From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: info on move to GNU+Hurd and deprecating Linux-libre Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:40:17 -0400 Message-ID: <20200406184017.GA4196@jasmine.lan> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47618) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jLWfY-0001rf-AW for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:40:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jLWfW-0008H6-L6 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:40:23 -0400 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:59557) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jLWfW-0008Fm-FJ for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:40:22 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: "Wayne DePrince Jr." Cc: help-guix@gnu.org On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:01:36PM -0400, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote: > ahoy all, > > hope that everyone is as well as can be. > > i saw the new post on deprecating Linux in Guix in favor of > GNU+Hurd and was just wondering if there is some background on the > decision? i had searched in the mailing list and IRC archives but have > not found anything. Every good joke has an element of truth, and this was an optimistic April Fools joke. Work on the Hurd is progressing more quickly than it has in the past, and of course we like to use GNU software wherever we can. I doubt that Linux support will be deprecated or removed for a long time, if ever. It's one of the most useful free software programs :)