On 4 Aug 2001, Thomas Poindessous wrote: > But you are right, most of computer users doesn't think Hurd is a different > OS.
Hmmm... really? I think the hurd pages are somehow confusing in respect to this, or exactly to what is an operative system. I've checked the introduction found at http://hurd.sf.net, and the first exact description is "The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel.". This makes me think that Linux is the kernel of an OS (hence that flamewar about saying "I use GNU/Linux" instead of "I use Linux"), and that HURD is the software which will replace that kernel and it's functionality, be it in form of a micro-kernel and user-land servers. It's shortly contradicted by the sentence: "The Hurd is not the most advanced operative system known to the planet...", which looks to me wrong, because Unix is an OS, and HURD is only replacing a part, no? Somewhere (I belive at http://www.gnu.org) I have read that an OS is all the software which makes a computer a useful tool and includes text processors, compilers, games, simply because a computer with "just a kernel" is next to useless without programs running under it. I like to think the latter is the correct term for OS, but is it right? Looks like your opinion is different. Does anybody have a good reference about what is an operative system? Couldn't the Hurd web pages be more specific or at least less contradictory? -- Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://gradha.infierno.org
