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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Now, the list of known limitations of the Hurd.
* Minimum of 8 MB RAM has been reported to work, but 32 MB is more realistic. Don't forget to use plenty of swap space.
-* 768 megabytes RAM maximum [approximately](http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/thug/gnumach_hardware.html#Memory). If you've got too much use GRUB's "uppermem" command to limit the amount seen by Mach.
+* 768 megabytes RAM maximum [approximately](http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/thug/gnumach_hardware.html#Memory). If you've got too much use GRUB's `uppermem` command to limit the amount seen by Mach.
* Random devices, /dev/random and /dev/urandom, are not in the main distribution yet. These are needed by, for instance, OpenSSH.
* In progress, see [[RandomDevice]]
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ Now, the list of known limitations of the Hurd.
* No DHCP client will work yet.
* See [[DhcpClient]] - need to update TCP/IP server.
-* [[HurdConsole]] server not in CDs or tarballs yet.
- * Not true anymore [[Distrib/TarballNotes20030126]] provides.
-
* There are some [[Distrib/SystemAPILimits]]
* PthreadsLibrary not in CDs or tarballs yet.
@@ -33,17 +30,17 @@ Now, the list of known limitations of the Hurd.
* See [[PosixThreads]]
* Sound support missing (in progress)
- * [[Mach/OskitMach]] will provide
+ * [[Mach/OskitMach]] can provide, but no work yet
* PPP support, e.g., um-pppd missing.
* See [[PppDaemon]]
* USB support is missing
-* XFree86 is stabilizing
+* Xfree86 is stabilizing
-* fatfs translator is stabilizing, and it does not have partition limits that get in the way. ([0\.4 released Oct 6, 2002](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-hurd/2002-October/010576.html))
+* `fatfs` translator is stabilizing, and it does not have partition limits that get in the way. ([0\.4 released Oct 6, 2002](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-hurd/2002-October/010576.html))
-* [Ext3 implementation](http://debian.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~ogi/hurd/ext3fs/) has not started yet.
+* [Ext3 implementation](http://debian.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~ogi/hurd/ext3fs/) is very unstable.
* Portability between alternate microkernels, e.g., [darwin](http://developer.apple.com/darwin/) & [L4](http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/L4/)