Thomas Schwinge wrote: > Hallo! > > Prompted by Karl Berry who is currently preparing a general GNU status > report, I just contributed the following text -- a Year of the Hurd 2010! > > If you'd like something changed / added / removed, please tell so > quickly. > > > GNU Hurd (<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/>) > > Yeah, that's right! The GNU Hurd, the GNU project's replacement for the > UNIX kernel, implemented as a collection of servers that run on the Mach > microkernel. Contrary to popular belief, this project is not yet dead. > Of course, it's not the world's most active project either, but a small > group of volunteers (a handful, mostly) are still plowing their way > through the terrain of a steadily changing (and improving) Free Software > world, striving to keep this advanced research prototype system going. > They are accompanied by another handful of Debian GNU/Hurd, and (new:) > Arch Hurd packagers. So, what happened in the last year?
Also the Debian GNU/kFreeBSD port has done a lot to pave the way for GNU/Hurd. Both by de-Linux-ifying userland and getting an easy to use and modern installer, the debian-installer, for a non-Linux GNU system (not to detract from the excellent work of Philip Charles). This combined with the current high level of usability of GNU/kFreeBSD and release schedule of Debian Squeeze encouraged participation on work that directly benefits a GNU/Hurd system. Debian GNU/kFreeBSD still needs work but by the next release of Debian I expect that the rough edges will be smoothed and it will move from a "technology preview" to be as equally finished as Debian GNU/Linux. I also hope that Debian GNU/Hurd could be released as a "technology preview" at that time, this would be a huge milestone in GNU/Hurd. > Grüße, > Thomas Tschüss, Mike.
