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Comment by inigyou

6 hours ago

Cool to finally see some small silly tech stuff here that isn't trying to make money.

You are calling a Linux (sorry, GNU/Linux) killer small silly stuff?

  • I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as GNU/Linux, is in fact, just Linux.

  • Of course it’s a large and complex project in terms of code, but in terms of industrial impact it’s unlikely to ever amount to much.

    Linux just has too much momentum and there are too few real benefits to Hurd.

  • I know this is in jest, but because of the "hurr durr" connotations, only the absolute most bearded of free software zealot neckbeards are going to ever run GNU Hurd beyond simplytest driving it.

    Open source continues its unbroken streak of showing us why naming things is important.

    • > but because of the "hurr durr" connotations

      I have no idea why you think this. You might be terminally online. Hurd is just like "herd" because it's a microkernel, and hurr durr is some social media/gamer shit a tiny amount of people started saying decades after Hurd started being developed.

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