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Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 released
! It is with huge pleasure that the Debian GNU/Hurd team announces the release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2025. This is a snapshot of Debian "sid" at the time of the stable Debian "Trixie" release (August 2025), so it is mostly based on the same sources.
* 64bit support is now complete, with the same archive coverage as i386 (actually a bit more since some packages are 64b-only) * This 64b support is completely using userland disk drivers from NetBSD thanks to the Rump layer. * We now use xattr by default for recording translators, allowing to bootstrap seamlessly from other OSes, with mmdebstrap for instance * Rust was ported to GNU/Hurd. * Support for USB disk and CD-ROM was added through Rump * Packages are now available for SMP support, which is quite working * The console is now using xkb for keyboard layouts, and supports multiboot-provided framebuffer * Various other support were added (acpi, rtc, apic, hpet, ...) * Some documentation improvement was achieved * Various fixes have been included (irqs, nfsv3, libports, pipes corner cases, ...) Please make sure to read the configuration information ( https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install), the FAQ ( https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.html) (or it latest version ( http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/), and the translator primer ( https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.html) to get a grasp of the great features of GNU/Hurd.
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