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Re: guile-2.2.0 in GNU/Hurd


From: Svante Signell
Subject: Re: guile-2.2.0 in GNU/Hurd
Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 19:23:32 +0200

On Tue, 2017-05-09 at 18:42 +0200, mdn wrote:
> Hello,
> Hurd isn't a operating system it's a microkernel.
> A kernel is software that manages hardware resources (ram, i/o
> etcetera...).
> Linux is a kernel just like hurd is.
> They just have different designs.
> 
> See more at:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Hurd
> and of course
> https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/
> 
> I Hope this helped you.
> Freely
> BERNARD

Maybe you have misunderstood things? The kernel in GNU/Hurd is gnumach
and Hurd is a set of servers running on top of gnumach, creating a
POSIX-like system. I think the wikipedia terminology is not accurate.
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