On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 8:59 PM, asd.dhruva@outlook.com < asd.dhruva@outlook.com> wrote:

I just head about the Hurd kernel from a link from your website and I'm kinda curious about it. What exactly is the Hurd kernel and what are some of the advantage/disadvanges compared to linux?

While you can get several links on the internet arguing for and against microkernel architecture and I'm no kernel geek, I'd note that linux's monolithic architecture and its governance has worked very well so far.

Anurag

On 18/05/2017, asd.dhruva@outlook.com asd.dhruva@outlook.com wrote:

I just head about the Hurd kernel from a link from your website and I'm kinda curious about it. What exactly is the Hurd kernel and what are some of the advantage/disadvanges compared to linux?

The GNU/Hurd has a reasonably active community. You can find more info at http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/