GNU variants is a term used by the Free Software Foundation and others to refer to operating systems which use application software and system libraries (in other words, the core userland) from GNU. [1][2]
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Arch Hurd is a derivative work of Arch Linux, porting it to the GNU Hurd system with packages optimised for the Intel P6 architecture. Their goal is to provide an Arch-like user environment (BSD-style init scripts, Pacman package manager, rolling releases, and a simple set up) on the Hurd which is stable enough for at least occasional use. Currently it provides a LiveCD for evaluation purposes and installations guides for LiveCD and conventional installation.
Debian GNU/Hurd is under development but not ready for official release in the near future. It is not considered yet to provide the performance and stability expected from a production system. About half of the Debian packages have been ported to Hurd.[3]
The term GNU/Linux is used by some to refer to an operating system where the Linux kernel is distributed with a GNU userland and GNU system software. Such distributions are the primary installed base of GNU packages and programs and also of Linux. The most notable official use of this term for a distribution is Debian GNU/Linux.
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is an operating system for IA-32 and x86-64 computer architectures. It is a distribution of GNU with Debian package management and the kernel of FreeBSD. The k in kFreeBSD is an abbreviation for kernel of [4], and reflects the fact that only the kernel of the complete FreeBSD operating system is used. The operating system was officially released with Debian Squeeze (6.0) on February 6, 2011[5]. One Debian GNU/kFreeBSD live CD is Ging, which is no longer maintained.[6]
Debian GNU/NetBSD was an experimental port of Debian GNU/Linux user-land applications to NetBSD kernel. No official release of this operating system was made; although work was conducted on ports for the IA-32[7] and DEC Alpha[8] architectures, it has not seen active maintenance since 2002 and is no longer available for download.[9]
Nexenta OS is the first distribution that combines the GNU userland (with the exception of libc; OpenSolaris' libc is used) and Debian's packaging and organisation with the OpenSolaris kernel. Nexenta OS is available for IA-32 and x86-64 based systems. Nexenta Systems, Inc initiated the project and sponsors its continued development.[10]
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