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FSF-Sponsored gNewSense 2.1 Released

Posted by timothy on from the when-you-want-to-say-gnu-slash-linux dept.

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.

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  1. OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intentional. by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who is this supposed to be a nuisance to?

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  2. Re:OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably to all the users who have to deal with G or GNU prepended to every program name.

  3. good start by larry+bagina · · 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.

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    1. Re:good start by ovideon · · Score: 3, Funny

      I tried to mod your post, but unfortunately there's no -1 Wooooosh.

  4. Re:OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or humor - it could be humor.

    Your thing was good too.

  5. Re:OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intention by kestasjk · · 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.

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  6. Re:OK, I'm assuming the play on words is intention by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's GNU/Program Name, you insensitive clod!

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