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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn index 34c7e2f8..17227476 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -37,7 +37,23 @@ Additionally … And … -[reason for contibuting to the Hurd] +So if you want to [reason for contibuting to the Hurd], +please [[get in contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already grab the [[source +code|source_repositories]]. + +--- + +The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is a +collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement file +systems, network protocols, file access control, and other features that are +implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux). [[More +detailed|hurd/documentation]]. + +**GNU Mach** is the microkernel upon which a GNU Hurd system is based. It +provides an Inter Process Communication (IPC) mechanism that the Hurd uses to +define interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the +services a traditional operating system kernel provides. [[More +detailed|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]. <!--see [[contributing/web_pages/news/writing_the_moth]] for additional information on writing the MotH.--> |