When I bought notebook I had to find out some use for previous box. It was great opportunity to test etch installer (and my Polish translation at the same time) so I did it several times using miscellaneous settings. Eventually it was time to find out some real use for this box. I decided to try out some non-Linux port of Debian. The most stable and actively developed seemed to be kFreeBSD.
I installed it about month ago. I must admit it works great despite some initial stability problems related to buggy mount, quickly workarounded with help from people from #gnu-kbsd channel. (thanks!)
I use it mainly as a backup machine and small www server, but since it handles it without a hitch I'm probably going to make it also print and Samba server.
I was sceptical to GNU userland used with non-Linux kernels, but admittedly we're getting closer and closer to the day when switching between kernels would be piece of cake ;)
(fenio@kfbsd)~#uptime
15:36:57 up 21 days, 6:23, 1 user, load average: 0.23, 0.08, 0.04
(fenio@kfbsd)~#
As you can see it works. It lays in one of my wardrobe, without the case and unplugged from any external devices. I couldn't remove graphic card due to some weird BIOS limits, so it has some PCI card worth less than the beer I'm drinking now ;)
Here's its photo. Sorry for quality, but I don't have any camera around, so it's made with my cellphone.
If someone wondered if non-Linux Debian ports are worth try, then I have to say YES, THEY ARE!
Using this opportunity I would like to thank everyone involved in their development. Keep up the good work!
Now it's time to give a try to Debian GNU/Hurd... have to start gathering the hardware for that ;)
