GNU Hurd gets 9pfs, OpenNTPD, dynamic /dev/ entries, and more
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- GNU Hurd, a promising OS kernel, released its latest quarterly development summary.
- Experimental support for 9pfs was added to Hurd.
- A port of OpenNTPD (NTP daemon from OpenBSD) is in progress.
- Neovim and several other ports have been developed for Hurd.
- A major improvement in /dev/ entry handling: dynamic population of SATA devices at boot time is being implemented by Mikhail Karpov, replacing static translators.
- The dhcpcd port continues to improve, aiding future IPv6 support.
- The developer community behind Hurd is noted for its independent, non-mainstream approach.