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.

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

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.

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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

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.

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*

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."

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

We are done here. I will move on to Debian.

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