Gentoo announces they are fully transitioning to GNU Hurd by upcz | tildeverse BBJ

>0 upcz @ 2026/04/01 10:22

https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/gentoo-hurd.html

and so it goes
Can't even be called a "Linux distro" after this
I've been hearing a lot about people wanting to move away from the Linux kernel and I still don't quite get why...

>1 ecjonas @ 2026/04/01 13:02

>>OP
Wait, what? Is Hurd like Linux? This is shameful for Gentoo. Makes me sad too :(

>2 fenris @ 2026/04/02 00:06

Ok, so another os is born. Why not.

>3 ecjonas @ 2026/04/02 14:33

>>2
I mean when you put it like that

>4 cartwright @ 2026/04/02 16:33

April Fool's post?

>5 ecjonas @ 2026/04/11 19:28

>>4
I thought it was a seperate version of their OS.

>6 yalla @ 2026/04/18 17:18

>>5
That is correct, it's a Gentoo port using the Hurd kernel.