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| 2006-11-03 |
Distribution Release: gNewSense 1.0 |
| The Free Software Foundation has announced the inaugural stable release of gNewSense, an Ubuntu-based distribution, modified to include Free Software only: "gNewSense is a free software GNU/Linux distribution created by two Irish free software advocates, Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley, and is based on the Ubuntu and Debian distributions. The goal of gNewSense is to provide users with a software package that offers the stability of Ubuntu with the addition of freedom. gNewSense will provide users with full security updates and is available for immediate download in live CD ISO format along with a version of the Ubiquity graphical installer." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: gnewsense-livecd-1.0.iso (631MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| About gNewSense |
| A product sponsored by the Free Software Foundation, gNewSense is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution released without any proprietary and non-free components, and several enhancements. Notably, all proprietary firmware, restricted modules and Ubuntu logos are removed, while the "Universe" repository is enabled by default and several GNU applications, such as Emacs and development libraries, as well as bsdgames and NetHack, are included in the default installation. The goal of the project is to produce a totally free (libre) Linux distribution. |
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