[[!template id=note text="""**GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG)** The [Free Software Foundation](http://www.fsf.org/) can't recommend Debian GNU/Hurd or the Arch distribution; we must suppose that they don't meet our freedom standards any more than Debian GNU/Linux and the Arch distribution based on the Linux kernel do. Likewise we have not evaluated other GNU/Hurd distributions in regard to ethical criteria. Please visit to learn what those standards are."""]] There are several GNU distributions that are built on the Hurd. If you develop a Hurd-based distro or know of one that isn't on this list yet, feel free to add it! ###Working distributions of GNU/Hurd: * [[Debian]] * [[Guix]] ###GNU/Hurd distributions in early stages of development: * [[Arch|arch_hurd]] (features a LiveCD) * [[Nix]] ###Defunct GNU/Hurd distributions: * Bee GNU/Hurd. Castellano distribution, pkgsrc package based. * Unofficial port to Gentoo and the portage system. It was [announced](http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=41939&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0) March 17, 2003 in the Gentoo forums, but development stopped at some point. ####IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-01-15: we are trying to revive Gentoo/hurd we are using debian as a start we installed portage on debian and are now bootstrapping the system into a folder except glibc everything seems fine <_d3f> braunr: http://wiki.rout0r.org/index.php/Gentoo/Hurd/en - if you want to know more. ####IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-02-01: natsukao: http://wiki.rout0r.org/index.php/Gentoo/Hurd/en I am working on it if i can get glibc to compile correctly i can create a stage3 but at the moment it fails ####IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-02-02: WhiteKIBA: you may be interested in my try to run gentoo/hurd WhiteKIBA: http://omrb.pnpi.spb.ru/gitweb/?p=gentoo/hurd.git;a=summary # Using Debian [[debian/after_install]] instructions are a must-read to prepare an usable system. [[debian/Package_troubleshooting]] reports known bugs, quirks and workarounds about getting applications to work (if possible). # For Developers
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# External * [Ognyan Kulev Collection](https://web.archive.org/web/20080513192630/http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/) of links (unsupported) * [2000 Jim Franklin Collection](http://angg.twu.net/the_hurd_links.html) of links