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-A month of the Hurd: *Arch Hurd*, *FOSDEM preparations* and **.
+A month of the Hurd: *Arch Hurd*, *FOSDEM preparations* and a *thesis on mobile Hurd objects*.
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> *Why is Anyone Still Working on the GNU Hurd?* (10:30)
> and *Porting KGI graphics drivers from Linux to GNU Hurd* (13:00).
>
-> Mainly thanks to
->
-> Additionally
->
-> And
+> And 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.*
>
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