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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free -Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[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 @@ -9,6 +9,21 @@ 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]]."]]"""]] +The GNU Hurd is under active development. Because of that, there is no +*stable* version. We distribute the Hurd sources only through CVS at present. + +Although it is possible to bootstrap the GNU/Hurd system from the sources by +cross-compiling and installing the system software and the basic applications, +this is a difficult process. It is not recommended that you do this. Instead, +you should get a binary distribution of the GNU/Hurd, which comes with all the +GNU software precompiled and an installation routine which is easy to use. + +The Debian project has commited to provide such a binary distribution. +[[Debian_GNU/Hurd|running/debian]] is currently under development and available +in the *unstable* branch of the Debian archive. + +--- + [[toc ]] # Introduction |