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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Chimera Linux - FreeBSD-based userland (chimera-linux.org)

submitted 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Built entirely with LLVM
No GNU components in base system
FreeBSD-based userland
Binary packaging based, with a fast source build system
Bootstrappable
Portable

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 years ago

Ugh, not to be confused with: https://chimeraos.org/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 years ago (1 children)

I don't see the benefits. What is better in FreeBSD's userland? What exactly is LLVM?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (2 children)

~~One possible advantage of FreeBSD's userland compared to for example plain Debian is the ports system, which might be a matter of taste, workflow and infrastructure and so on.~~

LLVM is an alternative for gcc the GNU C compiler. I actually liked Debian GNU/kFreeBSD a lot years ago, FreeBSD kernel and Debian user land.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Funnily enough this distribution doesn't use that port system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

Indeed. In the meantime I read that the Chimera Linux author is not fond of the ports system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for the links. I always thought BSD kernel with Linux userland would be cool (for me). I'll try that out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

:+1 Also, for historic purposes : https://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

Looks interesting. By using Linux kernel, we may see better hardware support, while at the same time, keep the original user experience of FreeBSD. But it requires tedious work to maintain, say, keeping up with FreeBSD base update is not easy.