Thanks for the info. Just downloaded the K2 images and will give it a try today.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ciaran O'Riordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Colin JN Breame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Hurd > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 08:54:04PM -0000, Colin JN Breame wrote: > > I was wondering about whether Hurd is still being actively developed and > > whether it has a future or not. (does anyone have a plan??) > > yes, the Hurd is still being actively developed by (from what I can > gather) somewhere between 5 and 8 developers (plus the odd helper). > > Big improvements have been made in the last year or so making Hurd-based > GNU systems usable for day-to-day use by regular techs. > > The current problems are the 2Gb filesystem partition limit, and > the lack of ppp support (well, it's not reliable enough for use), I > believe the latter problem is being fixed at the moment. > > A data-corruption filesystem bug is reportedly on the loose but I > have yet to encounter it despite running a suceptable version of > GNU. There are also problems with X at the moment, I don't think > it works right now but this is a very temporary problem. > > If you are familiar with GNU/Linux then the only knowledge problem > is likely to be mounting harddisks and setting up devices. > > > I use my computer for my uni-work but recently I've been considering making > > the jump to a GNU-ish system. > > Having a GNU/Linux installation would be advisable so you can boot > into it when your stuck and want to read docs or whatever. > > > I have quite a lot of free time and I suppose > > I'm looking for a project, and perhaps Hurd is that. > > It's certainly one of the more interesting pieces of software > out there, an little-discovered gem. "The Hurd Hacking Guide" > give great insight into how the system works. > > (I haven't stayed up to date with mailing list traffic in the > last week or three but I think my info is still correct.) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
