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Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old(lemmy.ml)

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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 🤍

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whoareu@lemmy.ca
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Yes if you cherry pick the hardware :)

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flashgnash@lemm.ee
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What is actually the point of using hurd other than being able to say you use Hurd though?

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Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de
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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.

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KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyz
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afaik microkernels have a security advantage since kernel modules do not share the same address space as the main kernel or other modules

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.

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NormalC@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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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.

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