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@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ encompassing as the GNU Hurd is not a trivial task. For working on the GNU
Hurd's inner guts and getting useful work done, you have to plan for a
many-months learning experience which will need sufficient self-motivation.
Working on an advanced operating system kernel isn't something you can do in a
-few free minutes -- even less so without any previous kernel hacking
+few free minutes -- even less so without any previous [[kernel]] hacking
experience.
Likewise, the Linux kernel maintainers are stating the exactly same
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ difficulties, which is well presented by Jonathan Corbet in his 2010 Linux
Kernel Summit report for the opening sessions about [*welcoming of
newcomers*](http://lwn.net/Articles/412639/).
-But of course, none of this is meant to be dismissive, so just [[start
+But of course, none of this is meant to be dismissive, or to scare you away --
+on the contrary: just [[start
using|hurd/running]] the GNU Hurd, and either notice yourself what's not
working as expected, or have a look at one of the [[Open Issues]], and we shall
see if you'll evolve to be the next core Hurd hacker!
+You'll *just* have to get excited about it!