[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta date="2010-01-31 00:00 UTC"]] [[!meta updated="2010-01-31 00:00 UTC"]] A month of the Hurd: *first DDE driver*, *libpciaccess upstream*, *Fosdem results* and *GSoC meetings again*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" > This month saw the first running and testable > [DDE driver by Zheng Da](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/user/zhengda/), > with which he begins to reap the benefits of porting DDE to Hurd, > because it allows developing drivers for GNU Hurd, *BSD und GNU/Linux > together. > > Also Samuel Thibault > [pushed libpciaccess to Xorg](http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2010-January/048801.html), > which adds support in the Xserver (x86) “for OSes that do not have a PCI interface, tinkering with I/O ports, and makes use of it on GNU/Hurd.” > > Additionally we saw the talks on the Hurd in the dev-alt room at [Fosdem](). in …s words: “… … …”. > Sadly we couldn't yet upload notes from the talks - as soon as these are availble, you'll get notice here. > > And it is time for the [[community/gsoc|Google_Summer_of_code]] again, so > [we started our weekly GSoC IRC meetings](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-02/msg00040.html http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/community/gsoc.html). > In these we coordinate the GSoC projects. > [[community/gsoc/2008|2008]] the GNU Hurd had 5 successful projects, 2009 saw [[user/scolobb|another_one]], and we hope to make it 5 projects again this year. > If you're interested in developing for the GNU Hurd in this years GSoC, or want to help with coordinatung, or simply want to be up to date, please come and join in. > > """]]