Debian 6.0 Released In GNU/Linux, FreeBSD Flavors

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday February 6, 2011 @01:16AM from the right-on-time dept.

itwbennett writes "After two years of work, the Debian Project has announced the release of Debian 6.0. 'There are many goodies in Debian 6.0 GNU/Linux, not the least of which is the new completely free-as-in-freedom Linux kernel, which no longer contains firmware modules that Debian developers found troublesome,' says blogger Brian Proffitt. And in addition to Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced as a technology preview. 'Debian GNU/kFreeBSD will port both a 32- and 64-bit PC version of the FreeBSD kernel into the Debian userspace, making them the first Debian release without a Linux kernel,' says Proffitt. 'The Debian Project is serious about the technology preview label, though: these FreeBSD-based versions will have limited advanced desktop features.' The release notes and installation manual have been posted, and installation images may be downloaded right now via bittorrent, jigdo, or HTTP."

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Re:NetBsd kernel...what's the advantage? by tomhudson · 2011-02-06 03:25 · Score: 2, Funny

It's kind of funny that you talk about jails being an advantage ... from your link:

the upcoming reiserfs and xfs, or

definitely jailed, and a real killer :-)
... but don't you think you could come up with something a bit more recent? Linux has changed a bit since then.