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@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ Tricky, but exciting.
# What's next?
In [an earlier post](https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/hello-hurd/) we
tried to answer the question ``Why bother with the Hurd anyway?`` An
tried to answer the question “Why bother with the Hurd anyway?” An
obvious question because it is [all too easy to get
discouraged](https://xkcd.com/1508), to downplay or underestimate the
potential social impact of GNU and the Hurd.
@ -446,21 +446,30 @@ We tried to make Hurd development as easy and as pleasant as we could.
As you have seen, things start to work pretty nicely and there is
still plenty of work to do in Guix. But in a way this is “merely
packaging” the amazing work of others. Some of the real work that
needs to be done and which is being discussend and is in progress
right now is
needs to be done and which is being discussed and is in progress
right now includes:
* [user-space driver/modern hardware
support](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2020-07/msg00042.html)
* Implementing [Hurd Audio
support](https://nlnet.nl/project/Hurd-Audio/), sponsored by
[NLnet](hthtps://nlnet.nl),
* [audio support](https://nlnet.nl/project/Hurd-Audio/) (this is
sponsored by [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl), thanks!),
* [SMP
support](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2020-07/msg00048.html),
* [64bit](https://github.com/etienne02/gnumach/tree/master/x86_64)/
[x86_64](http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/hurd-2020-03-28) support,
non-Intel CPU support.
* [64-bit](https://github.com/etienne02/gnumach/tree/master/x86_64)/
[x86_64](http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/hurd-2020-03-28) support
(!), as well as porting to non-Intel CPUs.
Join `#guix` and `#hurd` on irc.freenode.net to get involved!
All these tasks look daunting, and indeed that’s a lot of work ahead.
But the development environment is certainly an advantage. Take an
example: surely anyone who’s hacked on device drivers or file systems
before would have loved to be able to GDB into the code, restart it, add
breakpoints and so on—that’s exactly the experience that the Hurd
offers. As for Guix, it will make it easy to test changes to the
micro-kernel and to the Hurd servers, and that too has the potential to
speed up development and make it a very nice experience.
Join `#guix` and `#hurd` on irc.freenode.net or the [mailing
lists](https://guix.gnu.org/en/contact) and get involved!
#### About GNU Guix