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:DesktopLinux: FSF Debuts Fully-Free Ubuntu/Debian Variant
DesktopLinux: FSF Debuts Fully-Free Ubuntu/Debian Variant
Nov 2, 2006, 21 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (10944 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has unveiled a new Linux distribution, free of the proprietary software contained in most Linuxes. gNewSense is based on Ubuntu and Debian, and offers users 'the stability of Ubuntu with the addition of freedom,' developers Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley said.

"'From a philosophical perspective we wanted to create a GNU/Linux distribution where the user has access to all the sources for all software on the system. This includes everything from the heart of the kernel through to the everyday desktop applications,' Brazil and O'Malley stated..."

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... to replace the linux kernel with HUR ...   Missed chance...   
Zealot
Nov 3, 2006, 00:03:27
 
What good is freedom if my NVIDIA card d ...   Yeah Right...   
Salman
Nov 3, 2006, 01:45:07
 
While I agree to an extent (I'm usin ...   Re: Yeah Right...   
Robert Devi
Nov 3, 2006, 03:10:27
 
What good is freedom if my NVIDIA card d ...   Re: Yeah Right...   
Hyper L
Nov 3, 2006, 13:15:16
 
> What good is freedom if my NVIDIA card ...   Re: Yeah Right...   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 3, 2006, 13:27:27
 
> > What good is freedom if my NVIDIA ca ...   Re: Re: Yeah Right...   
David
Nov 3, 2006, 16:16:55
 
> > What good is freedom if my NVIDIA ca ...   Re: Re: Yeah Right...   
Bernard Swiss
Nov 4, 2006, 01:10:06
 
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