Features

Filed in: Main.Features · Modified on : Thu, 12 Mar 09

gNewSense is derived from Ubuntu, and thus has most of the same functionality. There are a number of differences though.

  • Non-free firmware removed from kernel in main*
  • Non-free firmware removed from linux-ubuntu-modules**
  • Builder, a tool to produce a distribution
  • Restricted removed
  • Multiverse removed
  • Ubuntu logos replaced
  • Universe enabled by default
  • Emacs, bsdgames, nethack and build-essential part of the default install

Note our goal is to produce a fully free distribution, not to have as many features as possible.

*At the time of the 1.0 release this was 119 files and the debian/firmware directory
**This happens when updates are applied to a 2.0 install
**At the time of the 2.0 release this was over 100 files.


Page last modified on March 12, 2009, at 04:11 PM

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