented, -> in which mobile code is used to make -> the ioctl system call more extensible.* -> +> [*Generalizing mobility for the Hurd*](http://users.student.lth.se/cs07fh9/2009-hammar-hurd-mobility.pdf) +> and passed with distinction. Congratulations! Its abstract reads: + +> > The GNU Hurd features mobile objects +> > in its implementation of filesystem backing stores. +> > This thesis investigates the +> > limitations and security concerns +> > these objects present, +> > and how they can be overcome. +> > This is done in preparation for new applications +> > that feature mobile code and mobile objects. +> > In addition, +> > one such application is studied and implemented, +> > in which mobile code is used to make +> > the `ioctl` system call more extensible. + +> So, when are *YOU* going to do a thesis, or another project on a +> GNU/Hurd-related topic? [[Contact_us]] if you are interested! """]] |