Re: Debian GNU/HURD netinst.iso -> boots in "text mode" or "expert mode" but no keyboard

On Sat, Feb 07, 2026 at 09:07:52AM +0900, Wilfred van Rooijen wrote:
> Allow me to give a bit of a back story. In was a student (Applied Physics)
> in the late 1990s. That was the time of the first Pentium CPUs and Windows
> 3.11 / Windows for Workgroups. I had several friends who were very much
> into computers, hardware, software, etc. Personally I was not very
> impressed and as a student I did not have a computer.

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> To be honest, I am somewhat disappointed with MACH/HURD. About 30 years of
> development and no penetration into the "mainstream" computer market. As
> with pop groups: if you cannot break through within a reasonable time, you
> never will. I am afraid that this applies also to MACH/HURD.

It's a common question, Samuel already gave you the link to the FAQ
entry, but I'll add my two cents that nobody asked for.

This reasoning is very naive and simplistic. It shows how little you
think about the realities of the world, and as someone who studied
physics, I'd question myself.