The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. The Hurd is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement file systems, network protocols, file access control, and other features that are implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux).

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This site is devoted to Linux users who not only run Linux on their iMacs but iBooks as well as G3/G4's.

With all the announcements of commercial products for Linux clustering and webscaling solutions, it may be worthwhile to point out that a free and superior alternative exists with the Linux Virtual Server Project.

WELL KNOWN FOR its "secure by default" posture, OpenBSD (www.openbsd.org), the Internet-based volunteer effort, recently announced the inclusion and support of Versions 1.3 and 1.5 of Secure Shell (SSH) client and server in OpenBSD Version 2.6, which is due to appear in early December.

Last week I set out to "grok" the essence of BSD. I wanted to see how it was different from Linux and what I could learn. Most sane people would probably start their BSD experience with FreeBSD. I started by doing a FTP install of OpenBSD 2.5.

Awk is a scripting language for Unix/Linux systems. It has a GNU counterpart, called gawk, which is fully compatible with awk. Awk is very useful for parsing text files, and it can also be used to simplify maintenance tasks.

The Linux Kernel Crash Dump project is designed to meet the needs of customers wanting a more reliable method of examining system failures after the machine recovers.

Since Linux is an International Phenomenon, happenings are occurring all around this great big world of ours-adding additonal complexity. So comes along, LinuxStart.Com and it's Excellent Linux Events List, which organizes these activities on one neat page with a link to the event website, cool:)

Sourceware.net announces the opening of a news site geared towards Linux & UNIX users.