On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 04:17:27PM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > No, the Hurd is only the user-extensible operating system > > and as such potentially universal (but in that even more so then Linux > > ever will be). Nevermind ;) > > Ah, so we could change it is a statement of faith? :)
Well, universal is a very universal word :) > > I wouldn't object making Hurd more prominent on the front page today, > > as long as it is clear that it is an invitation for developers to help, > > and not for users to complain :) However, we have other channels to > > get developers, which are probably more effective anyway. > > While being questioned in an email interview, I was asked by the writer, > "Does Debian Jr. work on Debian GNU/Hurd?" Maybe I should find out? :) I don't know what Debian Jr is. Is it Debian for kids (or Debian for hackers with kids?) I thought I heard something about it. Well, our youngest Hurd hacker is 16, and he writes a shadow filesystem right now ;) > > Oh, as I am talking here on debian-project... anybody wants to help? > > There are many bugs in the Debian packages which prevent building them > > on the Hurd (and I swear it is not our fault! :). Everybody pick a few, > > and the 3950 is reached in no time. > > OK, I'll bite ... will it install happily on a 486dx2/66 with 16M, EISA > and SCSI (Adaptec) on a 1G drive? Yes. The RAM is very little, though. It might install and boot, but you won't be able to get a lot of work done. That said, I bootstrapped the port in a 150 MB with 32 MB Ram. So add some swap early ;) Marcus
