Whatever happened to the Hurd? – The story of the GNU OS
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Work began on the Hurd, the true kernel of the GNU operating system, in May 1991, but it has yet to materialise as a production-ready kernel. Richard Hillesley tells the story…
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Work began on the Hurd, the true kernel of the GNU operating system, in May 1991, but it has yet to materialise as a production-ready kernel. Richard Hillesley tells the story…
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Really?
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Work began on the Hurd, the true kernel of the GNU operating system, in May 1991, but it has yet to materialise as a production-ready kernel. Richard Hillesley tells the story…
Interesting... particularly in the context of prominent GNU maintainers stepping down.
Director of Content Development, The Code Project
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Work began on the Hurd, the true kernel of the GNU operating system, in May 1991, but it has yet to materialise as a production-ready kernel. Richard Hillesley tells the story…
Nice review. When Linux had got dynamically pluggable modules, that is long ago, HURD had lost its single advantage. Since it was equally possible not to make modules pluggable, Linux was more flexible and had, even theoretically, better performance. No wonder nobody wanted HURD, a solution in search for a problem. The only real difference between Linux and HURD is that HURD makes it easier for everybody to be a kernel hacker - something the process of Linux kernel development have proven to be fatal. Mr. Stollman thought that loosely organized crowds can do everything and was wrong. Linux has one digit percent penetration on the desktop just because the quality bar for poorly organized crowds in not too high. Mr. Stallman thought that what looks like a better design actually is a better design and was wrong. An experimental proof is always necessary. Finally, Mr. Stallman wanted GNU/Linux revealing his zero understanding of the idea of a trade mark. Tools have no right to claim products, if he was blinded by his ideas enough not to see that, no wonder Linus provided developers with better toys.