July 29, 2021 5:15 AM, "João Pedro Malhado" <phlogis...@sapo.pt> wrote:
> Hello, > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 07:36:41PM +0000, jbra...@dismail.de wrote: > >> How easy is the installer? I'd really like to try to install it on a Thinkpad >> or some such device that might work. Do you have a lot of filesystem >> corruption? >> Is it cool to be running the Hurd? > > Off course it is cool to run the Hurd! ;) You should try it out, especially if > you are bored. The installer feels the same as the one for linux, so it is > rather straightforward. While I had issues with some installer images, the > last > one from February worked pretty well (I only had some issues when choosing > several > locales). I suppose that I should try to run it. I'll hunt ebay for an old laptop at some point. > I have not run the system for long enough to see any file system corruption. > The > file system is ext2, so you will get the typical fsck run after a hard > shutdown > (I have seen X hang after some time of inactivity, and was unable to go back > to the console). That's a bummer, but I suppose it is to be expected. >> How old is the card? I think Broadcam is not the best wifi device, but I'm >> not positive... > > This is an ethernet card, not a wireless card (GNU/Hurd does not have a > wireless > stack yet). On linux it works with the b44 driver, but I don't know if that is > included in netdde. Gotcha. > Regards, > João
