| Arch Hurd | |
| Family: | Unix-like (GNU/Hurd) |
| Source Model: | Open source |
| Latest Release Version: | (Rolling release) / LiveCD i686-core-2018-09-28 |
| Marketing Target: | General purpose |
| Kernel Type: | Microkernel (Hurd) |
| Userland: | GNU |
| Ui: | Bash |
| License: | GNU General Public License |
| Working State: | Current |
| Supported Platforms: | i686 |
| Updatemodel: | pacman |
| Package Manager: | pacman |
Arch Hurd is a distribution of the GNU operating system with GNU Hurd kernel (instead of the Linux kernel, that comes with Arch Linux distribution).
The Arch Hurd project was founded on an Arch Linux forum thread in January 2010 and, after a few weeks with many contributions, progressed to the point where it could boot in a virtual machine. It aims to provide an Arch-like user environment (BSD-style init scripts, i686-optimised packages, use of the pacman package manager, rolling-release, and a KISS set up) on the Hurd which is stable enough for use.
Arch Hurd is currently not at a stable state. Arch Hurd does not have a downloadable image of the operating system although it formerly did at Arch Hurd LiveCD. Although, you can find re-uploads of the operating system and chroot into it via Debian GNU/Hurd and it would be usable.
Despite having a small development team, much progress has been made since its founding, such as booting on real hardware, packaging everything for a basic web server, and the production of an unofficial graphical LiveCD.
In June 2011, Arch Hurd announced successful integration of Device Driver Environment (DDE) - the framework for Linux drivers on Hurd, which improves the network hardware support in the distribution and makes it nearly usable.
, the official packages were last updated in May 2019.[1]
As of December 2023, the latest message from Arch Hurd's website is from June 2018.[2]