-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. +There's no official stable release of the GNU system yet. The latest unstable +release is GNU 0.2. Nowadays, that +release is completely obsolete, and even binary incompatible with current +GNU/Hurd distributions.
Although it is possible to bootstrap the GNU/Hurd system from the sources by cross-compiling and installing the system software and the basic @@ -67,34 +67,14 @@ 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 is currently under development and available in the sid/unstable branch of the Debian archive. - -
- -The GNU/Hurd installation guide written by Neal Walfield explains how -to install the Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution of the Hurd. -Also available: -
-The Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution of the GNU/Hurd system can be -installed most conveniently from CD ROM. The complete Debian GNU/Hurd -snapshot fits on three CDs. Images of the current CD ROM set are -available within the directory http://ftp.gnu.org/iso/ -of the GNU FTP server. -
Some of these links are at other web sites not maintained by the FSF. The FSF is not responsible for the content of these other web sites. diff -Nur hurd.old/hurd-install.html hurd/hurd-install.html --- hurd.old/hurd-install.html 2003-05-26 12:48:25.000000000 +0000 +++ hurd/hurd-install.html 2003-10-15 14:02:40.000000000 +0000 @@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
-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 is -currently under development and available in the sid/unstable branch -of the Debian archive. - -
- -The GNU/Hurd installation guide written by Neal Walfield explains how -to install the Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution of the Hurd. -Also available: -
-The Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution of the GNU/Hurd system can be -installed most conveniently from CD ROM. The complete Debian GNU/Hurd -snapshot fits on three CDs. Images of the current CD ROM set are -available within the directory http://ftp.gnu.org/iso/ -of the GNU FTP server. +Refer to the Source Code section +for details on Hurd sources availability. +
-Some of these links are at other web sites not maintained by the -FSF. The FSF is not responsible for the content of these other web sites. -