GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
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Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#2This headline was pretty much true 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago...
Don't get me wrong, I think Hurd is interesting, but I seriously doubt it's going to have a big impact on anything as it reflects the software engineering philosophies of the 1980s.
Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#3"Hurd Isn't Soup"
Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#4"Hurd Isn't Soup"
Hurd Uses Repurposed Debian
Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#5Link to the actual presentation:
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7FZXHF-updates_on_gnu...
Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#6Hah! It's been almost there for over a decade...
Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#7This headline was pretty much true 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago... Don't get me wrong, I think Hurd is interesting, but I seriously doubt it's going to have a big impact on anything as it reflects the software engineering philosophies of the 1980s.
The "75% of Debian archive builds" claim is exactly the same 7 years ago. In fact, look at this slide from the 2019 presentation: https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/roadmap_for_t... (page 8)
It is barely distinguishable from the first slide featured in the Phoronix article from today: https://www.phoronix.net/image.php?id=2026&image=gnu_hurd_1 It seems like there has been progress on other fronts, so I'm not sure why Phoronix ran a headline focused on very old news.
Interestingly, the 2018 version of the slide claims "80% of Debian archive builds"; I wonder what caused the regression. https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/microkernel_h... (page 26)
Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#8This headline was pretty much true 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago... Don't get me wrong, I think Hurd is interesting, but I seriously doubt it's going to have a big impact on anything as it reflects the software engineering philosophies of the 1980s.
Another example of if llms are so good. Why isn't a gap like this closed very quickly?
Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#9This headline was pretty much true 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago... Don't get me wrong, I think Hurd is interesting, but I seriously doubt it's going to have a big impact on anything as it reflects the software engineering philosophies of the 1980s.
Another example of if llms are so good. Why isn't a gap like this closed very quickly?
GNU projects and LLM contribs mix like water and oil.
Re: GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
#10Please let me know what it is "there". Then I'll start caring. Until then ...