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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. Slashdotted ? by Ray+Alloc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I hope the server is not running on GNU/Hurd, that would not be good for its public image.

  2. Re:Mods... by heydonms · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh come on DNF is comedy gold! In soviet russia gold is... ok, nah your right, forget it