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After our last *[[Quarter of the Hurd|news/2011-q2]]* has been picked up by a bunch
of news sites, blogs, and so on, discussions have been running all over the
-net. <!-- probably good to link the actual articles? After this PS, we probably won't link them in the next regular news... -->
+net ([lwn][], [reddit1][], [reddit2][], [h-online][], [slashdot][], [golem1][], [golem2][]).
We are happy to see that there is considerable interest in the Hurd;
but we also saw some misunderstandings, false rumors, and outdated information floating around.
Thus we will try to clarify the situation
regarding some of the more common misunderstandings.
+[reddit1]: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/j2ztr/rms_mlayout_finally_shout_its_alive_at_gnuhurd_thanks/
+[lwn]: http://lwn.net/Articles/451699/
+[h-online]: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Hurd-Progresses-Debian-GNU-Hurd-by-end-o
+[reddit2]: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ipxxt/debian_now_has_concrete_plans_to_bring_gnu_hurd/
+[golem1]: http://www.golem.de/1107/84947.html
+[golem2]: http://www.golem.de/1108/85430.html
+[slashdot]: http://news.slasd.h.ot.org/story/11/07/14/2141229/watch-out-linux-gnu-hurd-coming
+
* **Debian GNU Hurd works to become a port in Debian**:
We plan to get into the next Debian release (Wheezy)
as an additional port alongside GNU/Linux and GNU/kFreeBSD --
@@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ regarding some of the more common misunderstandings.
which are currently the major bottleneck in most situations.
Nevertheless, these results are a hint
that the extra IPC required in microkernel systems
- [doesn't necessarily hamper performace](http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.51.16)
+ [doesn't necessarily hamper performance](http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.51.16)
quite as much as often believed.
We are glad to see such solid benchmarks
help dispell some of the myths around the Hurd :-)