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diff --git a/hurd/running/gnu.mdwn b/hurd/running/gnu.mdwn index 6b94ed25..94012ef5 100644 --- a/hurd/running/gnu.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/gnu.mdwn @@ -1,39 +1,51 @@ -[[img logo.png]] - # <a name="The_GNU_Operating_System"> </a> The GNU Operating System +The GNU Operating System, or GNU System as it is more commonly known, will be a +complete [[Unix]]-like operating system composed entirely of [free +software](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html). The creation of the GNU +System is one of the goals of the [GNU Project](http://www.gnu.org/), which was +[launched in 1983](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/initial-announcement.html) by +[Richard Stallman](http://www.stallman.org/). + + + [[gnu/GNU]]. It is our wish and goal to establish a new direction for the GNU system distribution. To that end, this page will begin setting some direction. This was spawned by several discussions over a few days on the Hurd mailing lists and IRC. This is not intended to detract from Debian GNU/Hurd and we should help them where we can. -I really want this to be more of a community driven effort in the spirit of say Ubuntu. We all have different motivations and skill levels but we need a common goal to get this system going. +I really want this to be more of a community driven effort in the spirit of say, Ubuntu. We all have different motivations and skill levels but we need a common goal to get this system going. -These are just some quick notes I am making late at night. Lets clean this up. +These are just some quick notes I am making late at night. Let's clean this up. ## <a name="Motivations"> Motivations </a> 1. There is a possibility that Debian drops support for GNU/Hurd. 2. Other GNU/Linux distributions do not support the Hurd infrastructure well. -3. Benefitting from the Hurd design and using a microkernel. +3. Benefiting from the Hurd design and using a microkernel. 4. Freedom. ## <a name="Community"> Community </a> -1. Lets establish some ground rules. +1. Let's establish some ground rules. 2. We need infrastructure * Wiki for community documentation * Mailing lists like gnu-system-discuss exists for mostly technical items * IRC channels like #hug and ##hurd * Perhaps less formal and less intimidating channels and mailing lists would involve broader parts of the community 3. We need a community vision and direction. - * Lets work together for a common goal - * Lets establish goals and priorities and get resources on them. (More later) + * Let's work together for a common goal + * Let's establish goals and priorities and get resources on them. (More later) * Major goal to create a system making full use of Hurd features? * We should never hesitate to throw away existing stuff whenever it hinders us to make good use of Hurd features * However, we should try to reuse existing stuff (from Debian for example) as long as it doesn't limit our possibilities or impose considerable overhead - * Lets have fun. It's GNU and it's important but let's enjoy ourselves. + * Let's have fun. It's GNU and it's important but let's enjoy ourselves. + +## Download + + * Official GNU snapshot <http://www.update.uu.se/~ams/GNU> + * Extended GNU distribution <http://i-hug.sarovar.org/downloads/GNU/extended/> ## <a name="Tools"> Tools </a> @@ -49,6 +61,12 @@ These are just some quick notes I am making late at night. Lets clean this up. * Probably we should set up a Savannah project * How to handle experimental patches to the core packages (Hurd, Mach, libc etc.) that are not in official CVS yet? +## Resources + + * [[Universal_package_manager]] + * How to [[set_up_GNU|setup]] and archiver for GNU + * [[Create_an_image]] + ## <a name="Todo"> Todo </a> 1. AMS had made a GNU release. We can try it and test it to good use. We can fix broken things in it, and enhance it. |