From 2213166ab5b58cf89f3b07eded20ab2a03d9c681 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:10:57 +0100 Subject: Integrate hurd-and-linux.html. --- hurd-and-linux.html | 104 --------------------------------- hurd/documentation.mdwn | 2 + hurd/documentation/hurd-and-linux.html | 47 +++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 hurd-and-linux.html create mode 100644 hurd/documentation/hurd-and-linux.html diff --git a/hurd-and-linux.html b/hurd-and-linux.html deleted file mode 100644 index d9181d88..00000000 --- a/hurd-and-linux.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ - - - -The Hurd and Linux - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) - - - - - -

The Hurd and Linux

-[ - - - Chinese(Simplified) -| Chinese(Traditional) -| Hebrew -| English -| Spanish -] - -

-by Richard Stallman. - -

- -People sometimes ask, ``Why did the FSF develop a new free kernel -instead of using Linux?'' It's a reasonable question. The answer, -briefly, is that that is not the question we faced. - -

-When we started developing the Hurd in 1990, the question facing us -was, ``How can we get a free kernel for the GNU system?'' There was -no free Unix-like kernel then, and we knew of no other plan to write -one. The only way we could expect to have a free kernel was to write -it ourselves. So we started. - -

-We heard about Linux after its release. At that time, the question -facing us was, ``Should we cancel the Hurd project and use Linux -instead?'' - -

-We heard that Linux was not at all portable (this may not be true -today, but that's what we heard then). And we heard that Linux was -architecturally on a par with the Unix kernel; our work was leading to -something much more powerful. - -

-Given the years of work we had already put into the Hurd, we decided -to finish it rather than throw them away. - -

-If we did face the question that people ask---if Linux were already -available, and we were considering whether to start writing another -kernel---we would not do it. Instead we would choose another project, -something to do a job that no existing free software can do. - -

-But we did start the Hurd, back then, and now we have made it work. -We hope its superior architecture will make free operating systems -more powerful. - -

- -[ - - - Chinese(Simplified) -| Chinese(Traditional) -| Hebrew -| English -| Spanish -] - -

- -Return to GNU's home page. -

-FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to -gnu@gnu.org. -Other ways to contact the FSF. -

-Comments on these web pages to -web-hurd@gnu.org, -send other questions to -gnu@gnu.org. -

-Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is -permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. - -

-Updated: - -$Date$ $Author$ - -

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- - diff --git a/hurd/documentation.mdwn b/hurd/documentation.mdwn index a8c3a988..a32bc84f 100644 --- a/hurd/documentation.mdwn +++ b/hurd/documentation.mdwn @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ is included in the section entitled * [[FAQ]] + * [[*The_Hurd_and_Linux*|hurd-and-linux]], a comment by Richard Stallman. + * [[*Towards_a_New_Strategy_of_OS_Design*|hurd-paper]], an architectural overview by Thomas Bushnell, BSG. diff --git a/hurd/documentation/hurd-and-linux.html b/hurd/documentation/hurd-and-linux.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8eccd62c --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/documentation/hurd-and-linux.html @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 2008 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[meta license="Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is +permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved."]] + +[[meta title="The Hurd and Linux"]] + +by Richard Stallman. + +

+People sometimes ask, ``Why did the FSF develop a new free kernel +instead of using Linux?'' It's a reasonable question. The answer, +briefly, is that that is not the question we faced. + +

+When we started developing the Hurd in 1990, the question facing us +was, ``How can we get a free kernel for the GNU system?'' There was +no free Unix-like kernel then, and we knew of no other plan to write +one. The only way we could expect to have a free kernel was to write +it ourselves. So we started. + +

+We heard about Linux after its release. At that time, the question +facing us was, ``Should we cancel the Hurd project and use Linux +instead?'' + +

+We heard that Linux was not at all portable (this may not be true +today, but that's what we heard then). And we heard that Linux was +architecturally on a par with the Unix kernel; our work was leading to +something much more powerful. + +

+Given the years of work we had already put into the Hurd, we decided +to finish it rather than throw them away. + +

+If we did face the question that people ask---if Linux were already +available, and we were considering whether to start writing another +kernel---we would not do it. Instead we would choose another project, +something to do a job that no existing free software can do. + +

+But we did start the Hurd, back then, and now we have made it work. +We hope its superior architecture will make free operating systems +more powerful. -- cgit v1.3.1