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Debian K/FreeBSD (Debian BSD)
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseDebian 6 2002
Latest releaseDebian 8 Jessie RC 3
Latest previewRC 3 Jessie
Marketing targetServers who want to play around with BSD while having Debain Packages.
Update methodLTS
Package managerAdvanced Packaging Tool (apt) (command-line frontend) and dpkg (low-levelled system)
Platformsi386, amd64
Kernel typeModular kernel (kFreeBSD)
UserlandGNU with GNU C Library
Default
user interface		cmd, XFCE, Gnome, KDE (4)
LicenseGPL, LPGL, BSD, MIT, MPL, and CDDL
Preceded byDebian, FreeBSD
Succeeded byUbuntuBSD (discontinued), Project Trident, and LongHorn BSD (in devopement)
Official websitewww.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu

Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is a discontinued[1] GNU variant released by the Debian project. It uses the kernel of FreeBSD combined with a GNU based userland and glibc. The majority of software in Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is built from the same sources as Debian GNU/Linux with some kernel packages from FreeBSD. The k in kFreeBSD is an abbreviation for kernel of, which refers to the fact that only the kernel of FreeBSD operating system is used. The Debian project maintains two ports based on the FreeBSD kernel, "kfreebsd-i386" and "kfreebsd-amd64" The last version of Debian BSD was based off of Debian 8 Jessie.

Debian developers have cited OSS, pf, jails, NDIS, ZFS and central management of code licenses as reasons for being interested in the FreeBSD kernel.[2]

A very first testing version of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was created in 2002,[3] and then it was included in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) as a "technology preview", and in Debian 7.0 (Wheezy) as an official port. Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was discontinued as an officially supported platform as of Debian 8.0 and was going to be moved to ports. The Project was killed off because of "low users" even though in fact it had more then the most unused version of Debian 32X (not to be confused with 32bit Debian). The project was killed do to Debian's move to the highly controversial System D. This is why all images were removed by February 2018 according to the Debian development mailing list.


In 2015-2016 a downstream distro named UbuntuBSD emerged. It was Based on Debian BSD. it had only 2 releases 15.10 and 16.04 build on Debian BSD 8. It was mentioned on the show "BSD Now" by JupiterBroadCasting's own Allan Jude a well known FreeBSD developer and Debian BSD critic. The distro only lasted 2 years before being forced to shut down do to legal threats by Ubuntu's owner and founder Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical with a Cease and Desists letter to the project do to them violating Ubuntu copy rights and trade marks. This has happened to other projects such as EEEbuntu now known as EasyPeasy and recently Linux Mint.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/11/msg00005.html
  2. ^ "Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_why - Debian Wiki". Wiki.debian.org. 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
  3. ^ "Chrooted NetBSD environment available for testing". 2002-01-06.

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  1. ^ https://launchpad.net/ubuntubsd
  2. ^ https://www.linux.com/news/meet-ubuntubsd-unix-human-beings
  3. ^ https://www.ostechnix.com/ubuntubsd-a-combination-of-freebsd-and-ubuntu/
  4. ^ https://itsfoss.com/ubuntubsd-ubuntu-freebsd/
  5. ^ https://www.maketecheasier.com/ubuntubsd-best-of-ubuntu-and-bsd/
  6. ^ https://www.channelfutures.com/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-bsd-merge-to-form-new-ubuntubsd-open-source-os
  7. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxjrDBaa8U
  8. ^ https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/04/09/0051246/ubuntubsd-is-looking-to-become-an-official-ubuntu-flavor
  9. ^ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/22/ubuntubsd_released/
  10. ^ https://www.cio.com/article/3046588/open-source-tools/ubuntubsd-helps-users-escape-systemd.html
  11. ^ https://linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/ubuntuBSD-103780.shtml
  12. ^ https://linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/ubuntuBSD-103780.shtml
  13. ^ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ubuntubsd
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