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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] BSD
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Michael Dorrington |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] BSD |
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Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:34:10 +0100 |
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On 09/06/11 04:58, Luke Taylor wrote:
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> Hello folk,
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> I've been reading up on the *BSDs and I need to ask. In the opinion
> of the people on this list, is FreeBSD objectively the one true
> path?
The FreeBSD kernel contains non-free bits:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594940
You could build your own kernel and/or apply the Debian patches to
remove/disable the non-free parts.
FreeBSD is listed on the FSF's "Meet the free software gang":
http://www.fsf.org/working-together/gang/freebsd
You could try the "technology preview" of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD which has
GNU userland with the *k*ernel of *FreeBSD*:
http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a
Mike.
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