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Re: Show HN: My from-scratch OS kernel that runs DOOM

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A few months work by one guy and already more capable than the Hurd. Imagine what you could accomplish given 35 years.

> A few months work by one guy and already more capable than the Hurd

It is no way capable than Hurd. It is a cool project though. Have you used Hurd recently? It can run a modern desktop.

Re: Show HN: My from-scratch OS kernel that runs DOOM

#27

A few months work by one guy and already more capable than the Hurd. Imagine what you could accomplish given 35 years.

> A few months work by one guy and already more capable than the Hurd It is no way capable than Hurd. It is a cool project though. Have you used Hurd recently? It can run a modern desktop.

I searched YouTube for actual evidence of Hurd booting to a desktop and only found two videos of Hurd freezing during boot, and a third video of RMS explaining to a very confused convention attendee that he's "never installed GNU slash lynn-ox" because he could just ask someone else to do it.

No videos of Hurd running Doom either, but anyone is welcome to create one and share.

Re: Show HN: My from-scratch OS kernel that runs DOOM

#28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not being upvoted to the top doesn't mean downvoted. Your negativity is baseless.

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Completely fair point.

I've vouched several green user comments in the past six hours that had been flagged and gone to dead for no apparent reason, the GP comment you spoke for was one that others had kicked to dead ( usually I'm flagging obvious spam comments straight to dead ).

Re: Show HN: My from-scratch OS kernel that runs DOOM

#29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A few months work by one guy and already more capable than the Hurd It is no way capable than Hurd. It is a cool project though. Have you used Hurd recently? It can run a modern desktop.

I searched YouTube for actual evidence of Hurd booting to a desktop and only found two videos of Hurd freezing during boot, and a third video of RMS explaining to a very confused convention attendee that he's "never installed GNU slash lynn-ox" because he could just ask someone else to do it. No videos of Hurd running Doom either, but anyone is welcome to create one and share.

Hurd is for sure a failed project and it can't realistically run a modern desktop as claimed, but it's more capable than you give it credit for. For example, see:

https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/

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