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<aswjrisp>I was looking at the Hurd website. The most recent usability report is 2013

<aswjrisp>How is Hurd to use currently?

<aswjrisp>on real hardware

<aswjrisp>not virtual machines

<damo22>if you can make it boot, it works fine usually

<aswjrisp>damo22: Is it difficult to make it boot?

<damo22>depends on hardware i mean

<damo22>it boots on some old thinkpads for example

<aswjrisp>damo22: probably librebootable thinkpads.

<damo22> but some drivers are missing i think

<aswjrisp>Is there a list of supported hardware.

<damo22>not that i am aware

<aswjrisp>damo22: Do you know which thinkpads work?

<damo22>i had it running on a x200

<damo22>it should mostly work on x220 and x230 (network driver missing)

<damo22>anything older than x200 should work

<aswjrisp>Would networking work if you plugged in an ethernet cable?

<damo22>theres no wifi support at all

<damo22>i meant wired

<aswjrisp>No internet with wifi or ethernet cable.

<damo22>yeah, basically offline

<damo22>x200 works though with ethernet cable

<aswjrisp>How about thinkpad t500 or w500?

<damo22>same as x200 really

<damo22>theyre almost identical hardware

<aswjrisp>That is great to hear.

<damo22>i havent tested it myself though

<aswjrisp>What is used as a package manager or is everything built from source?

<aswjrisp>I guess a package manager is at a different level, the os level.

<aswjrisp>What operating system work on hurd?

<aswjrisp>I saw there is something about debian, arch and guix.

<aswjrisp>Or so alis tells me there are hurd related channels for those operating systems.

<Gooberpatrol66>debian and guix, the arch distro is not maintained

<aswjrisp>How are debian and guix on hurd?

<Gooberpatrol66>debian's most up to date probably, guix packages are from 2023

<Gooberpatrol66>also guix doesnt provide a bare metal image, you have to build it

<Gooberpatrol66>but guix has childhurds which are cool

<aswjrisp>childhurds?

<aswjrisp>Is Debian on Hurd on bare metal?

<Gooberpatrol66>you can do bare metal or vm

<aswjrisp>damo22: Gooberpatrol66: thanks

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