Hi Gerald,
here is a link to a mailing archive for the hurd:
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/
Have fun and welcome to the hurd
Jim
Gerald Gutierrez wrote:
>
> First, there seems to be no central archive of this mailing list. If
> one exists somewhere, please let me know. Onto my topic ...
>
> I learned of the HURD an year or two ago and have been passively following
> it since; back then it was low profile project which didn't seem to serve
> any significant purpose. Well, frankly, it still feels as if it doesn't.
>
> But I am interested in the HURD. It strikes me as the Right Way to build
> software. As a technically-minded individual I would be pleased if it
> would grow to maturation and be usable. But for what purpose would I use
> it? There is already Linux and *BSD. Why compete with and
> offer to replace something that is already free and that works
> well? I would rather have it serve a purpose for which there is no
> current, free replacement.
>
> I don't know about the background of those in this list, but I have been
> involved in media all my life; I grew up with the demoscene and studied
> all varieties of signal processing in school. It has taught me to
> appreciate things that are fast, simple and lightweight, and it has also
> taught me that immersive media will be the Next Big Thing. Look at the
> developments ... signal (as opposed to data) compression is reaching new
> heights as are our understanding and manipulation of speech, audio, and
> video. Mix in an already huge, yet still relatively untapped market for
> media entertainment and you can readily see the picture.
>
> >From my perspective, it would be really, really cool if HURD grew up to be
> a media OS, a platform tailored to supporting the generation and
> consumption of audio and video. Linux, *BSD, Solaris and the like simply
> don't cut it. Windows is only marginally better with its DirectX and
> associated technologies. BeOS has aimed at a similar goal and seems to
> have done many things right; unfortunately it is proprietary and suffers
> all the associated symptoms. There is no reason why, if Targeted, Marketed
> and Engineered properly, why "Media HURD" can't be as good as or better
> than BeOS. Being open source, it could enjoy the benefits of proper design
> and complement existing open source software, while riding the wave of
> OSS popularity at the same time.
>
> HURD is still in its early stages. This is an opportunity to shed a lot of
> cruft that current open source OS' have gathered, while building something
> that is new and that could be highly desirable and needed in the
> not-so-distant future. I think it is an achievable and rewarding goal.
>
> What do you HURD developers and users think?
