Nice to see an update
Nice to see an update
Posted Apr 5, 2026 17:44 UTC (Sun) by sam_c (subscriber, #139836)In reply to: Nice to see an update by jmalcolm
Parent article: No kidding: Gentoo GNU/Hurd
>Why is GNU HURD late on 64 bit support? Simply becuase it was started much earlier as a 32 bit project and it has had limited developer attention.
Right, a small group of developers, and initial 64-bit porting to any target is quite a pain. Samuel talks about it in more detail in his recent FOSDEM talk too: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7FZXHF-updates_on_...