[CLUE-Talk] gnu-hurd article

[Jeffery Cann]

On Sunday 10 November 2002 09:59 am, Dennis J Perkins wrote:

> Hurd does have some some interesting ideas but I don't know how feasible
> they are.  I have wondered if Hurd is best suited to cluster systems.
> Hurd will test these ideas and we'll see how well they work.

The biggest difference is the architecture.  The GNU Hurd kernel is a 
microkernel.  (Windows NT/2000/XP is also a microkernel).  The Linux kernel 
is a monolithic kernel.

There have been endless debates on the merits of each type of architecture.  
But, if you want to read more about GNU Hurd:

 + http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html

Jeff
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