RE: Distro's

2001-10-09 Thread THIVENT Pascal
Title: RE: Distro's GNU/Linux is a monolithic kernel while the HURD is based on GNU Mach, the microkernel of the GNU system. The Hurd is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement services. See : http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html http://www.gn

Re: Distro's

2001-10-09 Thread Paolo Falcone
Mike Grover wrote: >What is the diff between Woody, Sid, and Hurd? Woody is (currently) the testing release of the Debian GNU/Linux OS. After some period of testing, Debian releases the testing version as stable. Expect Woody to come out some time soon - when, I hope soon enough (God knows for s

Re: Distro's

2001-10-09 Thread David Z Maze
Mike Grover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MG> What is the diff between Woody, Sid, and Hurd? Backing up a little: POTATO: The current Debian "stable" release; aside from security fixes, this will never change WOODY: The current Debian "testing" release; will eventually become "stable"; updates con

Re: Distro's

2001-10-09 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:19:14AM -0500, Mike Grover wrote: > What is the diff between Woody, Sid, and Hurd? Woody is the testing tree. Will become the next stable. sid wil be unstable the whole life ;) Hurd is a GNU Kernel. It's just an alternativ to Linux. Sven -- Sven Hoexter Earth - Germany