Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 7th Nov 2009 14:33 UTC, submitted by J!NX
Debian and its clones Debian GNU/Hurd can now be installed a little easier. "This month Philip Charles created a new installation CD, the L series, for the Hurd, which brings us a big step towards installing the Hurd from the Hurd (without the need of a Linux-based installer). If you enjoy testing stuff, please give it a try."
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Hurd is coming soon!
by Zifre on Sat 7th Nov 2009 15:20 UTC
Zifre
Member since:
2009-10-04

And maybe it will be ready for desktop usage in 300 years!

RE: Hurd is coming soon!
by mat69 on Sat 7th Nov 2009 15:23 in reply to "Hurd is coming soon!"
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2006-03-29

Damn, DNF will be old by then. ;)

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RE: Hurd is coming soon!
by Dirge on Sat 7th Nov 2009 17:31 in reply to "Hurd is coming soon!"
Dirge Member since:
2005-07-14

Its slow going but plz consider these guys are a small team. All the work is most probably done in their spare time.

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RE[2]: Hurd is coming soon!
by KugelKurt on Sat 7th Nov 2009 19:20 in reply to "RE: Hurd is coming soon!"
KugelKurt Member since:
2005-07-06

So? Haiku is done by a small team in their spare time as well.
Even if you add the development time of the NewOS kernel (written by a single guy, back then), its development speed is still faster than Hurd's.

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RE[2]: Hurd is coming soon!
by porcel on Sat 7th Nov 2009 20:29 in reply to "RE: Hurd is coming soon!"
porcel Member since:
2006-01-28

Not to mention they difficulties added by using a microkernel architecture. It is doubtful whether the hurd will ever leave the lab stage, but it's an interesting project, nonetheless.

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RE: Hurd is coming soon!
by fithisux on Sun 8th Nov 2009 10:25 in reply to "Hurd is coming soon!"
fithisux Member since:
2006-01-22

The way I see things is

1. Finish the work on viengoos
2. Merge with Syllable
3. Release a Debian distro

Otherwise 300 years is a very optimistic estimate

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