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Hurd has certainly made strides, we're way past the days when you needed to compile your own translator for /dev/random to make an implementation of sshd possib
by yebyen 13y ago
Hurd has certainly made strides, we're way past the days when you needed to compile your own translator for /dev/random to make an implementation of sshd possible. I have not tried it this year, but last year I was quite impressed at the progress in ease of installation, driver support, and use.
I just skimmed the Phoronix review from 2011, and I was surprised to see that Hurd outperformed Linux in some categories by a narrow margin, and in others it did not lose by a complete landslide. It's still i386-only, so you know what to expect at least a little bit.
I think a more fair comparison would be Debian GNU/kFreeBSD and Debian GNU/Hurd, since the developer base for each is probably comparatively small. Glad to hear the HURD is still alive. GNU/kFreeBSD has NOT had any release since wheezy or since 9.1, to look at their website, so if numreleases or first-mover is any indicator of progress, take that into account.
Sorry to say all this and have to answer, no, I am not using Hurd for anything. Interested as you are to hear if anyone is, and for exactly what. I would be surprised to hear that anywhere it "really shines" compared to any other platform.
- GregBuchholz 13y agoLast time I had the Hurd installed on any hardware (looks like 2004), the only web browsing option was lynx. It sounds like things have improved since then?
- mercurial 13y agoIndeed. With 75% of Debian packages available, this should be enough to try it out. It's pretty amazing to have it somewhat usable nowadays, considering how long it has taken. Looking at the wikipedia page, the project seems to have some focus issues, with people periodically starting to port Hurd to other microkernels and then stopping due to lack of time. It would be interesting to have a side-by-side comparison with other similar projects like Tannenbaum's own Minix 3.
- duskwuff 13y ago> GNU/kFreeBSD has NOT had any release since wheezy… Debian Wheezy was just released earlier this month.
- __alexs 13y agoI assume he meant squeeze, which is from 2011. That's the latest release I can find.
- yebyen 13y agoYes, I meant since the Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy release, kFreeBSD has not had a new release. The latest (documented) kFreeBSD release is squeeze. Similarly, the latest notes about a kFreeBSD kernel are that 9.0 will be in Wheezy, but no mention of 9.1. That was a fairly ridiculous use of 'since.'