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diff --git a/challenges.mdwn b/challenges.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5368ae4e --- /dev/null +++ b/challenges.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!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 +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +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]]."]]"""]] + +The GNU Hurd has a lot of [[advantages]], but there are challenges, too. + +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.) + +Likewise, resource scheduling in distributed operating system kernels is a +research topic. For example, read more about it on the relevant [[Open Issues +page|open_issues/multiprocessing]]. + +TODO: more to come. [[!tag open_issue_documentation]] |