GNU Variants
Although the official kernel of GNU Project is the GNU Hurd microkernel, the Linux kernel became the general used kernel for GNU software. Other kernels like the FreeBSD kernel also work together with GNU software to form an operative system. The GNU Project has endorsed variants using the Linux kernel, such as gNewSense and Trisquel.
Other GNU variants which do not use the Hurd as a kernel include Nexenta Core (GNU plus the kernel of OpenSolaris) and GNU-Darwin. Debian GNU/kFreeBSD and Debian GNU/NetBSD from Debian bring the early plan of GNU on a BSD kernel full circle.
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