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New distribution: gNewSense 1.0New distribution: gNewSense 1.0Posted Nov 2, 2006 16:30 UTC (Thu) by pphaneuf (subscriber, #23480)Parent article: New distribution: gNewSense 1.0
So Canonical takes Debian, the flagship free software distribution, adds a bit of polish which includes some non-free bits (while sending back the free polish back to Debian on a daily basis), and then the FSF takes that, takes out the non-free bits? That makes sense how, exactly?
Am I the only one to feel like I've missed something?
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New distribution: gNewSense 1.0 Posted Nov 2, 2006 17:18 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Most of the Ubuntu polish is free bits.
New distribution: gNewSense 1.0 Posted Nov 2, 2006 17:20 UTC (Thu) by pphaneuf (subscriber, #23480) [Link] And they are sending those free bits back to Debian, no? I'm not any less confused...
New distribution: gNewSense 1.0 Posted Nov 2, 2006 18:16 UTC (Thu) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263) [Link] Yep, but Debian doesn't accept a lot of them.
New distribution: gNewSense 1.0 Posted Nov 2, 2006 19:11 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] Awesome! Maybe the guys who are stuffing the Debian mailing lists with politics will leap all over gNewSense instead. That could free Debian developers up enough to finally get Etch out.
Just kidding. Mostly.
New distribution: gNewSense 1.0 Posted Nov 3, 2006 8:38 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link] I donno.
Maybe it's just that I'm used to Debian, but I'm running testing right now and it has more polish then anything Ubuntu has done.
Ubuntu does a good job a providing a default install and their most important thing is providing a environment and community feel that makes new users comfortable. Debian completely fails to do this on both counts.
But out of all the Linux distros I've ever used Debian has the highest level of quality out of any of them.
Personally I think that gNewSense is making a mistake basing their stuff off of Ubuntu. I'll be to much trouble for them to keep up with the Ubuntu releases since I don't think they'll ever be that big. It would probably be a better approach to just adopt Debian Stable then setup a good default install and higher-numbered versions for Gnome and the kernel or whatever they think it is nessicary to give Debian a nice userfriendly install.
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