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GNU Hurd 0.6 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

jrepin writes It has been roughly a year and a half since the last release of the GNU Hurd operating system, so it may be of interest to some readers that GNU Hurd 0.6 has been released along with GNU Mach 1.5 (the microkernel that Hurd runs on) and GNU MIG 1.5 (the Mach Interface Generator, which generates code to handle remote procedure calls). New features include procfs and random translators; cleanups and stylistic fixes, some of which came from static analysis; message dispatching improvements; integer hashing performance improvements; a split of the init server into a startup server and an init program based on System V init; and more.

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  1. Mandatory xkcd by NotInHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://xkcd.com/1508/

    1. Re:Mandatory xkcd by Shillo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, re-read the summary. They introduced a real SysV init.

      Systemd integration is the obvious next step for HURD.

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    2. Re:Mandatory xkcd by sethradio · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why do people dislike systemd so much?

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  2. Both users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was rumored that both users could be hurd rejoicing.

    1. Re:Both users by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 4, Funny

      So its user base has doubled? Amazing!

  3. Microkernal Boner by Greyfox · · Score: 2, Funny
    Aah, I remember back in the late 80's and early 90's everyone had a boner for microkernels. IBM even gave it a try, attempting to port OS/2 over to a microkernel so they could run it on Intel and PowerPC platforms. At one point, IBM's strategy was that they were going to build OS/2 around a microkernal and then just run THAT on all their hardware, with multi-user and security features added or removed as needed. Well, very long story, very long, they never could get it to work.

    These days you don't see the same hype around microkernals that you did back then. So we should probably warn the HURD team: If your boner for microkernals lasts more than 25 years, you should probably consult a physician.

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  4. Too bad... by TsuruchiBrian · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's too bad Linus wasted all this time making a temporary kernel that was just going to be surpassed a mere 24+? years later by the official GNU kernel. Nothing stings more than when the code you write isn't being used.

  5. Re:0.6? Are you serious? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He hasn't finished his answer yet. Check back in a few years.