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But driver support for Hurd has been improving thanks to NetBSD's rump layer. GNU/Hurd 2026 status report Hurd for years has also lacked SMP support for modern multi-core systems but that too has been improving in recent times. Similarly, Hurd for the longest time was predominantly x86 32-bit only but the x86_64 port is now essentially complete and there is even eyes toward AArch64 support. GNU/Hurd 64-bit support Debian GNU/Hurd has been an unofficial Debian distribution and alternative to using the Linux kernel while Guix/Hurd and Alpine/Hurd distributions have also come about too for more Hurd exposure and testing. GNU/Hurd SMP support Samuel shared that around 75% of the Debian archive is currently building for the GNU/Hurd distribution including desktop environments and more. GNU/Hurd 2026 status in 2026 The FOSDEM 2026 presentation on GNU/Hurd concluded with a proclamation that "GNU/Hurd is almost there" with the Debian/Guix/ Arch/Alpine distributions but that the developers can always use extra help with community contributions. 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