There are several different ways to run a GNU/Hurd system:
- Distrib - Distributions based on the Hurd
- Xen - In Xen
- Live CD
- QEMU - In QEMU
- cloud - In the "cloud": OpenStack
- chroots need a couple of tricks to work properly.
- VirtualBox - In VirtualBox
- https://github.com/bbesim/vagrant_GNU-debian-hurd_basebox - On Vagrant
vmware (non-free!)