If you read the historical archives, Gnu was kinda late in the game with Linux. They were distributing the Joliets 386-BSD and NetBSD and had some drama with trying to do Linux. Debian is a historical spinoff of this.
I gave a conference talk about this about 4 years ago. There may be slight errors in my recollection
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.
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.
>I have no idea why you think this. You might be terminally online.
Really? No idea at all? None whatsoever?
Hey maybe it's me and you're right. I'm sure next year will be the year of the GNU/Hurd Desktop. Or, as I've taken to calling it "The year of the GNU plus Hurd Desktop".
People in decision-making positions of course are notorious for being rational actors and always choosing the thing that performs best on its technical merits, never being subconsciously swayed subjective factors. When faced with a choice between commercially-supported software that has had some thought put into its branding (of which naming is a major part) versus some free software that is technically and morally/ethically superior, with a childish name fronted by a dude who eats his own toe jam on camera, I'm certain they'll choose the latter every time, as history has shown.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as GNU/Linux, is in fact, just Linux.
I’ve recently taken to calling it GNU minus Linux.
Are you saying that Hurd will also kill Google/Linux?
What I'm saying is that Hurd is just a kernel in the same way that Linux is also just a kernel
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Yeah GNU hasn't really been involved for a long time. It's Mozilla/Linux in reality. Not to mention the totally GNU-free distributions, like Alpine.
If you read the historical archives, Gnu was kinda late in the game with Linux. They were distributing the Joliets 386-BSD and NetBSD and had some drama with trying to do Linux. Debian is a historical spinoff of this.
I gave a conference talk about this about 4 years ago. There may be slight errors in my recollection
The efforts people will go to in order to avoid GPL3. Makes you wonder why?
No, what they're referring to as a GNU/Linux is in fact GNU Hurd.
This is not GNU/Linux. GNU Hurd is a totally different kernel.
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.
That seems like an awesome reason to use it in an era of most software is an AI slopfest.
Go for it. I'll probably stick to Linux, though.
GNU Hurd Durd?
> 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.
>I have no idea why you think this. You might be terminally online.
Really? No idea at all? None whatsoever?
Hey maybe it's me and you're right. I'm sure next year will be the year of the GNU/Hurd Desktop. Or, as I've taken to calling it "The year of the GNU plus Hurd Desktop".
People in decision-making positions of course are notorious for being rational actors and always choosing the thing that performs best on its technical merits, never being subconsciously swayed subjective factors. When faced with a choice between commercially-supported software that has had some thought put into its branding (of which naming is a major part) versus some free software that is technically and morally/ethically superior, with a childish name fronted by a dude who eats his own toe jam on camera, I'm certain they'll choose the latter every time, as history has shown.