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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..."

2 of 382 comments (clear)

  1. Re:bad news for Linux? by Tokerat · · Score: 2, Troll

    Same reason there isn't just one distro, or there is even Linux in the first place:

    Choice.

    Besides, since you're pretty much -1 Flamebait after the first paragraph, I'm not even sure why I bothered to make sure to bring this point up...

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    CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
  2. GNU/TURD is Dying! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Another bombshell hit the beleagured GNU/TURD community today when it was discovered that GNU/TURD isn't a real OS. It was also reported that dirty GNU hippe, Richard M. Stallman, only showers after some of his nasty chicken love. The GNU/TURD community would have been shaken, but there wasn't anyone in the community.