Gordon Matzigkeit wrote:
> I'm taking an informal survey of people who use the Hurd, to get some
> idea of how things are progressing. Please reply to me privately, or
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as appropriate.
>
> 1) Have you successfully gotten the Hurd running?
>
Yes, struggled for several weeks, but only to be expected.
>
> 2) If so, is your Hurd box currently running as you expect it to?
>
What do I expect of a new operating system? I would like pppd and X
yesterday; but these are not ready yet.
I have been running the Hurd six months. The Hurd is reasonably stable,
I have only wrecked it once. I can do native builds of the Hurd, gcc and
TeX. I can make it "buy the farm" by doing a large Java build; by the
way, why is buying large quantities of land bad?
>
> 3) If it is not running, what appears to be the problem?
>
> I'll post the results after a week or so has elapsed,
>
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