From: indieterminacy <indieterminacy@libre.brussels>
To: Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Could Guix System eventually run on top of HyperbolaBSD ? slightly off topic
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 02:16:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43f9daf6ddb08c6fdc3d1314f1f90c3d@libre.brussels> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875yk36zhs.fsf@dismail.de>
On 12-07-2022 00:44, Joshua Branson wrote:
> Sorry for starting this centuries flame war, but I can't help but be
> more and more impressed with OpenBSD. It seems ideal for small scale
> servers (aka NOT large databases). It tries really hard to be secure
> by
> default and has great documentation. With OpenBSD it is easy to set up
> a static website (httpd) and your own email server (openSMTPD, spamd,
> and pf).
>
> I would argue that the average user will find OpenBSD to be easier to
> secure than the Linux kernel.
>
> The Hyperbola GNU/Linux team recently announced that they would ditch
> Linux for OpenBSD. They are using the OpenBSD kernel and the OpenBSD
> userland. And they are GPL-ing all of the code. It sounds like they
> will
> have to replace 20% of said code.
>
> https://www.hyperbola.info/
>
> Though the website currently says "Donate to keep the project alive".
> So that's not super reassuring...
>
> Anyway, assuming that the HyperbolaBSD team accomplishes their goals,
> would Guix System or Guix ever be able to run on HyperbolaBSD? I know
> that Guix System ties itself to glibc. HyperbolaBSD does NOT use glibc
> and probably never will. Would it be feasible/desireable for Guix &
> Guix
> System to support a BSD kernel and alternative libc? What about other
> OSes?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joshua
>
> P.S. I just recently came accross this guide for getting started with
> OpenBSD on servers: http://si3t.ch/ah/en/toc/ I am really impressed
> with how easy/awesome OpenBSD is.
I recall dicussing this topic area with you last year:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-06/msg00080.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-06/msg00082.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-06/msg00083.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-06/msg00084.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-06/msg00085.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-06/msg00086.html
Im pleased that the Hyperbola community has been making strides.
Hopefully I can one day have an OpenBSD kernel overseeing Guix SD.
Kind regards,
Jonathan McHugh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-12 0:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-11 22:44 Could Guix System eventually run on top of HyperbolaBSD ? slightly off topic Joshua Branson
2022-07-12 0:16 ` indieterminacy [this message]
2022-07-12 2:18 ` Joshua Branson
2022-07-12 3:56 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2022-07-12 13:39 ` Joshua Branson
2022-07-12 8:25 ` Josselin Poiret
2022-07-12 13:36 ` Joshua Branson
2022-07-12 20:12 ` Csepp
2022-07-14 10:23 ` zimoun
2022-07-14 10:40 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-07-14 13:06 ` zimoun
2022-07-14 15:38 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2022-07-15 11:09 ` Csepp
2022-07-19 21:46 ` jbranso
2022-07-19 21:44 ` jbranso
2022-07-19 21:43 ` jbranso
2022-07-19 21:41 ` jbranso
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-07-20 16:03 Raghav Gururajan
2022-07-20 16:49 ` Maxime Devos
2022-07-21 16:27 ` zimoun
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