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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: 5, Informative) by frojack on Tuesday March 22 2016, @05:15AM

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday March 22 2016, @05:15AM (#321425) Journal

    As I understand it, Neither FreeBSD nor Ubuntu (Canonical) is involved.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Tuesday March 22 2016, @03:31PM

    by Pino P (4721) on Tuesday March 22 2016, @03:31PM (#321678) Journal

    If Canonical is not involved, watch the next article about this distribution be titled to the effect "ubuntuBSD Forced to Change Name".

    • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday March 23 2016, @06:20AM

      by frojack (1554) on Wednesday March 23 2016, @06:20AM (#321968) Journal

      That wouldn't surprise me at all.
      They've let some others slide, but I could see them moving against this.

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