GNU/kFreeBSD -vs- FreeBSD with Linux_base-debain?

todd todd@webpath.net
Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:24:50 -0400


kfreebsd_base-debian sounds interesting but I would probably just rather run GNU/kFreeBSD instead.

I think I'll try to spend some time this weekend and install GNU/kFreeBSD on a second hard drive and do a little performance testing against the debain linux base.

I've been developing a modified rox desktop setup using color 
coordination and extending the "drag & drop" functionality to enable 
things like dragging an .iso to an icon to burn it, and so on.  I have 
worked on it with FreeBSD exclusively thus far but moving to 
GNU/kFreeBSD may make some of the desktop applications a bit easier to 
work with.

The ultimate goal is to have a distro(sort of) that will install from a 
LiveCD. 


Robert Millan wrote:

>On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 03:14:31PM -0400, todd wrote:
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>>I'm really intrigued by Glibc-based Debian GNU/kFreeBSD.
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>>I suspect this may be similar to using the FreeBSD base system with the 
>>Debian base set for the Linux mode package linux_base-debian?
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>Somewhat, except you don't need to emulate Linux to get the Debian GNU
>userland.  You can even use GNU/kFreeBSD in a chroot.
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>Btw, I wonder if something like kfreebsd_base-debian would be welcome in
>the ports collection.
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