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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2013-03-17 13:49:46 +0100
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2013-03-17 13:49:46 +0100
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More ideas about how useful the Hurd can be
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What are the advantages with the Hurd over Linux? (In general of course, nothing
in depth)
-> Flexibility for the user:
+> Notably, flexibility for the user:
>
> transparent ftp
>
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>>> (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.
+
+> It also for instance provides userland drivers, for instance the network
+> drivers are actually Linux drivers running in a separate userland process.
+
+> It also for instance provides very fine-grain virtualization support, such as
+> VPN for only one process, etc.
+
+> etc. etc. The implications are really very diverse...