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On 05/10/2024 09:11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 23:19:09 +0100, Luke A. Guest wrote:
> 
>> On 04/10/2024 21:05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> The microkernel proponents still seem to think there is a point to
>>> their idea, even after decades of real-world experience to the
>>> contrary.
>>
>> L4 have years of sticking a middle finger up at that.
> 
> L4 is supposedly being used as the basis of the GNU Hurd kernel.
> Development of that started around the same time as Linux. There are grown
> adults walking the Earth right now who weren’t even born at that time,
> many of them now using Linux for production work, and Hurd still isn’t
> ready for prime time.

Hurd is never going to happen, because they keep starting, stopping, 
changing kernels, etc.

Anyway, I'm not really interested in yet another nix.