GNU Hurd 0.5, GNU Mach 1.4, GNU MIG 1.4 Released

jrepin writes "Which day could be better suited for publishing a set of Hurd package releases than the GNU project's 30th birthday? These new releases bundle bug fixes and enhancements done since the last releases more than a decade ago; really too many (both years and improvements) to list them individually, The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement file systems, network protocols, file access control, and other features that are implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux)."

Re:Relevance?

[Anonymous Coward]

If that's how you think, you've chosen the wrong name. Maybe 'dreambasher' would be more appropriate.

A small handful of technical people have a dream to make a viable microkernel operating system, and they're chasing their dream. Good for them.

Re:I might not be here for Hurd 1.0

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, wow. Why that much venom? What's your agenda?

What have you done for me? Who are you?

Where I definitely know what RMS has done for me and am thankful for that.

Re:I might not be here for Hurd 1.0

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Think about that fact while you also learn that RMS uses an old terminal or some such nonsense along with a script to gather Google searches and email the text to him.

If you think about it, it's a fairly effective way of avoiding getting hacked (or at least minimizing the attack surface).

Re:I might not be here for Hurd 1.0

[TheRaven64]

And they've been using it to explore some quite interesting ideas in kernel design. The fine-grained compartmentalism that a microkernel provides (at the expense of some performance) is starting to look more attractive in a world where computers run in very hostile environments and yet even a 50% slower kernel would have a negligible impact on user-perceived performance (or battery life).