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The Hurd and Linux

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

-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. - -

- -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 -webmasters@www.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: - -Last modified: Thu Feb 13 01:12:02 CET 2003 - -

- - + + + +The Hurd and Linux - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) + + + + + +

The Hurd and Linux

+[ + + + Chinese(Simplified) +| Chinese(Traditional) +| Hebrew +| English +] + +

+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 +] + +

+ +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 +webmasters@www.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: + +Last modified: Thu Feb 13 01:12:02 CET 2003 + +

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