[Nix-dev] Nix-based GNU/Hurd image!

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Nixers!

You’re already using an alternative distro, but you’re getting tired of
using such a mainstream OS?  Then, this is for you:

  http://hydra.nixos.org/job/gnu/hurd-master/qemu_image/latest/download

A cross-built QEMU image of GNU (aka. GNU/Hurd), the extensible
operating system designed for user freedom.

This is not a NixOS GNU/Hurd image; it’s much more raw.  It currently
only contains a few core tools, all cross-built with Nix/Nixpkgs, and
the user gets dropped at a Bash prompt when it boots.

Eventually the real goal is to run builds and test suites of GNU
software on GNU/Hurd in a VM on Hydra, to complement what’s already
done:

  http://hydra.nixos.org/project/gnu

The Nix expression for the image is at:

  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hydra-recipes.git/tree/hurd/release.nix

Join the fun!

Thanks,
Ludo’.