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Table of Contents

• Introductory material
• Frequently asked questions
• Reference manuals

Introductory material

• Towards a New Strategy of OS Design, an architectural overview by Thomas Bushnell, BSG.
• The Hurd, a presentation by Marcus Brinkmann.
• The GNU/Hurd User's Guide, an introduction to the important concepts and software of the GNU system, written for new users, AKA "GNUbies."

  Available Formats:

  • HTML version for browsing online.
  • PostScript version [477kB, 67 pages] for download.
  • ASCII text version [154kB].
  • Texinfo source [155kB].
• The Hurd Hacking Guide, an introduction to GNU Hurd and Mach programming by Wolfgang Jährling.

  Available Formats:

  • HTML version for browsing online.
  • PostScript version [187kB, 37 pages] for download.
  • ASCII text version [59kB].
  • Texinfo source [60kB].
• The Authentication Server, the transcript of a talk about the details of the authentication mechanisms in the Hurd by Wolfgang Jährling.

Frequently asked questions

Please check out the Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU Hurd (33k characters) and their answers, which cover most issues a new user will be confronted with.

This document is available in several languages:

• English
• français
• deutsch
• Japanese
• español
• italiano

Reference manuals

The GNU Hurd Reference Manual documents the architecture, the usage and the programming of the GNU Hurd. At the moment, the manual is quite incomplete.

Available Formats:

• HTML version for browsing online.
• PostScript version [1020kB, 91 pages] for download.

If you want to work on the manual, you may also download the Texinfo sources (hurd.texi [193k], gpl.texinfo [18k], and version.texi). Then, you should submit any modifications to bug-hurd@gnu.org in unidiff format (produced by diff -u).