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by snvzz 3234 days ago
Look into http://www.microkernel.info/

Note one of these doesn't belong (hurd), as unlike everything else, it is first gen and effectively dead.
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bogomipz 3233 days ago
Can you say why it is effectively dead? I see a recent-ish release:

http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news/2016-12-18-releases.ht...

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snvzz 3233 days ago
It has about 0 developers on any given time, with the occassional work being done. There's been no real (fundamental) progress on it for over a decade. The issues in the hurd critique paper haven't been addressed. The L4 port failed.
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throwaway7645 3233 days ago
Without knowing much, GNU Hurd has been in development for ages, yet is pretty far behind everything else out there in terms of usability. I think it is still active (remember a recent HN post), but it's progress is seen as being slow.
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