▲ 1962 ▼ Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by DeaDSouL@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments Happy birthday 🎊🎉 GNU/Linux. Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old. It was thankfully released to the public on August 25th, 1991 by Linus Torvalds when he was only 21 years old student. What a lovely journey 🤍
[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) What is actually the point of using hurd other than being able to say you use Hurd though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Maybe it hurds in a good way. Nah, it's a kernel it does kernel stuff and does not offer anything a normal user notices compared to other kernels. It might be interesting for people who work on kernels just to see different ways on how to solve common problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago afaik microkernels have a security advantage since kernel modules do not share the same address space as the main kernel or other modules permalink fedilink source parent [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Possibly licensing reasons. Linux is GPLv2 only, Hurd seems to be GPLv2 or later, there could be reasons you may want to use something under the GPLv3. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago Hurd is not a monolithic kernel, so it's an interesting technical endeavor. It's also a GNU package which means it's guaranteed to stay libre. Hurd is also a smaller project relative to linux without the many eyes of the Linux board members. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Maybe it hurds in a good way. Nah, it's a kernel it does kernel stuff and does not offer anything a normal user notices compared to other kernels. It might be interesting for people who work on kernels just to see different ways on how to solve common problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago afaik microkernels have a security advantage since kernel modules do not share the same address space as the main kernel or other modules permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago afaik microkernels have a security advantage since kernel modules do not share the same address space as the main kernel or other modules permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Possibly licensing reasons. Linux is GPLv2 only, Hurd seems to be GPLv2 or later, there could be reasons you may want to use something under the GPLv3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago Hurd is not a monolithic kernel, so it's an interesting technical endeavor. It's also a GNU package which means it's guaranteed to stay libre. Hurd is also a smaller project relative to linux without the many eyes of the Linux board members. permalink fedilink source parent
