GNU variants
GNU variants are operating systems based on GNU, but do not use the kernel of the GNU Project GNU Hurd.
GNU / Linux
Far from GNU / Linux, a GNU variant that uses the Linux kernel is the most popular variant of GNU, and is often referred to instead of GNU / Linux as Linux ( see GNU / Linux naming controversy ). This term is also used in operating systems, where only basic programs such as Shell and compiler of the GNU project and not GNOME and GNU GTK applications are included. Numerous projects and companies provide so-called Linux distributions.
Debian GNU / Hurd
Debian GNU / Hurd is the most advanced and most active GNU variant based on GNU Hurd. About 78 % of the packages included in the official Debian archive about 30,000 have been successfully compiled for GNU Hurd. In the first half of 2005 large programs like KDE and GNOME are ported to Debian GNU Hurd. The installation, use and administration of the system differs, apart from existing restrictions, hardly Debian GNU / Linux. For version 7.0 ( Wheezy ) the publication of an official port to the GNU Hurd was discussed. However, this was rejected.
Debian GNU / kFreeBSD
Debian GNU / kFreeBSD is an operating system based on GNU and the FreeBSD kernel. The k in the name stands for "kernel ( of) ". The Debian-GNU/kFreeBSD-Portierung is currently the only available GNU / kFreeBSD distribution. The developers of Gentoo / FreeBSD see their operating system as a variant of FreeBSD. Debian GNU / kFreeBSD offers ZFS and the zfsutils. In addition, the operating system under ZFS can be installed on the AMD64 hardware platform.
Debian GNU / NetBSD
Debian GNU / NetBSD was until 2002 a variant of GNU, which used the kernel from NetBSD.
Nexenta OS
Nexenta OS is a Solaris -based free version. The operating system provides the open source made in the course of OpenSolaris Solaris kernel and the Solaris system software, to manage the software installation, however, is managed through the Debian package format. As a basis for the system uses Nexenta OS Debian GNU / Linux and Ubuntu. The original planned name for Nexenta OS was GNU / Solaris. The current version 3.1.4.2 is In August 2010 it was announced that the upcoming version 4.0 is no longer on Solaris, but on Illumos, which was co-founded by Nexenta, are based.