On Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 10:30:52PM -0700, Jim Franklin wrote: > For the the Hurd developers the benefit would be in a higher > profile for the Hurd as well as bringing in some real cool capabilities > to the Hurd.
Note that the Sun License for Java is pretty much non-free, and nobody here will be eager to work on this beast. Kaffe is a different story, and I am happy to help anyone who wants to work on it. > I believe Marcus B, one of the Hurd developers mentioned > that java could be run as a transparent layer with the Hurd translators. Of course. Just like shell scripts. > > From: "Ean R . Schuessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I'm interested in this but have simply not had time to get a HURD machine > > rolling. I would be willing to set up a dedicated machine for HURD > > development here at Novare if someone can help me get through the install > > and setup. I am willing to help. Email or IRC? Start from www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install. > > Perhaps we can do something with a serial-console dual boot > > system. Does GRUB do serial console? Argh, I think no. > > I can get Debian installed easily > > enough, HURD sounded more difficult. Well, it's easier if the hardware matches, because we have less. Just extracting a tar file, booting with GRUB and running a script. But you need a small linux system on the machine to bootstrap. No boot-floppies yet. Thanks, Marcus -- "The purpose of Free Software is Free Software. The End and the Means are the same." -- Craig Sanders Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
