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=== Kernels === <!-- **** should be moved to [[The Debian Project]] **** Debian supports the [[Linux kernel]] officially, having offered [[Debian GNU/kFreeBSD]] for version 7 but not 8,<ref name="new-in-7">{{Cite web |title=Chapter 2. What's new in Debian 7.0 |url=http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.html |access-date=2014-05-27 |website=Release Notes for Debian 7.0 (wheezy), 32-bit PC |publisher=Debian}}</ref> and [[GNU Hurd]] unofficially.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-01 |title=Debian GNU/Hurd |url=http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/ |access-date=2014-06-10 |publisher=Debian}}</ref> GNU/kFreeBSD was released as a technology preview for [[IA-32]] and [[x86-64]] [[computer architecture|architectures]],<ref name="new-in-7" /> and lacked the amount of software available in Debian's Linux distribution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=architecture requalification status for wheezy |url=https://release.debian.org/wheezy/arch_qualify.html |access-date=2014-08-15 |publisher=Debian}}</ref> Official support for kFreeBSD was removed for version 8, which did not provide a kFreeBSD-based distribution. [[Dyson (operating system)|Dyson]] is an unofficial derivative of Debian that implements the [[illumos]] kernel and [[Service Management Facility]] [[init]] system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About - Dyson - Dyson β Debian GNU/kOpenSolaris |url=https://www.osdyson.org/projects/dyson/wiki |access-date=2019-07-25 |website=www.osdyson.org}}</ref> --> Several flavors of the Linux kernel exist for each port. For example, the i386 port has flavors for IA-32 [[IBM PC compatible|PCs]] supporting [[Physical Address Extension]] and [[real-time computing]], for older PCs, and for x86-64 PCs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Virtual Package: linux-image |url=https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/linux-image |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084518/https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/linux-image |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-15 |publisher=Debian}}</ref> The Linux kernel does not officially contain [[firmware]] lacking source code, although such firmware is available in non-free packages and alternative installation media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-14 |title=Chapter 2 β Debian kernel source |url=https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-source.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604095349/http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-source.html |archive-date=June 4, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-15 |website=Debian Linux Kernel Handbook |publisher=[[Alioth (Debian)|Alioth]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unofficial non-free CDs including firmware packages |url=http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816095235/http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ |archive-date=August 16, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-16 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>
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