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GNU/Hurd Gets POSIX Threads

Posted by Hemos on from the hurding-instincts dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Neal Walfield announced the first release of RMGPT, which is (or rather, aspires to one day be) a complete, portable implementation of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 threads also known as POSIX threads. With this new pthreads library, it will soon be possible to run complex software packages on the Hurd, including the GNOME and KDE desktops, the OpenOffice suite, and the Mozilla web browser. Find more information here, including the humorous meaning behind RMGPT, and insight into a future Hurd release..."

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  1. And in other news... by gamorck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Iraq develops the M16. Korea develops a Nuclear Power Plant. Various 3rd world countries have developed a concept known only by the cryptic name of "irragation".

    Gimme a break. Tell me when HURD is able to access a harddrive or a partition greater than 500 megs in size (last I heard this was a real issue). Tell me when HURD can utilize both processors in my Dual P3 box. Tell me when HURD doesnt suck ass.

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  2. bad news for Linux? by tps12 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    While it's cool to have toy operating systems like Gnu/HURD available, I'm wondering if it's such a good idea to be spending developer time on this project in the current highly competitive, doggy-dog OS marketplace. Wouldn't it be more useful for the entire open source community to rally around Linux?

    If the HURD developers had been putting their skills to use improving the Linux kernel for the last decade, maybe Windows would be history by now. Come to think of it, the same goes for *BSD developers. Once commercial software has been eliminated, then we can start goofing off and experimenting with alternatives. Until then, we all owe it to open source to support the OS with the best chance to beat Micro$tuff. At this point, that OS looks like Linux.

    So why are the folks at GNU wasting their times working on this kind of thing? I think that maybe Richard Stallson is still hurting over the fact that no one says "GNU/Linux," and so is trying to hurt Linux, even if it means helping Windows! Any thoughts?

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