release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2019, distribution edition , combining the Debian software environment with the GNU/Hurd kernel. The Debian GNU/Hurd repository includes approximately 80% of the packages from the total Debian archive, including ported Firefox and Xfce 4.12.
Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian GNU/KFreeBSD are the only Debian platforms built on a kernel different from Linux. The GNU/Hurd platform was not included among the officially supported architectures of Debian 10, therefore the Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 release is released separately and has unofficial release status. Ready-made builds with a specially created graphical installer and packages are currently available only for the i386 architecture. For download NETINST, CD, and DVD installation images, as well as an image for running in virtualization systems.
GNU Hurd is a kernel developed as a replacement for the Unix kernel and is structured as a set of servers operating over the GNU Mach microkernel, implementing various system services such as file systems, network stack, and file access control management. The GNU Mach microkernel provides an IPC mechanism used to organize communication between GNU Hurd components and build a distributed multi-server architecture.
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- Support for LLVM has been added;
- Optional support for TCP/IP stack has been implemented ;
- An ACPI translator has been added, which is currently only used for shutdown after the system has completed its work;
- A PCI bus arbiter has been introduced, which may be useful for proper access management to PCI;
- New optimizations have been added affecting the mode of attaching protected resources (protected payload, similar to capabilities in Linux), memory page swapping management, message dispatching, and gsync synchronization.
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