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How it started

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-Richard Stallman (RMS) started GNU in 1983, as a project to create a -complete free operating system. In the text of the GNU Manifesto, he -mentioned that there is a primitive kernel. In the first GNUsletter, -Feb. 1986, he says that GNU's kernel is TRIX, which was developed at -the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - -

-By December of 1986, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) had "started -working on the changes needed to TRIX" [Gnusletter, Jan. 1987]. -Shortly thereafter, the FSF began "negotiating with Professor Rashid -of Carnegie-Mellon University about working with them on the -development of the Mach kernel" [Gnusletter, June, 1987]. The text -implies that the FSF wanted to use someone else's work, rather than -have to fix TRIX. - -

-In [Gnusletter, Feb. 1988], RMS was talking about taking Mach and -putting the Berkeley Sprite filesystem on top of it, "after the parts -of Berkeley Unix... have been replaced." - -

-Six months later, the FSF is saying that "if we can't get Mach, we'll -use TRIX or Berkeley's Sprite." Here, they present Sprite as a -full-kernel option, rather than just a filesystem. - -

-In January, 1990, they say "we aren't doing any kernel work. It does -not make sense for us to start a kernel project now, when we still -hope to use Mach" [Gnusletter, Jan. 1990]. Nothing significant occurs -until 1991, when a more detailed plan is announced: - -

-We are still interested in a multi-process kernel running on top of -Mach. The CMU lawyers are currently deciding if they can release Mach -with distribution conditions that will enable us to distribute it. If -they decide to do so, then we will probably start work. CMU has -available under the same terms as Mach a single-server partial Unix -emulator named Poe; it is rather slow and provides minimal -functionality. We would probably begin by extending Poe to provide -full functionality. Later we hope to have a modular emulator divided -into multiple processes. [Gnusletter, Jan. 1991]. -
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-RMS explains the relationship between the Hurd and Linux in The Hurd and Linux, where he mentions -that the FSF started developing the Hurd in 1990. As of [Gnusletter, -Nov. 1991], the Hurd (running on Mach) is GNU's official kernel. - -

Announcements

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-Release 0.2 announcement (complete GNU system)
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-Release 0.2 announcement (Hurd)
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-Test release announcement (Aug 96)
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-Test release status (Jul 96)
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-Binary image available, Apr 96
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-This and NetBSD boot flopies should -be enough to get a working GNU/Hurd system!
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-New Snapshot, Apr 96 -- NFS and lots else -works!
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-News Flash, Nov 95 -- ftp works!
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-New Snapshot, Jul 95 -- ext2fs support
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-New Snapshot, Apr 95
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-News flash, Nov 94
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-News flash, Sep 94 -- gcc runs!
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-News flash, Aug 94
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-News flash, Jul 94 -- emacs runs!
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-News flash, May 94
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-News flash, Apr 94 -- it boots!
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-GNU Hurd announcement, Nov 93
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-GNU Hurd announcement, May 91
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-Return to GNU's home page. -

- -Please send FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to - -gnu@gnu.org. -There are also other ways to -contact the FSF. -

- -Please send comments on these web pages to - -web-hurd@gnu.org, -send other questions to -gnu@gnu.org. -

-Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc., -59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA -

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