Editing Debian (section)

====Debian GNU/kFreeBSD====
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Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is a discontinued<ref>{{cite mailing list|url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/11/msg00005.html|title=Release Team Sprint Results|date=2014-11-09|mailing-list=debian-devel-announce|first=Jonathan|last=Wiltshire|access-date=January 10, 2017|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221051409/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/11/msg00005.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Debian flavor. It used the [[FreeBSD]] [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]] and [[GNU]] [[User space|userland]]. The majority of software in Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was built from the same sources as Debian, with some kernel packages from [[FreeBSD]]. The ''k'' in ''kFreeBSD'' is an abbreviation for ''kernel'', which refers to the FreeBSD kernel. Before discontinuing the project, Debian maintained i386 and amd64 ports. The last version of Debian kFreeBSD was Debian 8 (Jessie) RC3. Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was created in 2002.<ref>{{Cite mailing list|url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2002/01/msg00000.html|title=Chrooted NetBSD environment available for testing|date=2002-01-06|mailing-list=debian-bsd|first=Matthew|last=Garrett|access-date=December 17, 2019|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906012153/https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2002/01/msg00000.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was included in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) as a [[technology preview]], and in Debian 7 (Wheezy) as an official port.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was discontinued as an officially supported platform as of Debian 8. Debian developers cited [[Open Sound System|OSS]], [[PF (firewall)|pf]], [[FreeBSD jail|jails]], [[Network Driver Interface Specification|NDIS]], and [[ZFS]] as reasons for being interested in the FreeBSD kernel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_why|title=Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_why|website=Debian Wiki|date=2011-10-05|access-date=2013-07-05|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222164624/https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_why|url-status=live}}</ref> It has not been officially updated since Debian 8.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ |title=Debian GNU/kFreeBSD |work=Debian.org |access-date=May 26, 2014 |archive-date=May 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531011403/http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, starting in July 2019, the operating system continued to be maintained unofficially.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2019/07/threads.html|title=debian-bsd Jul 2019 by thread|website=lists.debian.org|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-date=July 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731204052/https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2019/07/threads.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of July 2023, the development of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD has officially terminated due to the lack of interest and developers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2023 |title=Debian official announcement |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/07/msg00176.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927064527/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/07/msg00176.html |archive-date=27 September 2023 |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref>