Re: FreeLinux (Debian/GNU BSD)
On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:17:14AM -0700, Nate wrote:
> There was a pretty long thread a few months ago, where debian
> linux developers discussed incorporating the the FreeBSD kernel
> into the debian software distribution.
>
> There is already Debian/GNU Linux, and Debian/GNU HURD. I believe
> there may be people working on this now. I for one, would welcome
> a debian distribution based on the freebsd kernel.
>
> I've used both freebsd and debian linux and I see the following problems
> with each.
But Nate, who would run such a system?
I suspect FreeBSD users are quite happy with their user-space tools
(like their own BSD fileutils, not the GNU ones, etc) and their ports
system. I haven't found the ports system to be inferior to our packages,
just different (I have 3.2-RELEASE installed here).
I suspect Linux users are quite happy with Debian GNU/Linux as is stands
now. I'm not interested in a flamewar, but I suspect that very few users
would notice any difference between the kernels in terms of reliability,
if indeed any difference at all.
Hamish
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