Test Driving GNU Hurd, With Benchmarks Against Linux 335
An anonymous reader writes "After last week's news that GNU Hurd is coming, Phoronix set out to install Debian GNU Hurd and to provide GNU Hurd vs. Linux benchmarks. Linux was mostly faster than The Hurd while also having much better hardware support, multi-core SMP support, and other modern functionality."
I guess it was inevitable... (Score:5, Funny)
Brilliant, but... (Score:4, Funny)
How free is free? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, it's slower, but did they measure how much freedom it achieved?
Re:Brilliant, but... (Score:5, Funny)
It barely runs Hurd, for chrissake.
GNU/Linux (Score:4, Funny)
I remember the days when you said, "Linux", there would be an army of zealots that would swarm you and chant, "IT'S GNU/LINUX! IT'S GNU/LINUX!!"
Re:How free is free? (Score:4, Funny)
Yes. Hurd single handedly liberated Egypt, Bahrain, and Syria. China fears that they will boot HURD again and it may free China as well.
It's sad, really (Score:1, Funny)
I see Captain Ahab is still chasing after his whale. Don Quixote is still tilting at his windmills. Years after it's far too late to make any difference in the world, Stallman is still obsessed with taking on Linux. I almost feel sorry for the guy at this point...
Re:I guess it was inevitable... (Score:5, Funny)
Now all we need is hell freezing over and pigs to start flying... damnit, i might start to believê 2012 is really end of the world
Re:I guess it was inevitable... (Score:5, Funny)
Hurd, DNF, Wine 1.0, Gmail out of beta, Windows running stable, grannies using Linux, video chat on handheld computers, movies commonly coming out in 3D, video games you don't play with your hands, electric cars on dealership lots, a US president who isn't a white guy...
Dogs and cats living together... Mass hysteria!