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    GNU Hurd is a free UNIX-based operating system.

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Intended purpose

server/mainframe: small to medium scale servers

desktop/workstation: workstations (for those with UNIX familiarity)

handheld: not appropriate

real time: not appropriate

Kind of OS: open source UNIX

    “Hurd is not just another flavour of Unix, it represents an entirely new, microkernel based, design concept. This is contrary to Unix, which is, traditionally, a big monolithic kernel.” —Emile van Bergee106

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Cost: free

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POSIX: compatible

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Text Command Shell: UNIX shells

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references

references within this web site

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further reading: web sites

Please send recommendations on additional URLs to Milo.

official web sites

    HP: http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/hurd/hurd.html (note: this link seems to be dead)

FAQs

(Frequently Asked Questions)

user group web sites

other related web sites

    http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/ John Kirch’s article “Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX”

further reading: books

    For more UNIX book listings, see also the general book listings on the UNIX web page.

If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.

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further reading: books: introductory/general

A Practical Guide to the Unix System; by Mark G. Sobell; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; October 1994; ISBN 0805375651; paperback; 800 pages; $37.95


further reading: books: administration

Essential System Administration: Help for Unix System Administrators (Nutshell Handbook); 2nd edition; by Aeleen Frisch; O’Reilly & Associates; December 1996; ISBN 1565921275; paperback; 788 pages; $27.96


The Complete Guide to Netware 4.11/Intranetware; 2nd edition; by James E. Gaskin; Sybex; December 1996; ISBN 078211931X; paperback; $47.99; includes information on getting NetWare working with Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, and OS/2


further reading: books: internet

Building a Unix Internet Server; by George Eckel; New Riders Publishing; June 1995; ISBN 1562054945; paperback (with CD-ROM); 325 pages; $30.40


further reading: books: enterprise/business

further reading: books: content creation

further reading: books: programming

Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series); by W. Richard Stevens; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; June 1992; ISBN 0201563177; hardcover; 744 pages; $63.95


further reading: books: hardware

further reading: books: miscellaneous

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