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Linux kernel is getting more reliable, says Linus Torvalds. Plus: What do you need to do to be him?

Thursday 31st October 2019 13:40 GMT A.P. Veening

Re: Pragmatism vs Idealism

which may explain why 29 years later Hurd still hasn't seen a 1.0 release.

Much more important is that nearly everybody competent and involved in Hurd decamped to Linux, usually on rather short notice.

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