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Test Driving GNU Hurd, With Benchmarks Against Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the have-you-hurd dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After last week's news that GNU Hurd is coming, Phoronix set out to install Debian GNU Hurd and to provide GNU Hurd vs. Linux benchmarks. Linux was mostly faster than The Hurd while also having much better hardware support, multi-core SMP support, and other modern functionality."

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  1. I guess it was inevitable... by 14erCleaner · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...now that Duke Nukem Forever has been released.

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    1. Re:I guess it was inevitable... by justsomebody · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now all we need is hell freezing over and pigs to start flying... damnit, i might start to believê 2012 is really end of the world

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    2. Re:I guess it was inevitable... by Tetsujin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hurd, DNF, Wine 1.0, Gmail out of beta, Windows running stable, grannies using Linux, video chat on handheld computers, movies commonly coming out in 3D, video games you don't play with your hands, electric cars on dealership lots, a US president who isn't a white guy...

      Dogs and cats living together... Mass hysteria!

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  2. Brilliant, but... by Neil_Brown · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... does it run Linux?

    1. Re:Brilliant, but... by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

      It barely runs Hurd, for chrissake.

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  3. How free is free? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, it's slower, but did they measure how much freedom it achieved?

    1. Re:How free is free? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes. Hurd single handedly liberated Egypt, Bahrain, and Syria. China fears that they will boot HURD again and it may free China as well.

  4. GNU/Linux by Bloodwine77 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I remember the days when you said, "Linux", there would be an army of zealots that would swarm you and chant, "IT'S GNU/LINUX! IT'S GNU/LINUX!!"

  5. It's sad, really by grimmjeeper · · Score: 1, Funny

    I see Captain Ahab is still chasing after his whale. Don Quixote is still tilting at his windmills. Years after it's far too late to make any difference in the world, Stallman is still obsessed with taking on Linux. I almost feel sorry for the guy at this point...