GNU/Hurd Gets POSIX Threads

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:bad news for Linux?

[Tokerat]

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...