The HURD
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| GNU/HURD | |
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| Character Information | |
|---|---|
| Common Names | GNU/HURD |
| Other Names | The HURD |
| Faction | Linux Unix Consortium |
| Lineage | Unix (what branch?) |
| Appearance | |
| Height | 163 cm (5'4") |
| Hair Color | purple with pink streaks |
| Eye Color | yellow |
| Design | |
| First Appearance | Spring 2007 |
| Technical Information | |
| System Personified | GNU/HURD |
| Developer(s) | GNU Project |
| Debut | unknown, development started in 1984, release of version 1.0 originally planned for 1990. |
| Latest release | L1 (19 Oct 2009) |
Technical details
The HURD (aka: GNU/HURD) is not only the only Operating System with an indirectly recursive name (HURD stands for HIRD of Unix-replacing daemons where HIRD stands for HURD of interfaces representing depth), it is also a an ambitious project aiming to surpass Unix in functionality. The HURD uses a Mach microkernel on that, a set of servers for different services. Due to the ambitiousness of the project and the difficulties with the Mach microkernel, the HURD in under development since 1990 and still only reached version 0.2. It was expected to reach 1.0 in 'half a year' since 1990, but still hasn't, in 20 years of development!
Character details
HURD-tan is represented as a woman with short purple hair, and wearing a tuxedo. She works as waitress, serving food and drinks, as reference to the servers of the HURD. She also studies and there is very perfectionistic yet absentminded. She would rather turn in a blank sheet than an unelegant solution, and does not care for much else. With the exception of Debian-tan, she is a bit distrusting towards the Linux distro-tans, and prefers to stay away from Linux-tan since she still feels a lot of anger towards her. She is not exactly aware of the existance of most of the Windows-tans either. As she would say: "Hey, I have my studies, my work, I have no time to read the news". She likes to hang out in her limited free time with other rather nerdy OS-tans.
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