Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

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Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is an operating system released by the Debian project for i486-compatible computer architectures. It is a distribution of the GNU operating system with Debian package management and the kernel of FreeBSD, unlike most other GNU variants that are shipped with the Linux kernel.

The Debian GNU/kFreeBSD base system is fully functional, but there still a few major bugs that need to be fixed and packages that need to be ported to the system. Therefore, no official release of the operating system has been made.

It should be noted that the k in kFreeBSD refers to the fact that only the kernel of the FreeBSD operating system is used. Since FreeBSD is its own complete operating system, it is important to indicate that the kernel itself is not its own separate entity.

[edit] Ging

Debian GNU/kFreeBSD can be tried using the Ging Live-CD.

Ging is a Live CD distribution based on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD.

Ging is a double recursive acronym that stands for Ging Is Not Ging.

As of version 0.1.0, Ging includes a KDE 3.4 desktop, a complete toolchain with gcc 4.0, and a mixture of GNOME and KDE apps like Koffice, GIMP, Konqueror, etc.