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 gNewSense 4.0 | |
| Developer | Current: Matt Lee[1] former: Sam Geeraerts, K.Goetz, Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | discontinued[2] |
| Initial release | November 2, 2006 |
| Latest release | 4.0  [3] / 2 May 2016 |
| Latest preview | 4.0 Alpha 1[4] / 2 December 2014[4] |
| Repository | |
| Update method | long term support |
| Package manager | apt (standard), Synaptic (Gtk+ frontend), dpkg (low-level system) |
| Platforms | amd64, i386, Loongson |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | GNOME |
| License | FSDG |
| Official website | www |
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gNewSense was a Linux distribution, active from 2006 to 2016. It was based on Debian, and developed with sponsorship from the Free Software Foundation. Its goal was user-friendliness, but with all proprietary (e.g. binary blobs) and non-free software removed. The Free Software Foundation considered gNewSense to be composed entirely of free software.[5][6]
gNewSense took a relatively strict stance against proprietary software. For example, any documentation that gave instructions on installing proprietary software was excluded.[7]
gNewSense's last release was made in 2016 and it has not had a supported version since 2018. DistroWatch classifies gNewSense as "discontinued".[2]
- ^ Lee, Matt. "Next Steps for gNewSense". www.gnewsense.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Distrowatchwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "[gNewSense-users] gNewSense 4.0 released". Lists.nongnu.org. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Ucclia alpha 1". gNewSense-dev mailing list. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation". Gnu.org. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ Lee, Matt (2019). "gNewSense". www.gnewsense.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
Hello, I'm Matt Lee, I've recently taken over maintaining gNewSense from Sam [..] I'm Matt Lee: former FSF campaigns manager, [..] I have a vision for desktop GNU/Linux that is unfulfilled.
- ^ "Community guidelines – gNewSense GNU/Linux". Wiki.gnewsense.org. 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.