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A month of the Hurd: *TODO*, *TODO*, and *TODO*.
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In the third quarter of 2011, the [hurd hacker]  [item]

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[our hackers] …

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  * [[toolchain/ELFOSABI_GNU]]

  * The Arch Hurd Hackers [packaged DDE](http://www.archhurd.org/news/22/), so
    Linux 2.6 drivers can now be compiled on Arch Hurd to run in
    userspace. At the time of writing it supports network cards, while
    other driver-types still need their interfaces ported.

  * Also they had
    [a booth at FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/aussteller/projekt) and
    [released a new Arch Hurd LiveCD](http://www.archhurd.org/news/24/),
    so new users can easily test the current state of the Arch flavor
    of the Hurd.

  * The videos and slides from the GNU Hacker Meeting 2011 in Paris
    are [online](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2011/paris/), including the
    talk from Samuel Thibault:
    [GNU/Hurd, aka. Extensibility from the Ground](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2011/Samuel_Thibault-GNU_Hurd.ogv)
    ([slides](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2011/paris/slides/samuel-thibault-hurd.pdf)). He
    explains nicely how the simple concept of translators gives power
    to non-priviledged and casual users (once we get some of those :)
    ) without security implications, and how Sub-Hurds and
    Neighbor-Hurds compare to Linux containers.

        “It’s all about freedom #0”

  * Samuel Thibault wrote a new
    [Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters](http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00002.html)

  * Thomas Schwinge improved the technical documentation of the
    [[hurd/io_path]] in translators to make it easier for new developers to start hacking.

  * Guillem Jover, Fridolin Pokorny and Jonathan Neuschäfer
    [sent](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00184.html)
    [many](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00093.html)
    [patches](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-08/msg00030.html) for
    gnumach, improving stability, fixing memory leaks and cleaning up
    code.

  * Jeremie Koenig finished his Google Summer of Code project to
    [Improve Java on Hurd](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/user/jkoenig/java.html). He
    [improved the Hurd signalling](http://lists.gnu.org/bug-hurd/2011-06/msg00073.html),
    ported OpenJDK and created a
    [Java Hurd-Library](https://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd-java)
    which already allows writing a
    [Hello World translator in Java](https://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd-java/blob/master/HelloMach.java),
    though still pretty low-level.

  * Maksym Planeta replaced GNUmach’s old zalloc memory allocator with
    the new balloc from Richard Braun
    ([integration commit](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/gnumach.git/commit/?id=50d073c5ef0feb1676606d0068abf626e8297cd7)),
    which handles slabs and should waste less memory than zalloc. Also
    balloc has a cpu cache level, so it should work faster on SMP
    systems, once we get up do date SMP CPU drivers for GNUmach.

  * 69.96% of debian packages
    [are now available for the Hurd](https://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-big.png),
    so we’re getting closer to the goal of reaching 85%. If you can
    port debian packages and want to help the Hurd, this is the
    perfect time to get in contact and
    [port your favorite missing package](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian)
    to the Hurd.
  
  * And Richard Braun contributed a new
    [[buildd,_porterbox_and_public_box|public_hurd_boxen]] via
    sceen.net, making it easier to test the Hurd without much setup as
    well as improving debian packaging.

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