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> These were just examples, Linux is trying to catch up in ugly ways indeed ... In the Hurd, it's that way from the ground and there is no limitation like havin
by mscarborough 12y ago
> These were just examples, Linux is trying to catch up in ugly ways indeed ... In the Hurd, it's that way from the ground and there is no limitation like having to be root or ask for root to add magic lines, etc.
Catching up to what? A 24 year old kernel with no userbase and uses IRC logs as the majority of documentation? Is Hurd useful as anything other than a research project? I would be interested to see what people here who have used Hurd have to say.
- ama729 12y ago> Is Hurd useful as anything other than a research project? Bear in mind that a research project can be interesting in its own right, not everything has to be about large scale use. Now if HURD is an interesting research, that's an entirely different subject...
- rbanffy 12y agoEven if it's not, not being interesting after so many years is, itself, interesting. I find the psychology of the attachment to software platforms fascinating.