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gNewSense

Last Update: Monday 14 September 2009 04:04 GMT




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.


gNewSense Summary
Distribution gNewSense
Home Page http://www.gnewsense.org/
Mailing Lists http://www.gnewsense.org/Main/JoingNewSense#toc4
User Forums http://wiki.gnewsense.org/ForumMain/
Documentation http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Main/UserGuides
Screenshots SEO Expert Consultants
Download Mirrors http://www.gnewsense.org/Mirrors
Bug Tracker http://bugs.gnewsense.org/
Related Web Sites WikipediagNewSense Italy
Reviews 2.x: ExtremeTechRaiden's RealmLinux.comTechieMoe
1.x: NuxifiedTechiemoe
Where To Buy OSDisc.comLinuxCD.org (sponsored links)

Recent Related News
 • 2009-09-14: Distribution Release: gNewSense 2.3
 • 2009-04-15: Distribution Release: gNewSense 2.2
 • 2008-08-25: Distribution Release: gNewSense 2.1
 • 2008-05-01: Distribution Release: gNewSense 2.0
 • 2008-04-28: Development Release: gNewSense 2.0 Beta
 • 2007-01-22: Distribution Release: gNewSense 1.1

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.1 1.0
Release Date 2009/09/14 2009/04/15 2008/08/24 2008/04/30 2007/01/22 2006/11/02
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
CDs 1 1 1 1 1 1
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME, KDE GNOME
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Office Suite OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o
Processor Architecture i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386
Journaled File Systems ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3, ReiserFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support            
Package 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.1 1.0
abiword (2.8.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.22) 1.0.15 1.0.15 1.0.15 1.0.15 1.0.10 1.0.10
amarok (2.2.2) -- -- -- -- 1.3.9 --
ati-driver (8.690) -- -- -- -- -- --
bind (9.6.1-P3) -- -- -- -- -- --
compiz (0.8.4) 0.7.4 0.7.4 0.7.4 0.7.4 -- --
cups (1.4.2) 1.3.7 1.3.7 1.3.7 1.3.7 1.2.0 1.2.0
db (4.8.26) 4.6.21 4.6.21 4.6.21 4.6.21 4.3.29 4.3.29
dhcp (4.1.1) 3.0.6 3.0.6 3.0.6 3.0.6 3.0.3 3.0.3
emacs (23.1) 22.1 22.1 22.1 22.1 21.4a 21.4a
evolution (2.28.2) 2.22.2 2.22.2 2.22.2 2.22.1 2.6.1 2.6.1
firefox (3.6) -- -- -- -- 1.5.0.9 1.5.0.7
freetype (2.3.11) 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.1.10 2.1.10
gcc (4.4.3) 4.2.3 4.2.3 4.2.3 4.2.3 4.0.3 4.0.3
gimp (2.6.8) 2.4.5 2.4.5 2.4.5 2.4.5 2.2.11 2.2.11
glibc (2.11.1) 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.3.6 2.3.6
gnucash (2.2.9) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.8.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (1.97.2) 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97
gtk+ (2.18.6) 2.12.9 2.12.9 2.12.9 2.12.9 2.8.17 2.8.17
hal (0.5.14) 0.5.11rc2 0.5.11rc2 0.5.11rc2 0.5.11rc2 0.5.7 0.5.7
httpd (2.2.14) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (0.47) -- -- -- -- -- --
jre (6u18) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (1.0.5) -- -- -- -- 0.12.14 --
kdebase (4.4.0) -- -- -- -- 3.5.2 --
Package 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.1 1.0
koffice (2.1.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
libgnome (2.28.0) 2.22.0 2.22.0 2.22.0 2.22.0 2.14.1 2.14.1
linux (2.6.32.8) 2.6.24 2.6.24 2.6.24 2.6.24 2.6.15 2.6.15
module-init-tools (3.11.1) 3.3-pre11 3.3-pre11 3.3-pre11 3.3-pre11 3.2.2 3.2.2
mono (2.6.1) -- 1.2.6 1.2.6 1.2.6 -- --
mysql (5.1.43) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (2.28.4) 2.22.2 2.22.2 2.22.2 2.22.2 2.14.1 2.14.1
NVIDIA (190.53) -- -- -- -- -- --
OpenOffice.org (3.2.0) 2.4.1 2.4.1 2.4.0 2.4.0 2.0.2 2.0.2
openssh (5.3p1) 4.7p1 4.7p1 4.7p1 4.7p1 4.2p1 4.2p1
openssl (0.9.8l) 0.9.8g 0.9.8g 0.9.8g 0.9.8g 0.9.8a 0.9.8a
perl (5.10.1) 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.7
php (5.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
pidgin (2.6.5) 2.4.1 2.4.1 2.4.1 2.4.1 1.5.1cvs 1.5.1cvs
postfix (2.6.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (8.4.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.1.1) 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.4.2 2.4.2
qt-x11 (4.6.1) -- -- -- -- 3.3.6 --
samba (3.4.5) 3.0.28a 3.0.28a 3.0.28a 3.0.28a 3.0.22 3.0.22
sendmail (8.14.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
thunderbird (3.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
udev (151) 117 117 117 117 079 079
vim (7.2) 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.4 6.4
xfce (4.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
xine-lib (1.1.17) -- -- -- -- 1.1.1 --
xorg-server (1.7.4) 1.4.1git 1.4.1git 1.4.1git 1.4.1git 1.0.2 1.0.2

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