Re: FreeLinux (Debian/GNU BSD)
On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:17:14AM -0700, Nate wrote:
> GO AGS!
>
> I'm a UCD alum. Now I'm a law student in Sacramento. Cool.
>
> I'll be going to the Linux Users Group of Davis next Tuesday.
>
> See http://www.lugod.org for time and place.
>
> First off, if you are really interested in this project, you
> should take a look at the mailing list archives at www.debian.org.
>
> 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.
>
> 1. FreeBSD's kernel kicks ass, but the ports system is not nearly
> as sophisticated as the debian .deb package format.
>
> 2. Debian Linux's package format kicks ass, but the linux kernel
> is not nearly as stable as the freebsd kernel (IMHO). If we could combine
> the .deb package format with the freebsd kernel, I do believe one would
> have absolutely the most stable, most versatile, most sophisticated
> operating system on the whole damn planet. If you are a developer
> (I'm not so I've settled on debian, but I monitor freebsd's progress),
> I do not believe it would be too monumental of a task to port debian
> packages over to freebsd's kernel. I would probably be a simple matter
> of recompiling the packages and altering a few debian .diff files. I would
> help if I had some guidance, (cause I have 5 computers so I have machines
> to compile on). If you are interested, lets get something going. I live
> only 20 miles away from you and we could meet at lugod meetings.
>
> I'm going to forward this message over to the debian lists...
>
> Hope to hear from you soon.
>
> nate
>
This all sounds great, uniting Debian and BSD
(FreeBSD, say) --- I ran Debian for several
months before putting FBSD on both my systems.
The thing is: the organization and the effort
(work!) required.
Anybody out there with a few thousand hours
to spare?
gary
> On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 07:29:31AM -0700, Greg Shenaut wrote:
> > I've not used Linux, but I've been told that there is considerable
> > difference among the several principal variants. Once a bunch of
> > user software has been installed over the net, from the user's
> > point of view (and to some extent, the adminstrator's), is FreeBSD
> > more or less different from the Linux variants as they are from
> > each other? And if the answer is that they are all pretty similar,
> > then perhaps a customized version of FreeBSD could be prepared that
> > emphasizes the similarities, distributed as FreeLinux or LinuxBSD.
> > (I'm thinking in terms of a FreeBSD kernel with a Linux API in
> > front, a reshuffled directory hierarchy, and several of the more
> > prominent Linux applications--sort of a Linux emulation on steroids.)
> >
> > Why? You ask, "Why?!"
> >
> > I'm curious as to how many users would be attracted to a product
> > incorporating the "Linux" handle, plus greater out-of-the box Linux
> > compatibility, compared to more or less the same thing without it.
> >
> > After all,
> > What's in a name? That which we call a rose
> > By any other name would smell as sweet.
> >
> > -Greg Shenaut
> >
> >
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