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diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2081f205 --- /dev/null +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +[[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/). + + +[[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. --> + + +## Breaking 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]], +* [[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, +* Work on the [[Hurd_on_Mach|contributing#hurd_on_mach]], or +* Help to port the Hurd [[to_a_modern_microkernel|contributing#hurd_on_modern_microkernel]]. + +Read about ways to contribute [[in_more_detail|contributing]]. + + +## Getting Help + +There are a couple of different [[Hurd_FAQs|hurd/FAQ]]. +There are a number of [[IRC_channels|IRC]] and several +different [[mailing_lists]] with searchable archives. + +Before asking a question on a mailing list or on IRC, first, please try to +answer your own question using a search engine and reading the introductory +information. If you have done this and you cannot find the answer to your +question, feel free to ask on a mailing list or on IRC. + +<a name="run"> </a> +## Running the Hurd + +The most functional distribution of the Hurd is the one provided by Debian. +Find more information about it at the +[Debian GNU/Hurd website](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install). + +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]] + + +## Current Status + +There has not yet been an official 1.0 release. The Hurd is developed by a few +volunteers in their spare time. The project welcomes any assistance you can provide. +Porting and development expertise is still badly needed in many key areas. + +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]]. + +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/). + +[[hurd/Status]] + + +## 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. + +Further information about this site and how it was created can be found in the +[[wiki_colophon]]. + +---- + +This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info/). |