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I was just wondering if anyone here is working on HURD?
This is the official (or is supposed to be) GNU replacement for the UNIX kernel.

Has anyone had a look at its sources? any opinions etc...? Why it hasn't taken off like Linux has?
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Most prolly because of too much doing the talk instead of doing the walk, eh?

HOnestly, I don't know. I'm not interested in the HURD. It seems to be a clumsy implementation of a micro kernel. There are way more elegant ones. Look at qnx f. ex. or l4. THAT are true micro kernels :-)
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Neo wrote:I was just wondering if anyone here is working on HURD?
This is the official (or is supposed to be) GNU replacement for the UNIX kernel.

Has anyone had a look at its sources? any opinions etc...? Why it hasn't taken off like Linux has?

The official reason is because of the most difficult design of Hurd when compared to Linux's, which is a traditional Unix-like kernel (with a monolothic design and so)...

I investigated somewhat about Hurd and it seems to have some features that are uncommon in Unix...


There are some GNU/Hurd distributions already... Debian GNU/Hurd, for example is a complete GNU/Hurd system...
I think Hurd will hardly take off Linux because de current Unix market is not very good in diversity issues... Today, someone uses windows or linux... and there are some enthusiasts using *BSD and so...

It's bad because we are comming from a scenario where windows dominates to a scenario where Linux dominates...
When "everyone" will be using Linux, basically the portability issue will disappear again, and then closed hardware and proprietary software will have the bonus again...

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