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The Hurd and Linux

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-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. - -

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