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ubuntuBSD Beta Release

posted by martyb on Tuesday March 22 2016, @02:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the competitors-become-kin dept.

-- OriginalOwner_ writes:

Phoronix reports

The inaugural release of ubuntuBSD is now available, which the developers have codenamed "Escape From SystemD". [It] pairs the Ubuntu userspace with the FreeBSD kernel.

... This first ubuntuBSD beta release is based off Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf and the FreeBSD 10.1 kernel.

This Ubuntu+FreeBSD operating system ships with the Xfce desktop, is designed for both servers and desktops, and offers complete ZFS file-system support.

The project's SourceForge page
N.B. The ubuntuBSD Web Site link is currently a circular trip back to SourceForge.

[Additional coverage at softpedia. For the impatient/adventuresome here is a direct link to download the latest ISO (893.8 MB ubuntuBSD 15.10~BETA2-amd64.iso). -Ed.]

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by jimtheowl on Tuesday March 22 2016, @04:59AM

    by jimtheowl (5929) on Tuesday March 22 2016, @04:59AM (#321416)

    Same. I use FreeBSD myself, but believing that Linux was a better Windows replacement a few years back, I left a Linux CD with my in laws.

    My brother-in-law called me one day, so proud of himself saying:

    "I reinstall Windows myself and everything works!"

    I asked a few questions to confirm, but he managed to install Linux without knowing it was Linux.

    I never had to hear of that system ever after.

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  • (Score: 2) by bitstream on Tuesday March 22 2016, @05:38AM

    by bitstream (6144) on Tuesday March 22 2016, @05:38AM (#321435) Journal

    Are there any premade stickers like "Linows 10" complete with proper splash images ..? ;-)
    Just to fool people to install it by mistake :p

    Oh.. regarding topic: "Bsdeeows 10" :p

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Pino P on Tuesday March 22 2016, @03:28PM

      by Pino P (4721) on Tuesday March 22 2016, @03:28PM (#321674) Journal

      The Xandros derivative Linspire [wikipedia.org] used to be called "LindowsOS" until Microsoft bought the "Lindows" trademark from the company for $20 million. If Microsoft doesn't plan to make use of the mark, perhaps someone can pull a Hydrox [npr.org] and reclaim the "Lindows" mark.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 23 2016, @12:07AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 23 2016, @12:07AM (#321892)

        I'd buy a packet of Lindows biscuits.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 22 2016, @05:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 22 2016, @05:49AM (#321440)

    We previously discussed a similar event with similar results.
    Woman Installs Linux by Accident; Thinks It's Just MSFT's Latest Stuff [soylentnews.org]

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]