Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:12:47 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2026-07-27, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:24:43 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
>>
>>> The GNU project needs to make their Hurd kernel a top priority as the
>>> future of Linux is total corporate domination with a lack of freedom.
>>
>> The GNU project needs to realize strict microkernels didn't work 0
>> years ago and still don't work. When ideology meets reality guess which
>> loses.
> 
> Still, with enough guns you can put it off for a while.  But you're
> right, reality is like a rubber band.  You can stretch it a long way,
> but eventually it's going to snap back.  And like a rubber band, it
> usually hurts when it does.  (The trick for the Powers That Be is to
> ensure that it's someone else that gets hurt.)

Both Apple and Hurd started with the Mach kernel. Since Apple likes to 
make money they quickly went to a hybrid rather than beat their head 
against the wall for decades.