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Hello world!
The gNewSense project is pleased to announce version 2.3 of its FSF Free
GNU/Linux distribution, in the form of a point update to the release
codenamed ‘deltah’.
Users of earlier gNewSense 2.x releases can update to 2.3 with a standard
system update.
A short list of relevant changes for this release is:
* Freedom bugs fixed:
– Several packages freed
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Hi all,
The gNewSense project is pleased to announce version 2.2 of its 100%
FSF Free GNU/Linux distribution. This is the second point update to the
release codenamed ‘deltah’.
This release was made 2009-04-15, and contains all security updates
made to the archive up to and including 2009-04-14.
This release introduces GLX back into the default install. This enables
hardware accelaration by [...]

A long thread at LXer about whether or not Debian should include unsourced binary blobs in its kernel had some commenters if not exactly singing the praises of totally free GNU/Linux distro gNewSense, then at least humming those praises.
The point was that if you really are bugged by blobs in the kernel, you should put [...]

The Free Software Foundation is searching for people to port gNewSense to MIPS architecture for the purpose of make it function on the Lemote laptop.
Please it’s urgent so if you know someone who could do the job or is willing to try, pass the word and tell him/her to write to:
info (at) fsf.org or Richard [...]

I’ve just released the LiveCD for gNewSense 2.1, the second full release of DeltaH.
This bring in a number of updates, fixes and improvements.
Changes since 2.0 include:
- Linux-ubuntu-modules cleared of non-free blobs
- Usplash added, thanks to Jean
- New theme and artwork, thanks to Patricio, Briareo and Leo
- Readded fix for module-init-tools for eepro100
- Builder: LiveCD no [...]

You would think that a GNU/Linux distribution dedicated to shipping only free software would be uncontroversial. After all, isn’t free software what GNU/Linux is all about? Yet, when the latest version of GNewSense was announced recently, Slashdot readers were divided in their reactions.
Some thought the distribution would have too limited appeal, and argued that what [...]

Free software lovers can rejoice at this month’s release of gNewSense 2.0 (pronounced “guh-new-sense”), the latest version of the popular distribution based on Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Code-named DeltaH, this operating system includes only software where users have the right to run, study, adapt, redistribute, and improve all of the software and code. To that end, [...]