From bf3ed6dc887f25b452e0b663d0dbc4a7c5921f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:00:17 +0100 Subject: news: q3: added a description of the Hurd and Mach at the end. --- contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 5b67d3fb..1785b393 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ the Hands of these, or dig dig deep into DDE to have more Linux drivers running in Userspace, please [[get_in_contact|contact_us]] - and maybe grab [[our_source_repos|source_repositories]]. +------ + +The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. +It 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/documentation]]. + +[[GNU_Mach|microkernel/mach/gnumach]] is the microkernel upon which +GNU Hurd is based. It offers Inter Process Communication (IPC) +which the Hurd uses to define interfaces for implementing the services +an operating system needs from a full-featured kernel. + -- cgit v1.2.3