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Re:sixos: A nix OS without systemd [video] by likeabatterycar on Friday January 31, 2025 @04:14AM (#42885982)
> GNU/Linux was created as a rewrite of Unix

GNU is a bunch of utilities no different than various terminal programs. The attempt at the "GNU OS" failed because the Hurd was never really usable.

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Re:sixos: A nix OS without systemd [video] by lmm on Friday January 31, 2025 @08:12AM (#42887308)
> The attempt at the "GNU OS" failed because the Hurd was never really usable.

Pre-systemd you could get Debian with Hurd and it was fine. There was never much reason to use it - hardware support was worse than Linux and there was no real killer feature in practice - but it worked.

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Re:sixos: A nix OS without systemd [video] by CRConrad on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:09AM (#42931341)
> The attempt at the "GNU OS" failed

No it didn't: GNU / Linux is a huge success.

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