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@@ -30,16 +30,12 @@ official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release.
The installation ISO images can be downloaded from
[[Debian Ports|http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/]]
-with the usual 3 Debian flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image
-is also available to make trying Debian GNU/Hurd even easier.
+with the usual 3 Debian flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. Besides the friendly
+Debian installer, a pre-installed disk image is also available to make trying
+Debian GNU/Hurd even easier.
-Yes, really. This time it is not a joke like the
-[[0.401 release|news/2011-04-01]].
-
-Due to the very small number of developers,
-our progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful
-Operating Systems, but we believe that we now reached a very good
-state.
+Debian GNU/Hurd it's currently available for the i386 architecture with more
+than 10.000 software packages available (> 75% of the Debian archive).
Please make sure to read the
[[configuration information|http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install]],
@@ -47,6 +43,11 @@ the [[FAQ|faq]],
and the [[translator primer|hurd/documentation/translator_primer]]
for a start.
+Due to the very small number of developers,
+our progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful
+Operating Systems, but we believe to have reached a very good
+state.
+
We would like to thank all the people who have worked on GNU/Hurd over the past
decades. There were not many people at any given time (and still not many people
today, please [[join|contributing]]!), but in the end a lot of people have