From 7aac867c512274b4e85b513f89c8cb40b80a3946 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:28:00 +0200 Subject: Add draft of hurd 2013 news. --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn (limited to 'contributing/web_pages') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7909fb05 --- /dev/null +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 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 +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + + + +Debian GNU/Hurd 2013 *released*! + +[[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news +text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" +else=" +[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] + +[[!cut id="full_news" text=""" + +It is with huge pleasure that the Hurd project announces the release of Debian +GNU/Hurd 2013. This is a snapshot of Debian sid at the time of the Debian +Wheezy release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on Wheezy. It is *not* an +official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release. + +The installation ISO images can be downloaded from +http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/ +with the usual Debian 3 flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. 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.html]] . Due to the very small amount of +developers, the progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful +Operating Systems, but we believe to have reached a very good state. + +Please make sure to read the +[[configuration information|http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install]], +the [[FAQ|faq]], +and the [[translator primer|hurd/documentation/translator_primer]] +for a start. + +--- + +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]]. + + + +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3 From ad05d30bb40f352bcf9a1b9df2ed7836ba4ffa10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:30:48 +0200 Subject: Fix URL --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index 7909fb05..8cc5d71c 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Wheezy release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on Wheezy. It is *not* an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release. The installation ISO images can be downloaded from -http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/ +[[Debian Ports|http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/]] with the usual Debian 3 flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image is also available to make trying Debian GNU/Hurd even easier. -- cgit v1.2.3 From f256a8f03f25f89779ef6d2d5bf4739c96e5ff75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:31:19 +0200 Subject: typo --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index 8cc5d71c..6f2d8af0 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ 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 Debian 3 flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image +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. Yes, really. This time it is not a joke like the -- cgit v1.2.3 From 897314a2fa50febafc987fd673e2bc3f79e507fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:32:25 +0200 Subject: fix URL --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index 6f2d8af0..c5c2bb9a 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ 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. Yes, really. This time it is not a joke like the -[[0.401 release|news/2011-04-01.html]] . Due to the very small amount of +[[0.401 release|news/2011-04-01]] . Due to the very small amount of developers, the progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful Operating Systems, but we believe to have reached a very good state. -- cgit v1.2.3 From c0c3b06ddcf63b06e058c45f325a0c0c15bfa057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:35:22 +0200 Subject: Add credits --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index c5c2bb9a..51aa20b8 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ the [[FAQ|faq]], and the [[translator primer|hurd/documentation/translator_primer]] for a start. +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 +contributed one way or the other, thanks everybody! + --- The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is a -- cgit v1.2.3