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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 2555cd73..cd03a366 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else=" <!--basic structure of a MotH entry. Adapt, reduce and add points as needed. At the end, try to make the text flow as a unified whole.--> -This month [hurd hacker] [item] +In the third quarter of 2011, the [hurd hacker] [item] Also … @@ -43,27 +43,69 @@ And … * [[toolchain/ELFOSABI_GNU]] - * [Arch Hurd, DDE](http://www.archhurd.org/news/22/) - - * Arch Hurd will have a booth at [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.org/). - - * Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters, - id:"20110721172827.GF4057@const.famille.thibault.fr", - <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00002.html> - - * [[2011-q2-ps]] - - * GSoC end - - * mcsim memory allocator project - - * GHM. - - * <http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2011/>; Samuel. Slides. Also add - all to media. - - * Richard's new buildd. - - Is this for Q4? + * The Arch Hurd Hackers [packaged DDE](http://www.archhurd.org/news/22/), so + Linux 2.6 drivers can now be compiled on Arch Hurd to run in + userspace. At the time of writing it supports network cards, while + other driver-types still need their interfaces ported. + + * Also they had + [a booth at FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/aussteller/projekt) and + [released a new Arch Hurd LiveCD](http://www.archhurd.org/news/24/), + so new users can easily test the current state of the Arch flavor + of the Hurd. + + * The videos and slides from the GNU Hacker Meeting 2011 in Paris + are [online](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2011/paris/), including the + talk from Samuel Thibault: + [GNU/Hurd, aka. Extensibility from the Ground](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2011/Samuel_Thibault-GNU_Hurd.ogv) + ([slides](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2011/paris/slides/samuel-thibault-hurd.pdf)). He + explains nicely how the simple concept of translators gives power + to non-priviledged and casual users (once we get some of those :) + ) without security implications, and how Sub-Hurds and + Neighbor-Hurds compare to Linux containers. + + “It’s all about freedom #0” + + * Samuel Thibault wrote a new + [Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters](http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00002.html) + + * Thomas Schwinge improved the technical documentation of the + [[hurd/io_path]] in translators to make it easier for new developers to start hacking. + + * Guillem Jover, Fridolin Pokorny and Jonathan Neuschäfer + [sent](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00184.html) + [many](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00093.html) + [patches](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00030.html) for + gnumach, improving stability, fixing memory leaks and cleaning up + code. + + * Jeremie Koenig finished his Google Summer of Code project to + [Improve Java on Hurd](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/user/jkoenig/java.html). He + [improved the Hurd signalling](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-06/msg00073.html), + ported OpenJDK and created a + [Java Hurd-Library](https://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd-java) + which already allows writing a + [Hello World translator in Java](https://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd-java/blob/master/HelloMach.java), + though still pretty low-level. + + * Maksym Planeta replaced GNUmach’s old zalloc memory allocator with + the new balloc from Richard Braun + ([integration commit](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/gnumach.git/commit/?id=50d073c5ef0feb1676606d0068abf626e8297cd7)), + which handles slabs and should waste less memory than zalloc. Also + balloc has a cpu cache level, so it should work faster on SMP + systems, once we get up do date SMP CPU drivers for GNUmach. + + * 69.96% of debian packages + [are now available for the Hurd](https://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-big.png), + so we’re getting closer to the goal of reaching 85%. If you can + port debian packages and want to help the Hurd, this is the + perfect time to get in contact and + [port your favorite missing package](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian) + to the Hurd. + + * And Richard Braun contributed a new + [[buildd,_porterbox_and_public_box|public_hurd_boxen]] via + sceen.net, making it easier to test the Hurd without much setup as + well as improving debian packaging. """]] |