FSF-Sponsored gNewSense 2.1 Released 413
An anonymous reader writes "gNewSense, the fully-free GNU/Linux distribution sponsored by the FSF, has released a 2.1 live CD (torrent). Since the last release, more non-free binary blobs have been removed, new artwork has been added and lots of other improvements have been made. It's also two years since the first edition of gNewSense, and in that time an impressive ten live CDs have been released! gNewSense 2.1 DeltaH is based on Ubuntu Hardy, and removes non-free software that other distributions don't." I wonder if gNewSense can be easily installed on an OLPC XO the way several other distros can.
OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intentional. (Score:5, Funny)
Who is this supposed to be a nuisance to?
Re:OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intention (Score:5, Funny)
Probably to all the users who have to deal with G or GNU prepended to every program name.
good start (Score:5, Funny)
gNewSense is a good start towards giving the users FREEdom with an entirely FREE operating system. Binary blobs are bad. Those that are willing to sacrifice source code for working drivers deserve neither.
But I'm concerned it doesn't go far enough. Even if the distro doesn't include non-FREE software in the repositories, users can still download and use it. Perhaps the OS should include a whitelist of hashes for all FREE software and only allow it to be run -- non-FREE software would terminate (SIGNOTFREE?). Or maybe a better approach would be to only execute binaries which have been encrypted/signed by the FSF, so we know it's FREE software.
I think that would ensure FREEdom.
It's just ubuntu for douchebags (Score:2, Funny)
So linux is not free enough for you?
I don't know what kind of person would use this distribution, but I would not want to sit next to them on a cross country bus trip.
I read somewhere that they even removed GLX- which basically represents linux's only sane graphical development. That is just sad.
Don't get me wrong- I love opensource technologies, but let's face it... part of what makes linux awesome is the fact that it's generally supported by some important commercial things like adobe flash and nvidia (for its drivers) and such- and how about mplayer? I am more in the "screw licenses" boat than the "boycott anything without gnu written on it" raft.
Re:good start (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Technological Idiology is the New Religion (Score:3, Funny)
Unbeliever! Your karma shall be burned at the stake and ACs shall tear at your words with biting remarks!
You shall be forced to endure shame of working but impure hardware acceleration and working WiFi adapters for all eternity.
May RMS have mercy on your poor soul.
Misspelling: deliberate or no? (Score:3, Funny)
I don't know if you meant to misspell "ideology", but somehow "idiology" seems like a more appropriate spelling in this context anyway...
Re:OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intention (Score:5, Funny)
Or humor - it could be humor.
Your thing was good too.
Does it run on Linux (Score:1, Funny)
I have to ask.
Re:OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intention (Score:5, Funny)
Not everything is meant for the "OMG!1 lolz it sounds lik nuisance so it must be bad! lol" crowd.
Oh please, your "lolz I r can ev4luate software based on itz meritz!!11" crowd is so immature, because I put immature words in your mouth.
Re:OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intention (Score:3, Funny)
It's GNU/Program Name, you insensitive clod!
Re:It's not made for people who would care. (Score:2, Funny)
Is it your unfamiliarity with it then?
Re:good start (Score:3, Funny)
I tried to mod your post, but unfortunately there's no -1 Wooooosh.
Attractive nuisance. (Score:3, Funny)
If it can suck all the hardcore purists into a place where they can quit annoying the rest of us, that'll be great.