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<sigttou>Finally Gentoo, Guix, and Debian running on Qemu. any distro I am missing which is still maintained?
<GNU_Hurd_Rocks>I have the Gentoo Hurd installed now, I love it
<sigttou>GNU_Hurd_Rocks: I've installed Gentoo Hurd (32 and 64bit) in Qemu, if you run into issues, I might be able to support better.
<GNU_Hurd_Rocks>I have tested the VM version, but I also have it on hardware too
<yang>sigttou: What about Arch Hurd?
<Gooberpatrol66>arch hurd is not maintained
<sigttou>thought that one isn't active yang
<sigttou>I've checked their homepage, no post in years
<sigttou> https://archhurd.org/packages/?sort=-last_update
<yang> https://archhurd.org/ok
<sam_>sigttou: thanks for trying it :)
<sam_>very happy we have it and glad people are using it
<yang>sigttou: I ment to write "ok" , seems outdated
<sigttou>sam_: I am following hurd since highschool (~2008) Just managed to find time to dig into it again.
<sigttou>my dad used to be a teacher for *linux* based operating systems, so I had to use something else ;)
<yang>How do Solve this key error on 'apt update' in Debian Hurd? I tried different methods, nothing worked this far. https://pbin.si/?a2d11dda1463ece7#CNrJxqUb69M7nsGcv942KxdjK92UfsQ53CQD4vmJzYfp
<yang>sigttou: that is very cool, my father can't even operate a smart-phone
<sigttou>generational difference I guess, he is 65
<yang>mine is 83
<sigttou>yeah, his father is 86... and I am happy he knows how to use a simple phone.
<sigttou>(and that he's still around and fine, most important thing)
<yang>yeah, my father's doesnt have a PIN code though hehe
<yang>one thing less to worry about:)
<yang>I spotted a fault/bug, with 'screen' installed, when starting up with 'screen' and then 'exit' it wont exit screen, but it logs me out of the machine
<yang>when connected over ssh
<yang>and another one pressing "w" shows me very long idle times, computer is up only 1 hour https://pbin.si/?f105f99678e0a4e2#4mkNBqRQHoPWDRmE2pwaxo5hKMEchhDXgZAysd5TgKPb