On Sun, 2012-09-16 at 18:16 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Svante Signell, le Sun 16 Sep 2012 17:53:19 +0200, a écrit :
> > > > What are the powerful features compared to a monolithic kernel. > > Using your (as a user) own pflocal instead of the system-provided one, > using gdb/valgrind on it, etc. See the wiki pages about the benefits of > the Hurd. Sorry, valgrind is not yet ported to Hurd. > > Sorry, I cannot see them. I only find tons of not implemented things > > and nasty bugs. > > I'm speechless. > > Linux also has tons of not implemented things and nasty bugs. It doesn't > make it a too bad kernel. Not for all situations. Still, I've not yet seen any killer application for Hurd, have you? > > Sad case for Linux too if that is true :( > > That's life. You have to understand that you won't always have > documentation and people taking time to explain you things. The more you > get into the core of the system, the less documentation you'll find. It > has been so in all systems I've seen. Nevertheless, it's always easier to learn things top-down than bottom-up for most people. And reading (unknown) source code is definitely _not_ top-down. > > Why not adding to hurd.texi or creating some overview document > > describing the overall picture. > > That's what I have added as rpc.mdwn Have you added that to hurd.texi too? > > The wiki is good, but at least me appreciate written manuals too. > > Why? Well reading web pages assumes you have to have access to a computer/a pad/whatever and internet access, that is not needed with things written on paper.
