This version of the GNU system was released in 1997, however, development of the Hurd and the GNU system continued at a steady pace. Binary distributions from more recent sources of the Hurd and the other GNU programs are now available from the Debian GNU/Hurd project. Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/install.html for more information about installing the GNU system. The file `README.old' contains the old file `README'.