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Re:Debian Squeeze Frozen by drv on Friday August 06, 2010 @11:30AM (#1581282)
The claim that "This is the first time a Linux distribution has been extended to also allow use of a non-Linux kernel" is a little odd, given that Gentoo/FreeBSD has been around for several years: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/fbsd/

Admittedly, Gentoo's port uses the FreeBSD libc whereas Debian ported glibc, and the Gentoo port is not exactly ready for prime time, but claiming Debian did it first is a bit of a stretch.

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Re:Debian Squeeze Frozen by avar on Friday August 06, 2010 @11:36AM (#1581307)
Debian has also had Debian GNU/Hurd in unstable state for years. That Gentoo/FreeBSD page mentions that the port is "experimental" and "incomplete". So presumably they're talking about a non-Linux kernel as a first-class component in a stable release.
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