XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: chris@internal.net   
      
   On 20/09/2024 at 15:57, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   > 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 :-)   
   >   
      
   Perhaps it could be rewritten in Rust, as an alternative to a new Linux   
   kernel written in Rust as opposed to writing bits of the current kernel   
   in Rust.   
      
      
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   Chris Elvidge, England   
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