## <a name="The_Hurd"> The Hurd </a>

This part of the wiki is dedicated to the the Hurd servers, the most important components comprising the GNU operating system. Built on top of the Mach microkernel the servers are designed to replace the functionality provided by regular monolithic UNIX kernels.

If you cannot find what you look for the topic might have been moved to the new Distrib, Mach or GNU TWiki webs. This has been done to help clarify the different aspects of the GNU/Hurd efforts for new users.

For an introduction to this site, see <http://hurd.gnufans.org>.

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          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">GNUHurd Status</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/GNUHurdStatus">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Things <span style="background:"><font color="">To Do</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/ToDo">?</a> before the next release </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Known Hurd Limits</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/KnownHurdLimits">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Limitations of the GNU operating system. Includes updates on the status of <span style="background:"><font color="">Random Device</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/RandomDevice">?</a> (for ssh), <span style="background:"><font color="">Dhcp Client</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/DhcpClient">?</a>, <span style="background:"><font color="">Ppp Daemon</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/PppDaemon">?</a>, <span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Console</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdConsole">?</a>, <span style="background:"><font color="">Ext Two Size</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/ExtTwoSize">?</a>, other filesystems, etc. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Seen Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/SeenHurd">?</a></dt>
          <dd> GNU/Hurd sightings. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Translator Pages</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/TranslatorPages">?</a></dt>
          <dd> What translators exist, info about them </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Frequently Asked Questions</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/FrequentlyAskedQuestions">?</a></dt>
          <dd> For anything else you cannot find here. </dd>
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        <h3><a name="Introduction"> Introduction </a></h3>
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          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">The Gnu Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/TheGnuHurd">?</a></dt>
          <dd> About the GNU/Hurd System <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/TheHurd" target="_top">Debian Wiki about The Hurd</a>. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Names</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdNames">?</a></dt>
          <dd> What does the HURD acronym stand for? </dd>
          <dt><a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2002/debian-hurd-200210/msg00035.html" target="_top">Welcome Note</a></dt>
          <dd> Formerly sent monthly to <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/" target="_top">debian-hurd@lists.debian.org</a> and <a href="http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd" target="_top">help-hurd@gnu.org</a></dd>
          <dt><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/TheHurd" target="_top">Debian Wiki: Hurd</a></dt>
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          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Funny Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/FunnyHurd">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Logos, rumors and other funny unrelated stuff mentioning "Hurd" </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Shopping</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/Shopping">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Items that can be bought. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Translation</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/Translation">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Hurd translation and Hurd wiki page in different languages. </dd>
          <dt><a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2005-10/msg00718.html" target="_top">History 1997-2003</a></dt>
          <dd> Personal view of Marcus Brinkmann about Hurd development in 1997-2003. </dd>
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        <h3><a name="Running_the_Hurd"> Running the Hurd </a></h3>
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          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Live CD</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/LiveCD">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Enjoy a bootable Hurd from within CD (opt. HD or USB installation). </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">QEMU</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/QEMU">?</a></dt>
          <dd> play downloaded <span style="background:"><font color="">Live Cd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/LiveCd">?</a> Isos without burn them (emulation). </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Flash Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/FlashHurd">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Bootable Hurd from within USB flash memory. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Building Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/BuildingHurd">?</a></dt>
          <dd><span style="background:"><font color="">Building the GNUMach kernel on Debian</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/BuildingGNUMachonDebian">?</a></dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Public Hurd Boxen</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/PublicHurdBoxen">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Hurd boxes available to hack on. </dd>
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        <h3><a name="Running_Applications_on_the_Hurd"> Running Applications on the Hurd </a></h3>
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          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Console</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdConsole">?</a></dt>
          <dd> How to set up the console. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Xfree 86</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/Xfree86">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Setting up X. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Debian X</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/DebianX">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Setting up X in Debian. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Debian Xorg</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/DebianXorg">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Settin up Xorg in Debian. </dd>
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        <h3><a name="Technical_References"> Technical References </a></h3>
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          <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/docs.html" target="_top">Official documentation,  papers and presentations</a>: Available form the Hurd Web site. </li>
          <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd-paper.html" target="_top">Towards a New  Strategy of OS Design</a>: an architectural overview by Thomas Bushnell, BSG. Marcus Brinkmann <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2005-10/msg00651.html" target="_top">revisited some parts of the paper</a> and Jonathan S. Shapiro <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2005-10/msg00654.html" target="_top">has further comments</a></li>
          <li><a href="http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/pres-en/slides/slides.html" target="_top">Presentation by  Ga�l Le Mignot</a>: </li>
          <li><a href="http://www.pjbruin.dds.nl/hurd/" target="_top">Power PC port, using OSF Mach</a>: </li>
          <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Distributed Servers</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/DistributedServers">?</a>: Architecture made possible by the Hurd. </li>
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        <h3><a name="Developer_Notes"> Developer Notes </a></h3>
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          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Cross Compiling</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/CrossCompiling">?</a></dt>
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          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Specific Glibc Api</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdSpecificGlibcApi">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Functions in GLIBC for the Hurd. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Xattr Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/XattrHurd">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Setting translators under GNU/Linux </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">ABITransition Status</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/ABITransitionStatus">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Old info (early 2002) on the <abbrev title="Application Binary Interface">ABI</abbrev> transition </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Kernel Cousin Debian Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/KernelCousinDebianHurd">?</a></dt>
          <dd> A defunct newsletter about Hurd development. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Oskit Mach Status List</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMach/OskitMachStatusList">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Status and TODO information </dd>
          <dt><a href="http://www.htu.tugraz.at/~past/hurd/global/" target="_top">Hurd Sourcecode Reference</a></dt>
          <dd> Searchable and browsable index of the code. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Port To L 4</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMach/PortToL4">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Out-dated Wiki. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd On L 4</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdOnL4">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Work in process for <strong>new</strong> wiki. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Qemu Image For L 4</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/QemuImageForL4">?</a></dt>
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          <dt><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/howto/subhurd.html" target="_top">Neighbour Hurd</a></dt>
          <dd> Using and a neighbour for testing and debugging. </dd>
          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Serial Console</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/SerialConsole">?</a></dt>
          <dd> Setting up a serial console. </dd>
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          <dt><span style="background:"><font color="">Install Notes</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/InstallNotes">?</a></dt>
          <dd> How to install the GNU system. <br /> For Further information, See the <span style="background:"><font color="">Distrib</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONDistrib/WebHome">?</a> web. </dd>
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          <dt> Community &amp;amp; People</dt>
          <dd> Please see the <span style="background:"><font color="">Main</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMain/WebHome">?</a> web for registered users information and Hurd community resources. </dd>
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        <p> See <span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Donations</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdDonations">?</a> if you've got more money than hack time. </p>
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          <dt> Microkernel Systems</dt>
          <dd> Please see the <span style="background:"><font color="">Mach</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMach/WebHome">?</a> web </dd>
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          <dt> Developer Related</dt>
          <dd> Please see above and the <span style="background:"><font color="">Distrib</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONDistrib/WebHome">?</a> web </dd>
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        <p> Currently, Web refers to the Hurd Web. </p>
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          <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Web Index</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WebIndex">?</a> - alphabetical </li>
          <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Web Changes</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WebChanges">?</a> - by modification time </li>
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