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Debian GNU/Hurd 2023

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Re: Debian GNU/Hurd 2023

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Post by petepete »

Gigachad wrote: post #13

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Confusingly if you follow QEMU images there's a link to the LiveCDs:

https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/running/live_cd.html

I love that they're referred to as CDs, I built my computer a couple of weeks ago and am running one with an optical drive for the first time in more than a decade. Might burn one for old times' sake.

Re: Debian GNU/Hurd 2023

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Post by bjoli »

mo_42 wrote: post #5

This micro kernel vs. monolithic kernel still puzzles me. From a computer science perspective micro kernels make so much sense. But when I compiled the Linux kernel, I was always baking everything into one file. It seemed much more practical to do so.

The L4 folks showed that it could be done with acceptable overhead. Since then I have been a microkernel fan.

Re: Debian GNU/Hurd 2023

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Post by cies »

Gigachad wrote: post #13

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> really shows how irrelevant the GNU foundation (and even the FSF) have become

I've seen several posts here in the last month about proprietary software being used to basically exploit the users: steeply increase fees, hold files ransom (upgrade for money or loose access to files), spying on users.

My conclusion is very different from yours: GNU Foundation and FSF are very relevant!

They seem to lack in the PR dept, which makes them look (by simply looking at the website) outdated and hence "possibly irrelevant". Looks can be deceiving though.

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