Devuan kFreeBSD

Danielsan · 2021-02-19 15:32:16

Do you remember the "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD" project? It was closed for lack of volunteers but I think it was a great idea.

It would be fantastic if Devuan could inherit and revive this project!

Devuan GNU/kFreeBSD just the name rocks!

Last edited by Danielsan (2021-02-19 15:42:58)

mckaygerhard · 2021-02-20 07:40:48

there's a Debian/Devuan kfreebsd group in Telegram that try to "makes something" but it seems there's no interest in somthing interesting.. https://t.me/Debian_kFreeBSD

Head_on_a_Stick · 2021-02-20 09:22:32

Danielsan wrote:

It was closed for lack of volunteers but I think it was a great idea.
It would be fantastic if Devuan could inherit and revive this project!

So I take it you're volunteering then? Thanks!

yeti · 2021-02-20 14:00:38

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Danielsan wrote:
It was closed for lack of volunteers but I think it was a great idea.
It would be fantastic if Devuan could inherit and revive this project!
So I take it you're volunteering then? Thanks!

Yayyyyy!

dice · 2021-02-20 14:05:23

Maybe see if Theo de Raadt can give you a hand lol....

Last edited by dice (2021-02-20 14:05:33)

mckaygerhard · 2021-02-20 14:15:45

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Danielsan wrote:
It was closed for lack of volunteers but I think it was a great idea.
It would be fantastic if Devuan could inherit and revive this project!
So I take it you're volunteering then? Thanks!

we need a build environment.. currently only OBS provide this for persoinal test, the devuan build ci system forces people to follo devuan rules and in that way we cannot test property .. with OBS people can play with the package until get something refined and tuned! like my php fixed pacakges without shitstemd

Kfreebsd Debian/Devuan group: https://t.me/Debian_kFreeBSD

Last edited by mckaygerhard (2021-02-20 14:16:11)

Danielsan · 2021-02-22 06:56:22

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

So I take it you're volunteering then? Thanks!

I can try but I need some guidance on basically... everything!

Last edited by Danielsan (2021-02-22 06:59:00)

yeti · 2021-02-22 12:59:24

These projects died.
Gentoo's experiments with BSD kernels are fossiled history too.

Maybe digging out the last Debian/kFreeBSD and slowly upgrading from that status quo would work?

–▷ https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/kfreebsd-amd64
–▷ https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/kfreebsd-i386

Didn't find newer references in my currently undercaffeinated attention span.

Danielsan · 2021-02-22 17:35:56

The wiki said it was been just a technical preview however it had been the only, working, alternative kernel available for Debian...

yeti · 2021-02-23 07:05:55

I don't remember the timeline good enough, but there was a very unfinished Debian/kNetBSD too, plans for Debian/kOpenBSD, and there still is Debian/(k?)Hurd.

"Debian, the universal OS" ... is this subtitle still in use?

The de facto (k?)Linux monoculture this world is aimimg at is a danger!

Danielsan · 2021-02-24 01:56:51

yeti wrote:

I don't remember the timeline good enough, but there was a very unfinished Debian/kNetBSD too, plans for Debian/kOpenBSD, and there still is Debian/(k?)Hurd.
"Debian, the universal OS" ... is this subtitle still in use?
The de facto (k?)Linux monoculture this world is aimimg at is a danger!

That is actually the point, but this is not Linux monoculture, is Red Hat monoculture. I am totally fine with corporate shaping Linux the way they need with their distro, but it is disappointing when all the distros must follow its lead because it wants all the support available to develop and reduce the cost of the products of its portfolio, doesn't matter it is still free software. You kill free software when is developed with corporate mindset.

yeti · 2021-02-24 10:19:26

Don't forget the influence these big players have on the kernel.
That affects all Linux based systems.

mckaygerhard · 2021-02-26 13:39:30

Danielsan wrote:

yeti wrote:
I don't remember the timeline good enough, but there was a very unfinished Debian/kNetBSD too, plans for Debian/kOpenBSD, and there still is Debian/(k?)Hurd.
"Debian, the universal OS" ... is this subtitle still in use?
The de facto (k?)Linux monoculture this world is aimimg at is a danger!
That is actually the point, but this is not Linux monoculture, is Red Hat monoculture. I am totally fine with corporate shaping Linux the way they need with their distro, but it is disappointing when all the distros must follow its lead because it wants all the support available to develop and reduce the cost of the products of its portfolio, doesn't matter it is still free software. You kill free software when is developed with corporate mindset.

totally true.. but noted that most of that shit is windosers users .. in fact are hybrid people inflintrating in free softwware projects.. noted that almost haflt of them also works in some M$ project in some way?

yeti · 2021-02-26 15:38:21

mckaygerhard wrote:

totally true.. but noted that most of that shit is windosers users .. in fact are hybrid people inflintrating in free softwware projects.. noted that almost haflt of them also works in some M$ project in some way?

