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Debian Elevates KFreeBSD Port to First-Class Status

Posted by timothy on from the you-want-options-here-are-options dept.

Reader tail.man points out this press release from Debian which says that the port of the Debian system to the FreeBSD kernel will be given equal footing alongside Debian's several other release ports, starting with the release of Squeeze. Excerpting from this release: "The kFreeBSD architectures for the AMD64/Intel EM64T and i386 processor architectures are now release architectures. Severe bugs on these architectures will be considered release critical the same way as bugs on other architectures like armel or i386 are. If a particular package does not build or work properly on such an architecture this problem is considered release-critical. Debian's main motivation for the inclusion of the FreeBSD kernel into the official release process is the opportunity to offer to its users a broader choice of kernels and also include a kernel that provides features such as jails, the OpenBSD Packet Filter and support for NDIS drivers in the mainline kernel with full support."

8 of 376 comments (clear)

  1. OK by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    But, does it run Linux?

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    1. Re:OK by Jurily · · Score: 4, Funny

      GNU/FreeBSD

      Flamewar starting in 5..4..3..

      Also vi, KDE3, Gentoo and K&R.

    2. Re:OK by incripshin · · Score: 3, Funny

      You son of a bitch. I use vi, KDE, Gentoo, and K&R.

  2. We have to put an end to their monopoly of awesome by SafeMode · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's nigh time that we look at the sheer scrumtrulesence of Debian and realize that it's reign of End All Be All of OS's must be curtailed and possibly even put an end to. No single OS should be this awesome. And we can no longer ignore the fact that it is.

  3. Re:Linux vs. FreeBSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Features such as jails, the OpenBSD Packet Filter and support for NDIS drivers in the mainline kernel.

  4. Scrumtrulesence by sexconker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scrumtrulesence is a perfectly cromulent word.

  5. Re:Cool by oldhack · · Score: 4, Funny

    God damn foobar apps.

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  6. Re:Cool by agnosticnixie · · Score: 5, Funny

    HURD is, and will always remain, the OS of the future.