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Tomkitten 11-17-2011 04:17 PM

Fedora 16 kernel
 
My user name is Tomkitten, only because TomKat was taken.
My expectation was that Fedora 16 would contain the FreeBSD kernel and I am disappointed. Perhaps I'm wrong as I only ran the active D/L.

acid_kewpie 11-17-2011 04:20 PM

erm, Fedora is a Linux distribution. Why would you think it would contain a FreeBSD kernel when it's NOT FreeBSD? FreeBSD is BSD.

Jenni 11-17-2011 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomkitten (Post 4526906)
My user name is Tomkitten, only because TomKat was taken.
My expectation was that Fedora 16 would contain the FreeBSD kernel and I am disappointed. Perhaps I'm wrong as I only ran the active D/L.

Fedora uses the Linux kernel, I'm not aware of any spins available with the BSD kernel. You may be able to compile the freeBSD kernel yourself, however I can't really advise it.

Tomkitten 11-17-2011 11:04 PM

I know that my Fedora message Re: FreeBSD was confusing!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenni (Post 4526911)
Fedora uses the Linux kernel, I'm not aware of any spins available with the BSD kernel. You may be able to compile the freeBSD kernel yourself, however I can't really advise it.

I'm currently using Fedora 15. I have been reading that the next distribution of DEBIAN will contain a FreeBSD kernel and not Fedora.
Sorry for the confusion.
Tomkitten

acid_kewpie 11-18-2011 12:58 AM

What on earth have you been reading?

I have to say that this actually reads a lot like a troll... where did Debian come in to the equation??? You're reply is even more confusing that the original post.

Fedora runs with a Linux kernel. This will not change.

John VV 11-18-2011 01:32 AM

to add Debain is also NOT BSD ( not FreeBSD)

and why on earth ( or any other planet) would one want to try to build a uninx bsd into linux

they are both fruit but apples and oranges .

acid_kewpie 11-18-2011 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV (Post 4527265)
to add Debain is also NOT BSD ( not FreeBSD)

and why on earth ( or any other planet) would one want to try to build a uninx bsd into linux

they are both fruit but apples and oranges .

*ahem* http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ *ahem*

Tomkitten 11-18-2011 07:15 AM

I have been reading:
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie (Post 4527281)

Debian 6.0 Released In GNU/Linux, FreeBSD Flavors
Posted by Soulskill on Sunday February 06 2011, @08:16AM
from the right-on-time dept.
itwbennett writes "After two years of work, the Debian Project has announced the release of Debian 6.0. 'There are many goodies in Debian 6.0 GNU/Linux, not the least of which is the new completely free-as-in-freedom Linux kernel, which no longer contains firmware modules that Debian developers found troublesome,' says blogger Brian Proffitt. And in addition to Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced as a technology preview. 'Debian GNU/kFreeBSD will port both a 32- and 64-bit PC version of the FreeBSD kernel into the Debian userspace, making them the first Debian release without a Linux kernel,' says Proffitt. 'The Debian Project is serious about the technology preview label, though: these FreeBSD-based versions will have limited advanced desktop features.' The release notes and installation manual have been posted, and installation images may be downloaded right now via bittorrent, jigdo, or HTTP."

acid_kewpie 11-18-2011 07:19 AM

and that doesn't mention fedora. so are we done here?

Tomkitten 11-18-2011 07:36 AM

Change of venue
 
We are done here. I will move on to Debian.

acid_kewpie 11-18-2011 08:15 AM

why? just use proper FreeBSD if that's what you want.


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