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Author: Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 1 23:13:46 2020 +0200

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+title: Deprecating support for the Linux kernel
+date: 2020-04-01 23:00
+author: Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen, Ludovic (civodul) Courtès, Marius 
(mbakke) Bakke, Ricardo (rekado) Wurmus
+tags: GNU Hurd, Linux
+---
+
+After [years in the
+making](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-08/msg00379.html),
+Guix [recently gained 
support](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-03/msg00081.html)
+for running natively on the [GNU/Hurd operating 
system](https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/).
+That means you will soon be able to replace...
+
+```
+(kernel linux-libre)
+```
+
+with
+
+```
+(kernel hurd)
+(initial-herd hurd)
+```
+
+...in your [operating-system
+declaration](https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/guix.html#operating_002dsystem-Reference)
+and reboot into the future!
+
+Running on the Hurd was always a goal for Guix, and supporting multiple
+kernels is a huge maintenance burden.  As such it is expected that the
+upcoming Guix 1.1 release will be the last version featuring the
+Linux-Libre kernel.  Future versions of Guix System will run
+exclusively on the Hurd, and we expect to remove Linux-Libre
+entirely by Guix 2.0.
+
+The Linux kernel will still be supported when using Guix on "foreign"
+distributions, but it will be on a best-effort basis.  We hope that
+other distributions will follow suit and adopt the Hurd in order to
+increase security and freedom for their users.
+
+We provide a [pre-built virtual machine image with the Hurd for
+download](https://guix.gnu.org/guix-hurd-20200401.img.tar.xz) with
+SHA256
+`056e69ae4b5fe7a062b954a5be333332152caa150359c20253ef77152334c662`.
+
+Here is how to get started:
+
+```
+wget https://guix.gnu.org/guix-hurd-20200401.img.tar.xz
+tar xf guix-hurd-20200401.img.tar.xz
+guix environment --ad-hoc qemu -- \
+    qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -drive 
file=guix-hurd-20200401.img,cache=writeback -m 1G
+```
+
+Log in as `root` without password.  Then try `hello`, `guix describe`,
+or `guix install linux-libre` to run Linux in userspace...  We are
+looking forward to your feedback!
+
+
+#### About GNU Guix
+
+[GNU Guix](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix) is a transactional package
+manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU system that [respects
+user
+freedom](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html).
+Guix can be used on top of any system running the Hurd or the Linux
+kernel, or it can be used as a standalone operating system distribution
+for i686, x86_64, ARMv7, and AArch64 machines.
+
+In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports
+transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management,
+per-user profiles, and garbage collection.  When used as a standalone
+GNU/Linux distribution, Guix offers a declarative, stateless approach to
+operating system configuration management.  Guix is highly customizable
+and hackable through [Guile](https://www.gnu.org/software/guile)
+programming interfaces and extensions to the
+[Scheme](http://schemers.org) language.