[HN Gopher] GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75%...
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       GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian
       Packages Building
        
       Author : sergiogdr
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2026-02-01 18:10 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | taylodl wrote:
       | This headline was pretty much true 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15
       | years ago...
       | 
       | Don't get me wrong, I think Hurd is interesting, but I seriously
       | doubt it's going to have a big impact on anything as it reflects
       | the software engineering philosophies of the 1980s.
        
         | oxguy3 wrote:
         | The "75% of Debian archive builds" claim is exactly the same 7
         | years ago. In fact, look at this slide from the 2019
         | presentation:
         | https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/roadmap_for_t...
         | (page 8)
         | 
         | It is barely distinguishable from the first slide featured in
         | the Phoronix article from today:
         | https://www.phoronix.net/image.php?id=2026&image=gnu_hurd_1 It
         | seems like there has been progress on other fronts, so I'm not
         | sure why Phoronix ran a headline focused on very old news.
         | 
         | Interestingly, the 2018 version of the slide claims "80% of
         | Debian archive builds"; I wonder what caused the regression.
         | https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/microkernel_h...
         | (page 26)
        
         | AtlasBarfed wrote:
         | Another example of if llms are so good. Why isn't a gap like
         | this closed very quickly?
        
           | digiown wrote:
           | GNU projects and LLM contribs mix like water and oil.
        
       | mannyv wrote:
       | "Hurd Isn't Soup"
        
         | imglorp wrote:
         | Hurd Uses Repurposed Debian
        
       | sillywalk wrote:
       | Link to the actual presentation:
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       | https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7FZXHF-updates_on_gnu...
        
       | scoperesolution wrote:
       | Hah! It's been almost there for over a decade...
        
       | jethronethro wrote:
       | Please let me know what it is "there". Then I'll start caring.
       | Until then ...
        
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