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You can now use Debian without Linux (www.theregister.com)
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The GNU project was started in 1983 and in 2025 you can finally use a pure GNU operating system. Not that you'd want to but that is some serious perseverance.

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[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago

Since the title is a little unclear: this is not the first release of Debian/Hurd, which was first released in 2013, just a new one for 2025.