Debian Gets FreeBSD Kernel Support 425
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."
I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. (Score:5, Funny)
I think I need to lie down now.
Re:Gentoo Did This Years Ago (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps, but I'm not sure if it's done compiling yet to test.
God, I never thought I'd see the day (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. (Score:5, Funny)
Two kernels? At the same time? I'll be in my bunk.
Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. (Score:5, Funny)
You know what I'd do with a million bucks?
Two kernels at the same time.
I love what that symbolizes! (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.
Boring... (Score:5, Funny)
What about Netcraft? (Score:3, Funny)
Does this mean Netcraft no longer confirms it?
Re:ports-- (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...
Re:APT? (Score:5, Funny)
So they went from being the Linux with the best package manager to being the BSD with the worst package manager?
Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. (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!
So in other words... (Score:4, Funny)
Debian is dead. Netcraft confirms it.
Re:So it it Debian GNU/Linux/FreeBSD (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I think you mean 3 kernels (Score:3, Funny)
Lies. RMS hasn't ever gotten Emacs to boot successfully.
Once a decade? (Score:5, Funny)
Whippersnappers. I haven't rebooted my Multics machine since the 60s!
Re:ports-- (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I love what that symbolizes! (Score:1, Funny)
Nagh, it just means that Tux is a pussy :)
Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. (Score:5, 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*
Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. (Score:3, 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".
Lamp servers (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.
Re:I love what that symbolizes! (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?
postin' it then hoofin' it :-) (Score:2, Funny)
So how long does it take that centaur to login?
Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, but... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Boring... (Score:2, Funny)
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...
Re:APT? (Score:3, 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!
Re:I run Debian, and I run FreeBSD. (Score:3, Funny)
Nothing sucks more than that, eh? You must have a tough life.
Re:Hibernate (Score:3, Funny)
Aaah, well, if you're going to use an experimental OS :->