> These were just examples, Linux is trying to catch up in ugly ways indeed ... In the Hurd, it's that way from the ground and there is no limitation like having to be root or ask for root to add magic lines, etc.

Catching up to what? A 24 year old kernel with no userbase and uses IRC logs as the majority of documentation? Is Hurd useful as anything other than a research project? I would be interested to see what people here who have used Hurd have to say.