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First Program Executed on L4 Port of GNU/HURD

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the downhill-battles dept.

wikinerd writes "The GNU Project was working on a new OS kernel called HURD from 1990, using the GNU Mach microkernel. However, when HURD-Mach was able to run a GUI and a browser, the developers decided to start from scratch and port the project to the high-performance L4 microkernel. As a result development was slowed by years, but now HURD developer Marcus Brinkmann made a historic step and finished the process initialization code, which enabled him to execute the first software on HURD-L4. He says: 'We can now easily explore and develop the system in any way we want. The dinner is prepared!'"

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  1. I walked to my system... by CliffH · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... to see what headline was up and I see that Hurd has ran its first app. What's the next headline going to be, "Duke Nukem Forever Net Test released to public"? :) Yes, it's flamebait. Yes, it's a troll. Like most people on here though, I wish them all very good luck and I look forward to the day I actually do get to run Hurd on a few systems.

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  2. Well worth the wait ... by SuperDuG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... Maybe now Stallman will leave linux alone!!

    I mean the whole useing linux thing was only temporary ... right?

    Wait, why are we wanting to call it GNU/Linux still?

    Don't like it, go play with your own OS!!

    The entire idea of HURD, while wonderful in theory is a waste of time, and the project hasn't been set back by years because of anything other than LINUX ALREADY WORKS.

    I mean I am not one to stifle innovation, but HURD will never ever be where Linux is, because no one except slashdot and Stallman care.

    I guess I'm just a flamebaiting troll, but as if you'd expect anything less from a story about HURD.

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  3. Re:It hurds by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    EVOLVE you schmuck.

    Everything is not a fucking verb.

    And it's MICE!

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  4. Re:It hurds by aled · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Perhaps I'll EVOLVE to be a fucking english writer, but english is not my fucking first language.
    I thank you (schmuck?) for letting me learn some fucking good language use.

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