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   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Lester Thorpe wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
      
   > On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:23:36 -0600, clinker wrote:   
   >   
   >> Not to derail this thread, which is a good one, but it is possible an   
   >> operating system will be developed that threaten both Linux and Windows   
   >> existence as it is known today.   
   >   
   > We just need to remove the "Linux" from GNU/Linux.   
   >   
   > GNU was/is a project to develop a completely free (as in freedom   
   > and not beer) Unix, and it has succeeded admirably except for a viable   
   > OS.  Hence GNU selected Linux as its OS.   
      
   Not "OS"... it's "kernel".   
      
   > But GNU has an OS; it's called "Hurd."  It works but it cannot   
   > yet compete with the functionality of Linux.  Even Dr. Richard   
   > Stallman, the main protagonist of GNU, admits that the architecture   
   > of Hurd was something of a mistake.   
   >   
   > Hurd is still alive, if not kicking, however:   
   >   
   > https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/   
   >   
   > I would love to see Hurd revitalized and to assume the role of   
   > the GNU kernel, replacing Linux.   
   >   
   > Then, with GNU as the steward, Unix would be totally free (as in freedom   
   > and not beer).   
      
   The Hurd mentality :-)   
      
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