Unix < GNULinux < GNUHurd

Pantherina, 10 months ago

Could someone explain hurd to me? Who develops it, what makes it different? Is it a microkernel or unikernel?

BigBlackCockroach, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

this should get you started out nicelyit’s a microkernel www.gnu.org/software/hurd/advantages.html

fl42v, 10 months ago

Huh, so that’s why Hurd doesn’t work? They just expected it to run on some alien tech?

BigBlackCockroach, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

debian-GNU/Hurd

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.images.express.co.uk%2Fimg%2Fdynamic%2F80%2F590x%2FAlien-Abduction-940439.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b4d0e9ac448978dda741333519b2579db8abeeed991a9a23b0364511b7e37388&ipo=images

jmcs, 10 months ago

The first response to the latest release is Everything’s broken (was: Debian GNU/Hurd 2023 released!) and they pretty much beg you to only run it in a VM. So we can safely assume it’s going to be stable until the end of the year. #2024YearOfHurdOnDesktop

palordrolap, 10 months ago

"Everything's broken" / "only run it in a VM". Where have I heard that before? Oh yes. ReactOS.

Totally different OS project with some remarkable similarities, apparently.

ReactOS has a head start. Who will win?

Popcorn, anyone?

(But seriously, I'd very much like both to do well.)

BigBlackCockroach, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

#2024YearOfHurdOnDesktop

Sometimes you got to take a leap of faith 🫣🐂🐃🦬 🤣

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/22/1411385475199_wps_86_PIC_BY_LAURENT_RENAUD_AND.jpg

postscript : the guy who said everything was broken, seemed to just have had a broken filesystem, ironically the advantages of a microkernel like hurd led to him even being able to boot without a kernel panic() 🤯 🤔