Yeah, I have played with Debian's kfreebsd. It is nice to see the Debian guys take hurd on. A Debian system is the best place for a kernel to start IMO.
Chris... On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Pat O'Brien <p...@petta-tech.com> wrote: > They've already done a non linux variant by way of the FreeBSD kernel: > http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ > > Phoronix also did some head to head tasks for debian linux versus debian > freebsd versus freebsd: > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=debian_kfreebsd_h210&num=1 > > It's pretty cool, although I don't know enough about the FreeBSD kernel to > say whether or not it buys you anything, although if you are comfortable > with the kernel it would probably interest you more. > > As for Debian running the Hurd microkernel, I am curious if it will ever be > a widely deployed/used kernel, what impact it would have (if any) on linux > (development, the market share, etc), and how far behind features it would > be. > > Also linked to that first article is a bit more history on Hurd: > http://www.h-online.com/open/features/GNU-HURD-Altered-visions-and-lost-promise-1030942.html > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for UNIX, a popular >> operating system kernel. >> >> The GNU Hurd developers are moving forward with their work on the free >> software operating system. According to the most recent progress >> report from the project, there is now a "real plan" to release a Hurd >> variant of Debian with the release of Debian 7.0 Wheezy. >> >> In a way, this is technically off topic for a LUG. Any thoughts from the >> group? >> >> Reference: >> >> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Hurd-Progresses-Debian-GNU-Hurd-by-end-of-2012-1279253.html >> http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd.html >> http://bit.ly/qIyFJe (slashdot). >> >> >> Chris... >> -- >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >> -Roger Penrose >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
