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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.

2 of 413 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How usable is it though? by byolinux · · Score: 5, Informative

    A lot of wireless cards require non-free firmware, but not all do.

    Graphics work well, but the very latest cards don't have 3d, neither do the nVidia cards.

    Certainly any laptop with Atheros wireless, Intel graphics and sound is going to work nicely.

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

    Who is this supposed to be a nuisance to?

    It's a reference to RMS (or his PGP^H^H^HGPG key):

    "The name originated as Gnusiance as a reference to RMS's GPG key, but was later changed to gNewSense by bbrazil and ompaul to also capture the New Sense of the distribution and as a pun on GNU."

    http://www.gnewsense.org/index.php?n=FAQ.FAQ#toc4