GNU Hurd 0.6 released

Post by dragonwriter » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 11:14 PM UTC

duncan_bayne wrote: post #2

I'm sure there will be a few people chuckling at the news that the Hurd is still under development. Yesterday I learned from one of my colleagues that the newer versions of OSX will only run kernel extensions signed by Apple. The need for the GNU project is as great now as it was in the 1980s.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 11:15 PM UTC

jheriko wrote: post #6

duncan_bayne wrote: post #2

I'm sure there will be a few people chuckling at the news that the Hurd is still under development. Yesterday I learned from one of my colleagues that the newer versions of OSX will only run kernel extensions signed by Apple. The need for the GNU project is as great now as it was in the 1980s.

i'm chuckling a bit. but then the whole GNU ecosystem is about catering to a tiny minority with special priorities... inside of an even tinier minority of users of open source OSes. I'm sure I am just an outsider who doesn't really understand the needs or the motivations... Linux does well in the server world, and Apple get a lot of attention, but even then, between them, they account for something like 4% of OS inst…

Post by madez » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 11:20 PM UTC

stonogo wrote: post #15

madez wrote: post #9

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Do you realize that mobile devices like smartphones and tablets most often have a linux-based or an apple-delivered OS? Following Gartner [1], 60% of all devices shipped in 2014 have an OS based on Linux or delivered by Apple. Do you think that a law that prohibits making other people slaves is non-free in nature? Because the GPL prohibits something similiar. [1] https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2954317

Your invocation of slavery to generate sympathy for your political goals is disgusting.

Post by vcxzxcv » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 11:22 PM UTC

Sanddancer wrote: post #21

SEJeff wrote: post #16

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Lets see, how much do you see Windows on: - in-car infotainment systems - in-flight infotainment systems - running digital billboards - mobile phones (hello android, meego, maemo, webos, etc) - smart televisions - smart dvd/blue ray players - etc You see Linux out in force on all of the above mentioned hardware platforms. The global Linux installbase absolutely dwarfs Windows in comparison by the simple nature that L…

in-car infotainment? Fiat, Nissan, Kia, etc all use Windows [1] in-flight infotainment? Let's start with Alaska [2] digital billboards? Given the number of snarky pics on the internet of billboards rebooting, etc, are you really gonna even try to go there? Windows has a lot of play in the embedded world too. Yeah, certain areas not as much as others, but it definitely is out there. [1] http://www.microsoft.com/window…

Post by cgag » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 11:25 PM UTC

oldmanjay wrote: post #20

joshuapants wrote: post #18

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No, it's quite similar. The GPL doesn't inhibit freedom, it inhibits the power to erode freedom.

The only way you can consider this "quite similar" is if you are using a rhetorical flourish to manipulate the listener emotionally. Which is, of course, what is being done here, and not for the first time on this particular topic. Just remember, hyperbole serves no master. Employ it at the risk of having it employed right back against you.