GNU/Hurd Gets POSIX Threads

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 30, 2002 @03:28AM 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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Re:The HURT by Lendrick · 2002-09-30 03:45 · Score: 5, Interesting

Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! *gasp, pant, pant* Developers! Developers! Developers!

The problem, I think, is that people really haven't taken a whole lot of interest in it so far, because in general it doesn't really do anything that Linux doesn't already do better.

On the other hand, if it's really going to be able to run modern desktop environments now, perhaps people will start taking a bit more interest in it, and then developers will start to show up. I think it's just a matter of reaching critical mass.