Review of the 10 most popular distros

[Mike Garfias]

>From the page on why you'd want to do this:


* NetBSD runs on hardware unsupported by Linux. Porting Debian to the NetBSD
kernel increases the number of platforms that can run a Debian-based operating
system.

* The Debian GNU/Hurd project demonstrates that Debian is not tied to one
specific kernel. However, the Hurd kernel is still relatively immature - a
Debian GNU/NetBSD system would be usable at a production level.

* Lessons learned from the porting of Debian to NetBSD can be used in porting
Debian to other kernels (such as those of FreeBSD and OpenBSD).

* In contrast to projects like Fink or Debian GNU/w32, Debian GNU/NetBSD does
not exist in order to provide extra software or a Unix-style environment to an
existing OS (the *BSD ports trees are already comprehensive, and they
unarguably provide a Unix-style environment). Instead, a user or administrator
used to a more traditional Debian system should feel comfortable with a Debian
GNU/NetBSD system immediately and competent in a relatively short period of
time.

* Not everybody likes the *BSD ports tree or the *BSD userland (this is a
personal preference thing, rather than any sort of comment on quality). Linux
distributions have been produced which provide *BSD style ports or a *BSD
style userland for those who like the BSD user environment but also wish to
use the Linux kernel - Debian GNU/NetBSD is the logical reverse of this,
allowing people who like the GNU userland or a Linux-style packaging system to
use the NetBSD kernel.
* Because we can.

Mike spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> Why would you want to do this?
> 
> On Sunday 02 April 2006 08:25, Mike Garfias wrote:
> > You _CAN_ strip the BSD kernel from BSD and run it with a linux dist. ?See:
> > http://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/ for more info. ?
> 
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