PacBSD

PacBSD
OS family	Unix-like (BSD)
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Open source
Latest release	(Rolling release) / August 14, 2017;8 years ago (2017-08-14)
Marketing target	General purpose
Update method	pacman
Package manager	pacman
Supported platforms	x86-64
Kernel type	Monolithic with dynamically loadable modules
Userland	GNU
Default user interface	Command-line interface
License	Free software (FreeBSD License, FreeBSD Documentation License)
Official website	pacbsd.org at the Wayback Machine (archived December 18, 2023)

PacBSD (formerly known as Arch BSD ^[1] ) was an operating system based on Arch Linux, but used the FreeBSD kernel instead of the Linux kernel ^[2] and the GNU userland. The PacBSD project began on an Arch Linux forum thread ^[3] 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

1. Project name change at the Wayback Machine (archived December 9, 2023)
2. About at the Wayback Machine (archived December 9, 2023)
3. "Arch-BSD", Arch Linux Forums, 2012-06-04, retrieved 2014-09-10