AFAIK Debian Hurd and Arch Hurd are separate projects from Debian and Arch
(GNU/) Linux, so they haven't been reviewed by the FSF at all.
Also, there's Arch Hurd.
No, but there is an effort to make it an official version, as they did for
Debian GNU/kfreebsd (Debian with the FreeBSD Kernel). Currently it is an
unofficial port.
GuixSD has hurd.
I don't think that you can consider Debian GNU/Hurd to be an entirely
`separate' project. It's only `unofficial' as far as not being supported as
an official spin due to lack of support for hardware currently. It is hosted
on their servers and they make lots of reference to it in the
Linux-libre, without a doubt. Hurd mostly works in virtual machines at the
moment, not real hardware.
Yes, but I don't mention it because it's Arch and Arch isn't on the FSF's
list of endorsed distros.
The lack of USB support should be the most shining example of where they are
up to in terms of functionality. It is a long way behind but it is still a
very interesting project. The fact that it is GPLv3 however means that there
is a potentially very bright future ahead in terms of
"The DDE environment allows for reusing half of the Linux 2.6.32 network
device drivers, and experimental support for SATA devices was added in May
2013. On the other side, support for character devices (like sound cards) and
other hardware (USB, multicore) is mostly missing."
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Only Debian comes out of the box with Hurd?
USB is probably most glaring feature missing. Most new computers can't even
install it because they use USB keyboards and mouses, rather than PS/2
devices. Not sure about laptops, though.
So for me it stays in a VM environment.
mmm... and when there is gonna exists Hurd distros apart from Debian GNU/Hurd
I mean, which kernel has more hardware free compatibility?
Linux-libre by a landslide. The GNU Hurd is not suitable for general use.
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