I agree with this. Even if it's not RMS, Hurd development has stalled and it would be really nice if a few people got back to developing it. Like many of the people in those threads, I fear the direction Linux is going in.
Nov 11, 2019, 05:24 by [email protected]: > [I think this is related to the discussion of the gnu system, thus I am > sending it here] > > Users have expressed fear at the future of the linux-kernel; believing that > it is now out of the hands of any programmer not employed by one of the large > tech companies, and they fear for the future if the future is tied to it, > solely (single point of failure). > > On the 4chan anime image board, the tech section (one of the few free-speech > and non-tracking boards still existing (we used to have anon chat, bbs, > newsgroups, etc)) has asked you if you could program on HURD maybe? > > Is such possible? A stub for HURD could be perhaps even be made to make use > of the linux-kernel's various free hardware-drivers maybe... > > Also: most of the people on 4chan's technology board love you. > It's only the people on the /pol/ board (the american-politics board) who > oppose you. > > Links to archives: rbt.asia/g/thread/73511609/ > >> Is Herd still being developed? >> I checked and it hasn't received an update in two years. Are we going to be >> forever stuck with Linux? >> > --- > >> Linux is a disgrace to FOSS >> > --- > >> [Image of your 1983 GNU announcement] >> BASTE >> I want our boy back >> > --- > >> it's healthy for the 'scene' to have options >> > --- > >> rbt.asia/g/thread/73511387/#73511742 >> i do not like how people are making software more and more politicalized. >> software should be only concerning about the code quality, not about who >> wrote it or if the person who wrote this section is non-white, etc. i think >> if Linux (the kernel) followed OpenBSD's rule of 0% political it would be >> better, but that is not going to happen. >> i really do hope GNU Hurd will be completed because Linux is just a mess, it >> also doesnt give me a good impression that i have to use Linux-Libre because >> Linux includes firmware blobs within the source tree. >> > --- > >> rbt.asia/g/thread/73515455/#q73516323 >> Goodbye, Linux. >> Hello, GNU Hurd! >> >> (There were some criticisms though: >> ( >RMS stopped programming years ago ) >>
