Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Jul 2005 11:53 UTC
This is a status update for the Debian GNU/Hurd port. While the port was limping along for a couple of years, it has picked up speed again. The current state is still far from being on par with Debian's established Linux ports, but it is mostly up to date and reasonably usable.
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It is just avoinding the question, and plain nonsense to say:
> Why do people bother with linux, windows, mac? Horses for courses.
or
> Hurd isn't viable for the Desktop yet? That's all you're interested in? Read another article.
They try hard to not understand the point at all costs. The point is, will GNU/Hurd ever become anything? Who is afraid of asking this question? Who is sentimental enough to think that asking this question will somehow seal the doom of Hurd? Maybe the coders will say, after reading this: "ok, you're right, we will never get anywhere, let's just forget the whole thing."
Think about it yourself. What is the future of Hurd now? Be the also-ran OS of all linux-haters who are also GNU-lovers? What does it promise more than linux does, and when will it deliver? Will it accept 3rd party binary drivers? Is it somehow easier to use? Will it conquer the world (that is, desktop)?
I have FreeBSD, Solaris, linux, and soon hopefully HaikuOS. I also tried Syllable. The movement has its eggs in a thousand baskets, and it still makes no difference.