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gnewsense

gNewSense

Last Update: Sunday 28 September 2008 02:29 GMT

gnewsense

gNewSense Summary
Distribution gNewSense
Home Page http://www.gnewsense.org/
Origin Ireland
Mailing Lists http://www.gnewsense.org/Lists
User Forums http://wiki.gnewsense.org/ForumMain/
Alternative User Forums LinuxQuestions.org
Documentation http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Main/UserGuides
Screenshots TCS
Download Mirrors http://www.gnewsense.org/Mirrors
Alternative Download Sites MadTux.orgLinuxQuestions.org
Bug Tracker http://bugs.gnewsense.org/
Related Web Sites WikipediagNewSense GermanygNewSense Italy
Reviews 2.x: Raiden's RealmLinux.comTechieMoe
1.x: NuxifiedTechiemoe
Status This distribution is active.
Where To Buy LinuxCD.org

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.

Recent Related News
 • 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
 • 2006-11-03: Distribution Release: gNewSense 1.0

 • More gNewSense news...
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Feature 2.1 2.0 1.1 1.0
Release Date 2008/08/24 2008/04/30 2007/01/22 2006/11/02
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free
CDs 1 1 1 1
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME, KDE GNOME
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB
Office Suite OpenOffice OpenOffice OpenOffice OpenOffice
Processor Architecture i386 i386 i386 i386
Journaled File Systems ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support        
Package 2.1 2.0 1.1 1.0
abiword (2.6.5) -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.18) 1.0.15 1.0.15 1.0.10 1.0.10
amarok (1.4.10) -- -- 1.3.9 --
ati-driver (8.11) -- -- -- --
bind (9.5.0-P2) -- -- -- --
compiz (0.6.2) 0.7.4 0.7.4 -- --
cups (1.3.9) 1.3.7 1.3.7 1.2.0 1.2.0
db (4.7.25) 4.6.21 4.6.21 4.3.29 4.3.29
dhcp (4.0.0) 3.0.6 3.0.6 3.0.3 3.0.3
emacs (22.3) 22.1 22.1 21.4a 21.4a
evolution (2.24.2) 2.22.2 2.22.1 2.6.1 2.6.1
firefox (3.0.4) -- -- 1.5.0.9 1.5.0.7
freetype (2.3.7) 2.1.10 2.1.10 2.1.10 2.1.10
gcc (4.3.2) 4.2.3 4.2.3 4.0.3 4.0.3
gimp (2.6.3) 2.4.5 2.4.5 2.2.11 2.2.11
glibc (2.9) 2.7 2.7 2.3.6 2.3.6
gnucash (2.2.7) -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.8.3) -- -- -- --
gtk+ (2.14.5) 2.12.9 2.12.9 2.8.17 2.8.17
httpd (2.2.10) -- -- -- --
inkscape (0.46) -- -- -- --
jre (6u10) -- -- -- --
k3b (1.0.5) -- -- 0.12.14 --
kaffeine (0.8.7) -- -- 0.7.1 --
kdebase (4.1.3) -- -- 3.5.2 --
koffice (1.6.3) -- -- -- --
Package 2.1 2.0 1.1 1.0
libgnome (2.24.1) 2.22.0 2.22.0 2.14.1 2.14.1
linux (2.6.27.7) 2.6.24 2.6.24 2.6.15 2.6.15
module-init-tools (3.5) 3.3-pre11 3.3-pre11 3.2.2 3.2.2
mono (2.0.1) 1.2.6 1.2.6 -- --
MPlayer (1.0rc2) -- -- -- --
mysql (5.1.30) -- -- -- --
nautilus (2.24.2) 2.22.2 2.22.2 2.14.1 2.14.1
NVIDIA (177.82) -- -- -- --
OpenOffice.org (3.0.0) 2.4.0 2.4.0 2.0.2 2.0.2
openssh (5.1p1) 4.7p1 4.7p1 4.2p1 4.2p1
openssl (0.9.8i) 0.9.8g 0.9.8g 0.9.8a 0.9.8a
perl (5.10.0) 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.7
php (5.2.6) -- -- -- --
pidgin (2.5.2) 2.4.1 2.4.1 1.5.1cvs 1.5.1cvs
postfix (2.5.5) -- -- -- --
postgresql (8.3.5) -- -- -- --
Python (2.6) 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.4.2 2.4.2
qt-x11 (4.4.3) -- -- 3.3.6 --
samba (3.2.5) 3.0.28a 3.0.28a 3.0.22 3.0.22
sendmail (8.14.3) -- -- -- --
thunderbird (2.0.0.18) -- -- -- --
udev (134) 117 117 079 079
vim (7.2) 7.1 7.1 6.4 6.4
xfce (4.4.3) -- -- -- --
xine-lib (1.1.15) -- -- 1.1.1 --
xorg-server (1.5.3) 1.4.1git 1.4.1git 1.0.2 1.0.2


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