[lmm]

Linux has plenty of issues. It's more modular than it was it's a source-level monolith which means very poor support for old drivers that weren't merged into the tree for whatever reason. The recent tight coupling to systemd is making it much more so.

The HURD design was always more elegant, and should result in a more stable and secure system. That's absolutely a project worth pursuing.

[teythoon]

Hurd developer here. You are spot-on. The Hurd solves a problem today that Linux (and all the other monolithic systems) will never solve: Fault containment.

[fleitz]

It should result in a more stable and secure system, however, it doesn't run on 64 bit chips... and runs on only a few pieces of 32 bit kit.

[gtirloni]

Are you saying the Linux kernel will show issues if not running in cooperation with systemd? Where's the tight coupling?

[lmm]

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-May...

[gtirloni]

Got it, but that's systemd requiring the coupling not Linux (which I assumed you meant "the kernel"). If we're talking about distros, then yes, there is a very high coupling of the ecosystem to systemd. The kernel continues to be unaffected, mostly.