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[ArneBab]

though the main reason was that I had read in the wiki that O3 might cause breakage. This test shows that I might have been better off going for O3 right...

[ArneBab]

The results look like Gentoo users can just set -O3 --march=native. Gentoo users are the only ones who can blindly apply that, and some tasks get factor...

[ArneBab]

That’s for sure. To get this perfect, you need a system built from source to check MES. But it is much easier to check what the editor shows you: just...

[ArneBab]

And that’s why GCC 4.7 is targeted: GCC 4.7 can build GCC 8.

So for a new platform you only need to run the full bootstrap once, and then...

[ArneBab]

Given that the Hurd was brought to the current state by a handful of volunteers in their spare time, that might actually suffice to get USB+sound+64bit...

[ArneBab]

There are about 6 people who know each other and communicate via chat and email.

With a handful of people there is no need for elaborate...

[ArneBab]

The Hurd developers took the article pretty positive: “02:57:07< antrik> ArneBab: I think the "doesn't offer any compelling new features"...

[ArneBab]

Currently there is no money to earn at all (so all Hurd devs work in their spare time).

For servers, even a drop of 5% in performance...

[ArneBab]

A good approximation of a long-term roadmap are the GSoC project ideas: http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/com...ect_ideas.html

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[ArneBab]

They tried several other microkernels. L4 was too minimal (did not provide required features), CoyotOS wanted to lock-in users (mismatch in features and...

[ArneBab]

A pretty interesting development I saw in the past few years is that the systemd developers have been bolting features onto Linux which the Hurd already...

[ArneBab]

Yepp: http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/status.html

It builds itself, it serves websites, it?s pretty fast under KVM and can run on...

[ArneBab]

I got a reply from Leadwerks which supports my notion that Phoronix is completely misrepresenting them:


https://twitter.com/Le...

[ArneBab]

After fretting about this again and again the last few hours, this was the last straw. I?m out. I should have learned from the error of the german pirates...

[ArneBab]

That?s about what I wanted to ask - given that it is also completely misrepresenting the dev (Josh Klint). The full quote is:


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