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You can now use Debian without Linux (www.theregister.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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The GNU project was started in 1983 and in 2025 you can finally use a pure GNU operating system. Not that you'd want to but that is some serious perseverance.

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[–] 11 points 9 months ago

Since the title is a little unclear: this is not the first release of Debian/Hurd, which was first released in 2013, just a new one for 2025.

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    [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Even the article description is misleading, none of this is new, the only new bit is 64 bits which is cool I guess?

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    [–] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Now? Hurd was there since forever. Plus there was (or is, not interested, so never actually checked) a variant with the BSD kernel.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    From the article:

    Debian GNU/kFreeBSD used the Debian userland on top of the FreeBSD kernel, although sadly, due to lack of manpower the project ended in 2023. There was a similar effort using the kernel from the slightly older BSD, Debian GNU/NetBSD. Multiple others have been suggested, including ports to the kernels of OpenBSD, OpenSolaris, IBM's OS/2 kernel and others.

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    • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    What are the pros and cons of running Debian without Linux?

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