Marcus Brinkmann is a German

Germans

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 computer programmer. He is one of the lead developers of the Hurd/L4 which is supposed to supersede the GNU Mach

GNU Mach

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 microkernel in GNU

GNU

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. He also initiated Debian GNU/Hurd

Debian GNU/Hurd

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 to push forward the development of GNU Hurd

GNU Hurd

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Early life and education

He was born in Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

, North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Brinkmann studied mathematics at the Ruhr University Bochum, located in Bochum

Bochum

Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...

, North Rhine-Westphalia, until his graduation in 2007.

See also

• Neal Walfield
• L4
  L4 microkernel family
  L4 is a family of second-generation microkernels, generally used to implement Unix-like operating systems, but also used in a variety of other systems.L4 was a response to the poor performance of earlier microkernel-base operating systems...
  
  

External links

• marcus-brinkmann.de, Brinkmann's official website Interview with Marcus Brinkmann in 2005
  • French translation of the interview
• A speech he has held about Hurd
• How to install GNU/Hurd - video
• GNU Hurd - Lessons and perspective - video