Re: Is HURD the true Linux/BSD/UNIX successor?

Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> Mon, 26 May 2014 08:32:11 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.hurd.general
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Omar Radwan, le Sun 25 May 2014 16:44:20 -0700, a écrit :
> I've been reading about unix-like systems for a long time. I recently came
> across the HURD. In goals, it's similar to plan9; a replacement for the unix
> operating system. Except that plan9 wants to only replace unix. HURD wants to
> replace all the other stuff. I also heard it's microkernel, like minix. But is
> it any faster? What are the pluses of having a microkernel vs a monolothic like
> linux, bsd, or unix? What about a hybrid kernel like windows? Is this intended
> to fully replace the need for any other operating system?

Please read the http://hurd.gnu.org/ website, it has all our opinions on
this.

Samuel