PacBSD

{{Short description|Operating system}} {{Infobox OS | name = PacBSD | logo = | screenshot = | caption = | website = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218051437/https://www.pacbsd.org/ |date=December 18, 2023 |title=pacbsd.org }} | developer = | family = Unix-like (BSD) | source_model = Open source | latest_release_version = (Rolling release) | latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2017|8|14}} | latest_test_version = | latest_test_date = | marketing_target = General purpose | language = | kernel_type = Monolithic with dynamically loadable modules | userland = GNU | ui = Command-line interface | license = Free software (FreeBSD License, FreeBSD Documentation License) | working state = Discontinued | supported_platforms = x86-64 | updatemodel = pacman | package_manager = pacman }} '''PacBSD''' (formerly known as '''Arch BSD'''<ref>{{webarchive |url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231209172359/https://pacbsd.org/news/2015/05/10/project-name-change/ |date = December 9, 2023 |title = Project name change }} </ref>) was an operating system based on Arch Linux, but used the FreeBSD kernel instead of the Linux kernel<ref name="about" /> and the GNU userland. The PacBSD project began on an Arch Linux forum thread<ref name="forum" /> in April 2012. It aimed to provide an Arch-like user environment, utilizing the OpenRC init system, the pacman package manager, and rolling-release.

==See also== * Arch Hurd: A similar project with GNU/Hurd as its base * Arch Linux * FreeBSD

==References== <references>

<ref name="about">{{webarchive |url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231209175642/https://pacbsd.org/about/ |title = About |work = PacBSD |date = December 9, 2023 }}</ref>

<ref name="forum">{{citation |url = http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142679 |title = Arch-BSD |work = Arch Linux Forums |date = 2012-06-04 |access-date = 2014-09-10 }}</ref>

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