Before Linux, GNU was working on its own Mach-based Unix compatible OS. Now, in the footsteps of Debian 13, there is a new release.

Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 is the latest release of the other GNU operating system. The announcement email from developer Samuel Thibault says this release includes a working x86-64 edition, thanks to NetBSD disk drivers in a Rump layer – which also means it can now use USB disks and CD drives. Hurd has a port of the Rust language, plus "quite working" SMP support, and it can run "about 72% of the Debian archive, and more to come!" It's the first news update from the project since June 2024 , and clearly significant progress is happening. The activity trend line looks good.

This is not exactly a review, because this is not exactly an alternative Unix OS. The Hurd

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