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diff --git a/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn b/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn index 6122e8cb..5f953f69 100644 --- a/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn +++ b/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ After [[our latest Quarter of the Hurd|news/2011-q2]] has been picked up by slas * *Hurd developers want Linux to die:* ✘ **Wrong**: All of us are happy Linux users, and GNU/Linux currently is the only free system you can actually give to nontechnical users (and make them happy with free software), so it is the most important tool for spreading free software. We don’t work on the Hurd because of some kind of hatred against Linux or Linus. We like and use Linux. We work on the Hurd, because of the [[additional possibilities and clean design|advantages]] it provides. -* *Java support on the Hurd is in the works:* <u>✔ **True**</u>: jkoenig is working on porting Java (OpenJDK 7) as part of his [[gsoc_project|user/jkoenig/java]]. This should help us towards better archive coverage. It must however also be said that Java support *already* exists on the Hurd, through the gcj/ecj platform. jkoenig is also fixing a few important things there. +* *Java support on the Hurd is in the works:* <u>✔ **True**</u>: Jérémie Koenig is working on porting Java (OpenJDK 7) as part of his [[gsoc_project|user/jkoenig/java]]. This should help us towards better archive coverage. It must however also be said that Java support *already* exists on the Hurd, through the gcj/ecj platform. jkoenig is also fixing a few important things there. * *The Hurd has no Xorg:* ✘ **Wrong**: X.Org *does* work -- see [[instructions|unsorted/DebianXorg]] (Some drivers won't work anymore, though, as they require DRM nowadays). @@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ After [[our latest Quarter of the Hurd|news/2011-q2]] has been picked up by slas * *The system is called GNU/GNU Hurd:* ✘ **Wrong**: The GNU userland (glibc, coreutils, …) and the GNU Hurd together form the GNU system. To avoid being mistaken for GNU/Linux, we normally use the name GNU/Hurd or GNU Hurd. The *correct* name is simply GNU. -Test results ------------- +**Test results** The results of the test from Phoronix were quite good. We expected that the microkernel design of the Hurd would have a far more severe performance hit. |