30 Years On, HURD Lives: GNU Updates Open Source Unix Kernel

Posted by Mcusanelli on Apr 20, 2015 3:46 PM EDT
www.thevarguy.com; By Chris Tozzi
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Version 0.6 of GNU HURD, the open source operating system kernel launched in the 1980s to build a Unix-like operating system, has been released.

The latest version of GNU HURD is out. If you're asking, "What is GNU HURD?" you're probably in good company. But as the open source kernel that was supposed to do what Linux ended up doing—provide the core for a cross-platform, Unix-like operating system whose code would be freely shared—the HURD is important. That it is still being actively developed three decades after its launch is worth remarking.

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