Hey friends, I recently made a video where I ran the latest GNU/Hurd image in qemu. The video is currently private and unlisted. I kind of wanted your advice. Essentially it showcases some issues with the Hurd (or my inadequacy with using it). What's our marketing strategy? Full truth about the Hurd's short comings? Or highlighting its possibilities?
https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/0c24fcfd-f7be-4a99-a25d-59df9b0612f7 Please let me know if you think that I should or should not publish this video. The video shows that (at least to my knowledge) the latest qemu image has some hiccups. - It does not automatically set up networking. - Manually setting up networking could be easier (I'll make some wiki edits to correct this) - SSH-ing into the machine doesn't work. - and weird CAPS LOCK errors. Essentially I somehow enabled CAPS LOCK on the qemu image, and I could not un-CAPS LOCK. All of the above issues could be user-error (aka my limited technical knowledge), but if it's something else, feel free to let me know. Also, making this video helped me realize that we are in a situation like WWII. During WWII, one group of allied troops, found themselves surrounded by the enemy. The allied commander, assembled his troops and said, "Today is a fantastic day. For the first time in the war, we can shoot in any direction and fire at the enemy!" * I felt that the GNU/Hurd wiki has lots of little areas where I could tweak and make it better. Since Samuel is ok with me submitting patches, even though I cannot render the wiki locally (aka I cannot verify that I am submitting proper syntax), I'll go ahead and make some more wiki edits. :) Thanks, Joshua * P.S. I believe Samuel has this positive attitude, and that's awesome!