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# Introductory Material

  * [[What_Is_the_GNU_Hurd]]

  * [[Advantages]]

  * [[FAQ]]

  * [[*Towards_a_New_Strategy_of_OS_Design*|hurd-paper]], an architectural
    overview by Thomas Bushnell, BSG.

  * [[*The_Hurd*|hurd-talk]], a presentation by Marcus Brinkmann.

  * [[*A_Critique_of_the_GNU_Hurd_Multi-server_Operating_System*|critique]], an
    analysis of the GNU Hurd on GNU Mach system, written by Neal Walfield and
    Marcus Brinkmann.

## External

  * [*Examining the Legendary HURD
    Kernel*](http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=1180992),
    an article by David Chisnall.

    Also covers a bit of GNU's and the Hurd's history, fundamental techniques
    applied, comparisions to other systems.


# Development

  * *[[The_GNU_Hurd_Reference_Manual|reference_manual]]*.

  * The *[[Hurd_Hacking_Guide]]*, an introduction to GNU Hurd and Mach
    programming by Wolfgang Jährling.

  * [*Manually Bootstrapping a
    Translator*](http://walfield.org/pub/people/neal/papers/hurd-misc/manual-bootstrap.txt),
    a text by Neal Walfield about how to *manually connect the translator to
    the filesystem*.

  * [[*The_Authentication_Server*|auth]], the transcript of a talk about the
    details of the authentication mechanisms in the Hurd by Wolfgang Jährling.

  * [*The Mach Paging Interface as Used by the
    Hurd*](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2002-06/msg00001.html), a
    text by Neal Walfield.

  * In the
    [[Position_paper_*Improving_Usability_via_Access_Decomposition_and_Policy*|ng/position_paper]]
    Neal Walfield and Marcus Brinkmann give an overview about how a future,
    subsequent system may be architected.