**Welcome to the home** of the Hurd TWiki. It is a web-based collaboration effort for anything related to the GNU operating system the Hurd. It was announced on [May 12, 2002](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-hurd/2002-May/008342.html) and is growing quickly.

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        <h2><a name="TheGnuHurd"> </a> <span style="background:"><font color="">The Gnu Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/TheGnuHurd">?</a></h2>
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          <li><a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2002/debian-hurd-200210/msg00035.html" target="_top">Welcome Note</a> - sent monthly to <br /><nop>Debian-Hurd@lists.debian.org &amp;amp; <nop>Help-Hurd@gnu.org </nop></nop></li>
          <li><a href="http://hurd.gnu.org" target="_top">official GNU/Hurd</a> site </li>
          <li> Debian <a href="http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/" target="_top">GNU/Hurd port</a></li>
          <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Names</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdNames">?</a></li>
          <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Debian GNUHurd Licensing</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/DebianGNUHurdLicensing">?</a></li>
          <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Distributed Servers</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/DistributedServers">?</a></li>
          <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Install Notes</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/InstallNotes">?</a> - How to install the GNU Hurd <ul>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Tarball Notes 20020816</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/TarballNotes20020816">?</a></li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">CDNotes J 2</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/CDNotesJ2">?</a></li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Grub Notes</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/GrubNotes">?</a> - quick reference </li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Newbie Questions</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/NewbieQuestions">?</a> - More than frequently asked questions </li>
              <li><a href="http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-faq/" target="_top">Hurd FAQ</a></li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Known Hurd Limits</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/KnownHurdLimits">?</a> - Limitations of the GNU operating system </li>
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              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Mail Lists</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/MailLists">?</a> - Available mailing lists </li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Seen Hurd</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/SeenHurd">?</a> - Listings of Hurd appearances </li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Who Runs GNU</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WhoRunsGNU">?</a> - Does RMS run it on his desktop yet? </li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Savannah Projects</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/SavannahProjects">?</a> - includes CVS &amp;amp; Bug systems </li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Developers</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdDevelopers">?</a> - Who's who? </li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Personal Hurd Pages</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/PersonalHurdPages">?</a> - Users with Hurd wiki pages </li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">User Groups</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/UserGroups">?</a> - Canadian, French &amp;amp; Russian </li>
              <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd IRC</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdIRC">?</a> - 24 x 7, some channels have 7 day rolling <a href="http://web.walfield.org/~grant/hurd-irc-stats-thisweek.html" target="_top">summaries</a></li>
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    <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Gnu Mach</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMach/GnuMach">?</a> 1.3 - aging "current" microkernel </li>
    <li><span style="background:"><font color=""><nop>Gnu Mach 2.0</nop></font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMach/OskitMach">?</a> (a.k.a. <span style="background:"><font color="">Oskit Mach</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMach/OskitMach">?</a>) <ul>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Oskit Mach Status List</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMach/OskitMachStatusList">?</a> - Status and TODO information </li>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Port To L 4</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/PortToL4">?</a> - Distant future kernel </li>
        <li><a href="http://www.rtmk.org/" target="_top">rtmk.org</a> - Somewhat unrelated, but one of their goals is to port the Hurd. </li>
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    <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Micro Kernel FUD</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/MicroKernelFUD">?</a> - Informative text on anti micro kernel propaganda </li>
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  <h2><a name="Developer_Related"> Developer Related </a></h2>
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    <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Porting Issues</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/PortingIssues">?</a> - Tips for common porting problems. </li>
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    <li> Technical Status <ul>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">GNUHurd Status</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/GNUHurdStatus">?</a> - What's necessary before the next release. </li>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Code Announcements</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/CodeAnnouncements">?</a> - Recent coding projects related to the Hurd </li>
        <li> Savannah <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/people/?group=hurd" target="_top">Help Wanted</a> list </li>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">ABITransition Status</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/ABITransitionStatus">?</a> - Transitional information (dated) </li>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Oskit Mach Status List</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONMach/OskitMachStatusList">?</a> - Status and TODO information </li>
        <li> Proposed <span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Wnpp</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdWnpp">?</a> - List of packages that need help. </li>
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    <li> Infrastructure <ul>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Bts Filing</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/BtsFiling">?</a> - How to file a bug report. </li>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Debian Packages</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/DebianPackages">?</a> - Developer &amp;amp; informational. </li>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Buildd Status</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/BuilddStatus">?</a> - Autobuilder (buildd &amp;amp; turtle) status reports. </li>
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    <li> Technical References <ul>
        <li> GNU <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/docs.html" target="_top">Hurd docs</a> and papers </li>
        <li> GNU <a href="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards.html" target="_top">Coding Standards</a></li>
        <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Test Suites</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/TestSuites">?</a> - Posix, Perl, results feedback, etc. </li>
        <li> Debian Developer's <a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/" target="_top">Corner</a><ul>
            <li><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/" target="_top">Policy Manual</a></li>
            <li> Developer's <a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/" target="_top">Reference</a></li>
            <li> New Maintainers <a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/" target="_top">Guide</a></li>
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  <h2><a name="Misc_"> Misc. </a></h2>
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    <li><a href="http://www.etherhogz.org/doc/" target="_top">Misc. Docs @Etherhogz</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://debian.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~ogi/hurd/links/index.html" target="_top">Ognyan Kulev Collection</a> of links </li>
    <li><a href="http://angg.twu.net/the_hurd_links.html" target="_top">2000 Jim Franklin Collection</a> of links </li>
    <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Gnu Debian Relationship</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/GnuDebianRelationship">?</a> - How does the GNU/Debian relationship work? </li>
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  <hr /><nop><h2><a name="Notes"> Notes </a></h2>
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      <li> While the new permanent home for this site is <a href="http://hurd.gnufans.org" target="_top">http://hurd.gnufans.org</a> we need to find a permanent host as well. See the <span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Wiki Move</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdWikiMove">?</a> topic for more information. </li>
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      <li> A maintenance discussion regarding the Hurd Wiki can be found in <span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd TWiki Discuss</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdTWikiDiscuss">?</a>. </li>
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      <li> Copyright and legal discussions are found in <span style="background:"><font color="">Hurd Wiki Copyright Discuss</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/HurdWikiCopyrightDiscuss">?</a>. </li>
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      <li> Information on the <a href="http://twiki.org" target="_top">TeamWorkWiki</a> or %TWIKIWEB%.WelcomeGuest notes and %TWIKIWEB%.TWikiTutorial pages. </li>
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