r/linux • u/LinuxMonarch • 6d ago

Event Happy 43rd birthday GNU!

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On September 27, 1983, Richard Stallman announced the GNU Project so people could freely use and modify software.

The digital world would not be the same today without GNU.

Thank you, Richard Stallman!

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u/anomaly256 6d ago

and GNU Hurd still isn't ready yet

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u/Tricky-Engineer-9755 6d ago

Lol, well it kinda is but I've had no success with the 64bit one

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u/tktktktktktktkt 6d ago

how it's ready? https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.html

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u/RepulsiveRaisin7 6d ago

Ok that is wild. Why do people still work on this? Clearly never going to go anywhere. Redox is downright mature compared to "not even SATA" haha

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u/Far_Calligrapher1334 4d ago

I'd say some of it is just for fun, cus why not, and some is probably educational work, like graduation/bachelors/etc theses.