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		anothermachine on Oct 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Richard Stallman’s rider Linux was a good kernel that was better than what GNU had at the time, and it was compatible (technically/legally) with the rest of GNU, so it deprecated Hurd. Sure, if enough folks wanted to, they good finish Hurd. But what's the point? They should go work on Linux.

runjake on Oct 26, 2011 [–]

Hurd isn't deprecated in the eyes of GNU. So far as I'm aware, they still desire a kernel under the GNU name.

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