gNewSense
| gNewSense | |
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 gNewSense 4.0 |
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| developer | Current: Matt Lee Previously: Sam Geeraerts, K. Goetz Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley |
| License (s) | Free software |
| First publ. | November 2, 2006 |
| Current version | 4.0 (May 2, 2016) |
| www.gnewsense.org | |
gNewSense is a GNU / Linux distribution based on Debian by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The goal is a user-friendly operating system without proprietary software .
gNewSense is very strict about proprietary software.
history
The project was started in 2006 by Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley. At that time it was still based on Ubuntu . From version 1.0, the FSF supported the project, among other things, it provided hardware for development. In 2011, when no new version was released for 2 years, DistroWatch classified the project as "dormant" (English for "dormant", "sleeping"). In September 2012 the status on Distrowatch was changed to “active” (English for “active”) and on August 6, 2013 the first version based directly on Debian came out. On July 23, 2019, the supervisor Sam Geeraerts announced on a mailing list that he had to withdraw from the project management due to time constraints. Taking care of - but outdated because on Debian 7 ( "Wheezy") - based repositories but he wanted to make sure. The project itself announced on its website that the FSF and Creative Commons employee Matt Lee would take over the supervision .
Technical aspects
By default gNewSense uses Gnome , but this can also be changed.
installation
gNewSense can be installed with a live CD .
Versions
gNewSense currently has 4 major versions:
| version | Code name | Release date | Based on | Supported Architectures |
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| 1.0 | DeltaD | November 2, 2006 | Ubuntu 6.06 | no information / unknown |
| 2.0 | DeltaH | April 30, 2008 | Ubuntu 8.04 | no information / unknown |
| 3 | Parkes | August 6, 2013 | Debian 6.0 | i386, amd64, Lemote Yeeloong |
| 4.0 | Ucclia | May 2, 2016 | Debian 7 | i386, amd64, Lemote Yeeloong |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julius Stiebert: gNewSense: Free Ubuntu. In: Golem.de . November 2, 2006, accessed August 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Sam Geeraerts: [gNewSense-users] stepping down. In: lists.nongnu.org. July 23, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Ferdinand Thommes: Distribution gNewSense is looking for a new supervisor. In: Pro-Linux . July 25, 2019, accessed August 28, 2019 .
- ^ Matt Lee: gNewSense - Next Steps for gNewSense. Retrieved August 28, 2019 .