> > I'd like to try out the Debian GNU/Hurd distribution. Is it > > possible to run this on a Sparc? If not, what's needed for > > this to be possible? > > There is no sparc port of the Hurd. The first thing required is a sparc > port of GNUmach. What about the old plan of porting the Hurd to Linux as a microkernel? What are the relative costs and benefits of porting the Hurd to Linux, and porting GNUmach to other architectures? Edmund