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diff --git a/challenges.mdwn b/challenges.mdwn index a3a8a7e6..4c8e00f0 100644 --- a/challenges.mdwn +++ b/challenges.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[//]: # ([[meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]) [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!meta title="Challenges"]] + The GNU Hurd has a lot of [[advantages]], but there are challenges, too. Some of these are explained in the [[hurd/critique]]. Even though they're quite popular in the simpler embedded space, there is no successful true multi-server [[microkernel]] system for general-purpose desktop -use yet. This is still an ongoing research effort. (TODO: add references.) +use yet. This is still an ongoing research effort. Also the Hurd is not the +only multiserver operating system. Other examples include: +[[Genode OS|https://genode.org/]] (FOSS), [[MINIX 3|https://www.minix3.org/]] (FOSS), +[[HELON OS|http://www.helenos.org/]] (FOSS), and [[QNX|https://blackberry.qnx.com/en]] +(proprietary). Likewise, resource scheduling in distributed operating system kernels is a research topic. For example, read more about it on the relevant [[Open Issues |