No kidding: Gentoo GNU/Hurd

On April 1, the Gentoo Linux project published a blog postannouncing that it was switching to GNU Hurd as its primarykernel as an April Fool's joke. While that is not true, the projecthas followed up with an announcementof a new Gentoo port to the Hurd:

Our crack team has been working hard to port Gentoo to the Hurd andcan now share that they've succeeded, though it remains still in aheavily experimental stage. You can try Gentoo GNU/Hurd using apre-prepared disk image. The easiest way to do this is with QEMU[...]

We have developed scripts to build this image locally andconveniently work on further development of the Hurd port. Releasemedia like stages and automated image builds are future goals, as isfeature parity on x86-64. Further contributions are welcome,encouraged, and needed. Be patient, expect to get your hands dirty,anticipate breakage, and have fun!

Oh, and Gentoo GNU/Hurd also works on real hardware!

Text for the April Fool's post is available at the bottom of thereal announcement.