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Xref: sserve comp.os.misc:3043 comp.os.lynx:487 comp.os.386bsd.questions:10519 comp.os.lynx:488 comp.os.mach:3878 comp.os.minix:23805 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!swrinde!gatech!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu (Robert Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Need good OS for intel X86 platform. LINUX!!! Date: 28 May 1994 13:41:45 -0400 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 22 Sender: gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu Message-ID: <2s7vop$s32@acmex.gatech.edu> References: <1994May27.141723.13104@eplrx7.es.duPont.com> <n9044144.770068471@honeydew> <JRICHARD.94May27170016@charon.uml.edu> <2s7euj$ahp@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <mkohtala.770140064@snakemail.hut.fi> <MAGNUS.94May28184504@haukugle.ii.uib.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: acmex.gatech.edu magnus@haukugle.ii.uib.no (Magnus Y Alvestad) writes: >>>>>> "Marko" == Marko Kohtala <mkohtala@lk-hp-19.hut.fi> writes: >>> -- Linux: The choice of a GNU generation! >Marko> Of course, only until Hurd is ready. >Maybe not. Hurd is Mach-based. A lot of people are working on a Mach >port of Linux. They could co-exist. They could, but there's not much reason to except for binary compatibility. Many of Linux's advantages -- speed, small size, hardware compatibility -- would be lost when it's converted to a Mach server (or servers). The Hurd will probably be a superset of most everything's functionalty, including the Hurd itself (eventually). -- _g, '96 --->>>>>>>>>> gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu <<<<<<<<<--- CompSci ,g_ W@@@W__ |-\ ^ | disclaimer: <---> "Bow before ZOD!" __W@@@W W@@@@**~~~' ro|-<ert s/_\ nders | who am I??? ^ from Superman '~~~**@@@@W `*MV' hi,ocie! |-/ad! / \ss!! | ooga ooga!! | II (cool)! `VW*'