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author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-11-14 00:07:38 +0100 |
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committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-11-14 00:07:38 +0100 |
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@@ -1,37 +1,44 @@ -[[img logo.png alt="[] HURD-Wiki"]] - -Welcome to the **new** GNU Hurd wiki! - -**There is a huge bunch of unpolished stuff on here, please help us to tidy -things up!** Comments about how that could be tackled are best posted onto -this page's [[discussion]] subpage. - ----- - -This site focuses on providing user-centric and update-able (and hopefully the -most current) information regarding the status and development of the -GNU project's GNU operating system. There are many areas to comment on the -core component (the Hurd) and other very closely related but distinct projects. -This is an all volunteer effort intended to supplement the [official Hurd -site](http://hurd.gnu.org/). - +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 +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]]."]]"""]] + +**What Is the GNU Hurd?** +The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. +The Hurd is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel +to implement file systems, network protocols, file access control, and +other features that are implemented by the Unix kernel or similar +kernels (such as Linux). *[[More_detailed.|hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd]]* + +--- [[toc ]] -<!-- If you're rendering this page and the output looks garbled from here on, -then you've hit <http://bugs.debian.org/421843>. Installing the markdown -package from Debian experimental fixed this for me. --> +## News -## Breaking News +[[inline +pages="news/* and !*/discussion" +show=3 +sort=title +reverse=yes +template=newsitem +actions=yes]] + +Read [[older_news_entries|news]]. -* 2008-09-19: We had 4 slots in the Google Summer of Code 2008 - [[check_the_results|community/gsoc]]! ## Contributing To help the Hurd you can for example (from high level stuff to the inner core) -* [[Contribute_to_this_wiki|contributing/wiki]], +* [[Contribute_to_these_web_pages|contributing/web_pages]], * [[Run_a_GNU/Hurd_system|index#run]], and help others get their systems running, * [[Port_applications|hurd/running/debian/porting]] to work in Hurd, * Write [[translators|hurd/translator]] to extend the Hurd, @@ -61,43 +68,9 @@ Find more information about it at the There are [[various_possibilities|hurd/running]] of running a GNU/Hurd system. -And this wiki is living proof of the usability of the Hurd, as it is served by a -Debian GNU/Hurd system. More people using GNU in production can be found on -[[Hurd/WhoRunsGNU]]. - -## What is the Hurd? - -The [[Hurd]] is GNU's replacement for the various UNIX and Linux kernels. - -The Hurd is firstly a collection of protocols formalizing how different -components may interact. The protocols are designed to reduce the mutual -[[trust]] requirements of the actors thereby permitting a more -[[extensible|Extensibility]] system. These include interface definitions -to manipulate files and directories and to resolve path names. This allows -any process to implement a file system. The only requirement is that it -have access to its backing store and that the principal that started it -own the file system node to which it connects. - -The Hurd is also a set of servers that implement these protocols. The -servers run on top of [[microkernel/Mach]] and use Mach's -[[microkernel/mach/IPC]] mechanism to transfer information. - -The word *Hurd* is commonly used to refer to one of the following: - - * the Hurd software that runs on top of a [[microkernel]] (most precisely) - * a machine running the [[Debian_GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] distribution - * the [GNU Hurd](http://hurd.gnu.org/) project including related dependent - projects - * HIRD of UNIX Replacing Daemons (arguably) - * HIRD is an acronym for HURD Interfaces Representing Depth (arguably) - -The [[Hurd]] supplies the last major software component needed for a complete -[[GNU]] operating system as originally conceived by Richard M. Stallman (RMS) -in 1983. The GNU vision directly drove the creation and has guided the -evolution of the [Free Software Foundation](http://www.fsf.org/), the -organization that is the home of the [GNU project](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/). - -[[Hurd/HurdNames]] +And these web pages are a living proof of the usability of the Hurd, as they +are rendered on a Debian GNU/Hurd system. More people using GNU Hurd in +production can be found on [[Hurd/WhoRunsGNU]]. ## Current Status @@ -110,9 +83,8 @@ Functional systems are installable in a dual-boot configuration. Development systems are currently mostly based on the [[Debian_GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] port sponsored by the [Debian project](http://www.debian.org/). -Community resources for related projects focus around the official website -<http://hurd.gnu.org/>, this site at <http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/>, the -[[mailing_lists]] and the [[IRC_channels|IRC]]. +Community resources for related projects focus around these pages, +<http://hurd.gnu.org/>, the [[mailing_lists]] and the [[IRC_channels|IRC]]. If you want to see the current discussions in the Hurd project, please have a look at the [bug-hurd mailinglist archives](http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-hurd/). @@ -124,11 +96,11 @@ For more details, please read our writeup on the ## How is this site arranged? The menu on the upper right corner provides a rough structuring about the -available content. Just follow those topics and explore the wiki. +available content. Just follow those topics and explore these pages. Further information about this site and how it was created can be found in the -[[wiki_colophon]]. +[[colophon]]. ---- -This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info/). +These pages are powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info/). |