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Debian Gets FreeBSD Kernel Support

Posted by timothy on from the types-like-this-kept-me-out-of-good-schools dept.

mu22le writes "Today Debian gets one step closer to really becoming 'the universal operating system' by adding two architectures based on the FreeBSD kernel to the unstable archive. This does not mean that the Debian project is ditching the Linux kernel; Debian users will be able to choose which kernel they want to install (at least on on the i386 and amd64 architectures) and get more or less the same Debian operating system they are used to. This makes Debian the first distribution, and probably the first large OS, to support two completely different kernels at the same time."

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  1. I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. by palegray.net · · Score: 4, Funny

    But with FreeBSD doing Linux apps, and Debian able to run the FreeBSD kernel, things are getting kinda weird in UNIX-land.

    I think I need to lie down now.

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    1. Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. by thedrx · · Score: 5, Funny

      "This makes Debian the first distribution, and probably the first large OS, to support two completely different kernels at the same time."

      Two kernels? At the same time? I'll be in my bunk.

    2. Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. by johnsonav · · Score: 5, Funny

      You know what I'd do with a million bucks?

      Two kernels at the same time.

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    3. Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny


      You know what I'd do with a million bucks?

      Two kernels at the same time.

      Just 2??? For a million bucks? You're aiming to low. Imagine a beowulf cluster of them!

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    4. Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. by kv9 · · Score: 4, Funny

      now all they (Debian) need to do is replace the userland with a BSD one (preferably Net) and we'll have a proper OS.

      *zing*

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    5. Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 2, Funny

      George Orwell on Operating Systems!

      "And there, Free BSD was doing Linux, and Debian Linux can run the BSD kernel, and lo, you could no longer tell them apart".

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    6. Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. by TwistedSymmetry · · Score: 3, Funny

      The correct term is a Beowulf clusterfuck.

    7. Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      nothing sucks more than a 5 minute reboot when your battery is low and you are on an airplane

      Nothing sucks more than that, eh? You must have a tough life.

  2. Re:Gentoo Did This Years Ago by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps, but I'm not sure if it's done compiling yet to test.

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  3. God, I never thought I'd see the day by palegray.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    when this image was actually an on-topic response to a Slashdot story.

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  4. I love what that symbolizes! by r00t · · Score: 5, Funny

    FreeBSD fans created that image, but...

    1. It shows that FreeBSD is gay.

    2. It leaves no doubt why FreeBSD is represented by Satan.

    Clearly, this is why we must stay away from FreeBSD.

    1. Re:I love what that symbolizes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Nagh, it just means that Tux is a pussy :)

    2. Re:I love what that symbolizes! by Higher+Authority · · Score: 4, Funny

      Who says Tux isn't female, or that Beastie isn't raping Linux as an expression of power, as opposed to sexual preference?

  5. Boring... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm waiting for Windows kernel support to be added. I prefer blue screens over seg faults. :P

    1. Re:Boring... by ace123 · · Score: 2, Funny
      That's why they made GeNToo!

      Finally you can get the best of both worlds! The Win32 subsystem is such a mess, the Linux kernel is a mess. Once you have the GNU tools on the NT kernel, you get a very solid OS that even rivals Solaris 10 in many respects.

      It's only been compiling for just a bit over 4 years, so I'm hopeful. It's not like it has crashed or anything... no that wouldn't make any sense...

  6. What about Netcraft? by gmhowell · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean Netcraft no longer confirms it?

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  7. Re:ports-- by jps25 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even getting a decent lamp server fully setup is a chore under freebsd. Hopefully debian/apt can breath more life into it!

    I couldn't imagine why...

  8. Re:APT? by glwtta · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it essentially just FreeBSD with APT and gnu userland instead of ports and bsd userland?

    So they went from being the Linux with the best package manager to being the BSD with the worst package manager?

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  9. So in other words... by hedwards · · Score: 3, Funny

    Debian is dead. Netcraft confirms it.

  10. Re:So it it Debian GNU/Linux/FreeBSD by leprkhn · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm calling it GNUBSDEBIAN... or nubs, for short.

  11. Re:I think you mean 3 kernels by Nimey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lies. RMS hasn't ever gotten Emacs to boot successfully.

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  12. Once a decade? by markov_chain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whippersnappers. I haven't rebooted my Multics machine since the 60s!

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  13. Re:ports-- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if 4chan use a FreeBSD/Apache/PostgreSQL/PHP stack...

  14. Lamp servers by davidwr · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I switched my company's lamp servers to florescent, uptime went up but most end users are still not used to the differences between that and the old tungsten servers.

    Now corporate is telling me to prepare a migration plan to the newfangled led technology. I'm all on board with the energy savings but the help desk is going to have their hands full for a few months.

    Well, it's job security.

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  15. postin' it then hoofin' it :-) by dpiven · · Score: 2, Funny

    So how long does it take that centaur to login?

  16. Yes, but... by JoeCoder7 · · Score: 1, Funny

    does it run linux?

  17. Re:APT? by Tokerat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pretty much like a centaur is a man with a horse's body AND a horse with a human head.

    That's Two-Things-ism!

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  18. Re:Hibernate by samael · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aaah, well, if you're going to use an experimental OS :->

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