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+
+what are the advantages with the Hurd over Linux, in general of course, nothing
+in depth
+
+> Flexibility for the user:
+>
+> transparent ftp
+>
+> $ cd /ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian
+> $ ls
+>
+> personnal filesystem
+>
+> $ dd < /dev/zero > myspace.img bs=1M count=1024
+> $ mke2fs myspace.img
+> $ settrans myspace /hurd/ext2fs myspace.img
+> $ cd myspace
+
+>> Just curious, but I keep seeing these (and other similar) concepts being
+>> brought up as the amazing selling points of the Hurd, but all of this is
+>> entirely doable now in Linux with FUSE or things like it.
+
+>>> Nowadays, at LAST, yes, partly.
+
+>> I'm not sure if an ftp filesystem has been implemented for FUSE yet, but its
+>> definately doable; and loopback filesystems like in your second example have
+>> been supported for years.
+
+>>> As a normal user? And establish a tap interface connected through ppp over
+>>> ssh or whatever you could want to imagine?
+
+>> What, then, are the major selling points or benefits?
+
+>>> These were just examples, Linux is trying to catch up in ugly ways indeed
+>>> (yes, have a look at the details of fuse, it's deemed to be inefficient).
+>>> In the Hurd, it's that way from the _ground_ and there is no limitation
+>>> like having to be root or ask for root to add magic lines, etc.