[ale] gnu hurd

[Fulton Green]

And perhaps a bit more education is needed. :)

The HURD and Linux actually have something in common: at their very base
meaning, they're both just names for various UNIX-style kernel projects.
Other than that, they diverge rapidly. Linux, as a lot of us know, is a
monolithic kernel w/modular device driver capability. The HURD, OTOH, is a
true microkernel, with lower-level services able to be modularized. It was
(and still is) being worked on to be the official kernel of the full-blown
GNU OS. It's still definitely in the "not-ready-for-prime-time" stage.

However, the Debian project thinks enough of the HURD to offer its own
distribution, complete with downloadable ISOs:
http://www.Debian.org/ports/hurd/
I've been meaning to install this myself when I get broadband access again
and I get a CD burner.

I saw something on /. where they're just now able to add a threading library
to GNU/HURD just a week or so ago, so I'd say that it'll be awhile before
they can even port Linux app source code to HURD, much less deal with the
Linux ABI.

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 07:12:23AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Stephen Turner wrote:
> > hey anyone used hurd yet? i read an article and its based uppon unix too
> > but i was curious, will it use linux packages? is it better? as with any
> > other os i expect it will have its weaknesses and strengths, is anyone
> > using it? :)
> 
> Apparently a little education is  necessary here. :)  Actually, most of 
>   the software you run on Linux is gnu software, and hurd is gnu 
> software, so although I've no  experience with hurd, I'd bet that the 
> gnu software packages will run on it.

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