If you have been following alternative operating systems for a while, there is a good change that you have herd of Hurd. It has been in development since before Linux, and yet it is still not stable. This kernel with a super cool logo is super powerful. I am going to tell you where you can get it, why you might want to check it out, and some of it’s drawbacks.
  • federico3@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 years ago

    Hurd or not, we need a new kernel. Linux is showing its limits around security and modularity. Writing drivers is difficult, error prone and users need to trust drivers not to introduce vulnerabilities. Vendors often refuse to write drivers or to write them well enough to be accepted into mainline Linux. Also, Linux and Hurd are not under GPLv3.

    • SudoDnfDashY@lemmy.ml
      11·
      3 years ago

      I honestly think eventually the BSD’s will trump Linux. They are fast, minimal, they are having more support by the day, and things like GhostBSD are making them more accesable. I would probably use FreeBSD If it actually supported my hardware lol.

    • down daemon@lemmy.ml
      22·
      3 years ago

      some genius needs to write a kernel using one of these anti-capitalist licenses so we can build up from there. TempleOS did more with less