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diff --git a/faq/support/0-software.mdwn b/faq/support/0-software.mdwn index 324dbbef..61ae3a79 100644 --- a/faq/support/0-software.mdwn +++ b/faq/support/0-software.mdwn @@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="What software is available for GNU?"]] - * Most (3/4) packages from [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) [GNU/Linux](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html) which aren't linux-specific ([Packages That Won't Be Ported](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian)) are expected to work on GNU/Hurd too. See the database in <http://packages.debian.org/>. Notably, [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), and [KDE](http://www.kde.org) work. See the [[porting/guidelines]] document for some common build problems and their solutions. - * If you can't fetch a package with "apt-get install ", try building it from source: "apt-get source && cd <package\_dir> && debian/rules binary". - * As of March 2013, 78% of Debian packages have been ported on the Hurd. Of course, bug testing is welcome. +As of March 2013, 78% of Debian packages have been ported on the Hurd. Of +course, bug testing and fixing is welcome, as we have obviously not tested all +of them. + +Most packages from [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) +[GNU/Linux](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html) +which aren't linux-specific (see [Packages That Won't Be +Ported](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian)) +are expected to work on GNU/Hurd too. See the database in +<http://packages.debian.org/>. Notably, [Xorg](http://www.x.org/), +[GNOME](http://www.gnome.org/), [KDE](http://www.kde.org/), firefox work. See +the [[porting/guidelines]] document for some common build problems and their +solutions. |