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/about/board

mckaygerhard · 2021-02-26 23:18:45

yeti wrote:

mckaygerhard wrote:
totally true.. but noted that most of that shit is windosers users .. in fact are hybrid people inflintrating in free softwware projects.. noted that almost haflt of them also works in some M$ project in some way?
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/about/board

facebook, micosfot, vmwaree, samsung, ibm nec, fujitsu, intel.. ORACLE!~ puiffff i retract .. not half or.. ALMOST ALL OF!

full of shit is linux today

aitor · 2022-10-14 05:58:09

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Danielsan wrote:
It was closed for lack of volunteers but I think it was a great idea.
It would be fantastic if Devuan could inherit and revive this project!
So I take it you're volunteering then? Thanks!

I started working on that:

https://www.gnuinos.org/kfreebsd-13.1/

But I can't make any promises. It's not an easy task.

Camtaf · 2022-10-14 08:52:09

I don't really see the point...

Why use a kernel from another O/S - just 'Devuanize' one of the BSDs, if it's the look & feel that you're after.

Alternately, get on board the Hurd project, it was designed to work with GNU (Linux) software utilities.

Altoid · 2022-10-14 12:03:56

Hello:

Danielsan wrote:

... fantastic if Devuan could inherit and revive ...

I beg to differ, it would be anything but fantastic.

Please don't take it personally but I find it really hard to get my head around what you are proposing.

Devuan quite definitely does not need to inherit other people's projects or invest time and manpower to revive anything.
Much less something that no one else seems to have any interest in.

What the Devuan project needs, in the face of its present situation, is to manage to stay alive.

Like I recently posted elsewhere:

Altoid wrote:

I'm quite sure there are a great many areas where your expertise could be very useful to the Devuan project.
The most delicate part of the balance the Devuan project has achieved is related the dependency it has on Debian.
eg:
As most of us know, Debian's systemd brainchild (pun intended) has left Debian and now works for MS.
Now, if in spite of his having left Debian, Poettering's accolytes decide to continue to push things even further and eventually manage to alter that delicate balance, the Devuan project will undoubtedly be in great danger.
ie: Debian software which now can run on Devuan thanks to the efforts of the Devuan developers/maintainers could directly cease to be available or be too time-expensive for the project's team to adjust them to the systemd-less Devuan.
Eventually, Devuan would have no applications to run and cease to exist.
And, as you surely grasp, that is something that would affect all Devuan based distributions.

The Devuan project cannot under any circumstance afford to undertake this sort of thing.
Makes no sense at all.
What the $%#" for, to what end?

As if it does not already have more than enough on it's developer's/maintainer's plates.

Like I said: the Devuan project, first and foremost, needs to be able to survive.
And that, by itself, is a huge undertaking.

And if it can be pulled off, it will truly be a huge accomplishment.

Best,

A.

hunter0one · 2022-10-14 13:24:18

I agree with Camtaf, if I'm going to use the FreeBSD kernel I would rather use FreeBSD (and I do). The FreeBSD kernel is made for the operating system.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2022-10-14 15:28:13

aitor wrote:

I started working on that

That is incredible, thank you for the effort. People like you are what makes the open source community so fantastic.

Plentyn · 2022-10-14 18:21:28

Everybody should do what bites him. I would be much more intrigued by Devuan L4-Hurd.

pcalvert · 2022-10-14 18:58:54

I believe that the Hyperbola Project working on something similar. Maybe giving them a hand would be the way to go.

AssassinK786 · 2023-04-25 17:14:23

aitor wrote:

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
Danielsan wrote:
It was closed for lack of volunteers but I think it was a great idea.
It would be fantastic if Devuan could inherit and revive this project!
So I take it you're volunteering then? Thanks!
I started working on that:
https://www.gnuinos.org/kfreebsd-13.1/
But I can't make any promises. It's not an easy task.

I started working on debian kfreebsd

there are 3 things i got to know
the port is shown to "in progress" but actually stalled for 2-3years
the debian people are not supportive
there is lack of documentation for this purpose

I'm ready to work on this port
i need just need 2 things
your support &
Proper Documentation

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