Debian GNU/Hurd

Debian GNU/Hurd

Debian GNU/Hurd running GNU Emacs on IceWM
Developer Debian Project
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Open-source
Latest release 2015
Update method APT (several front-ends available)
Package manager dpkg
Platforms i686
Kernel type Microkernel: GNU Hurd
Userland GNU
Default user interface IceWM
License Free software (mainly GPL).[1] Proprietary software in a separate (non-default) repository.[2]
Official website www.debian.org/ports/hurd/
Debian GNU/Hurd console startup and login

Debian GNU/Hurd is the Debian project's distribution of the GNU operating system, using the GNU Hurd microkernel. Debian GNU/Hurd has been in development since 1998,[3] and made a formal release in May 2013, with 78% of the software packaged for Debian GNU/Linux ported to the GNU Hurd.[4] The Debian GNU/Hurd developers were hoping to be able to release it with Debian "Wheezy"[5][6] in 2013.[7] However, Hurd is not yet an official Debian release, and is maintained and developed as an unofficial port.

According to the GNU/Hurd compatibility guide, the current version is compatible with laptops but there is no PCMCIA support yet.[8]

Debian GNU/Hurd is distributed as an installer CD (running the official Debian installer) or ready-to-run virtual disk image (Live CD, Live USB). The CD uses the IA-32 architecture, making it compatible with IA-32 and x86-64 PCs.

The current version of Debian GNU/Hurd is 2015, published in April 2015.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "License information". Debian. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Debian - Packages". Debian. See non-free repository
  3. ↑ "debian-hurd@lists.debian.org is up!" (Mailing list). Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "A comparison between Debian GNU/hurd and Debuan Gnu/kFreeBSD". Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. ↑ 2011-q2, GNU Hurd news, read 15 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Debian GNU/Hurd project page, read 15 August 2011.
  7. ↑ 2013-q2 Debian news, read 6 May 2013.
  8. ↑ The Linux documentation project. "Debian GNU/Hurd (hurd-i386)". Retrieved 23 November 2015.

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