GNU Hurd 0.5, GNU Mach 1.4, GNU MIG 1.4 Released

Posted by timothy on Friday September 27, 2013 @02:02PM from the gathering-storm dept.

jrepin writes "Which day could be better suited for publishing a set of Hurd package releases than the GNU project's 30th birthday? These new releases bundle bug fixes and enhancements done since the last releases more than a decade ago; really too many (both years and improvements) to list them individually, The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement file systems, network protocols, file access control, and other features that are implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux)."

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Re:I might not be here for Hurd 1.0 by MrEricSir · 2013-09-27 14:10 · Score: 5, Informative

GNU is 30 years old, but Hurd is "only" 23. It started while the first Bush was still president rather than Reagan.

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Re:I might not be here for Hurd 1.0 by iggymanz · 2013-09-27 14:20 · Score: 5, Informative

wrong. the initial failed attempt at HURD started in 1986 with a BSD 4.4 like kernel. The project is thus 27 years old. still not stable, not suitable for any production use, and only runs on i386, it is a failure