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Aravind K R

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Nov 24, 2009, 11:02:09 AM11/24/09

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Is it really possible to implement a GNU/Minix just as a GNU/hurd? I
mean can we design a Debian installer using Minix3 as the kernel.

Evgeniy Ivanov

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Nov 24, 2009, 4:44:47 PM11/24/09

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Hello,

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Aravind K R <aravin...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it really possible to implement a GNU/Minix just as a GNU/hurd? I
mean can we design a Debian installer using Minix3 as the kernel.

Well, having Debian installer doesn't mean becoming GNU/Minix. AFAIK by analogy with GNU/Linux GNU means built and used with GNU tools (gcc, gnu make, gnu libc, etc), so I think Tomas Hruby's build branch might be called GNU/Minix.

Debian installer should be very wishful, so apt port might be a good start.