Who would use gNewSense ??
Posted Nov 2, 2006 19:12 UTC (Thu) by
mikov (subscriber, #33179)
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New distribution: gNewSense 1.0
Do they really think that between Debian and Ubuntu there is space for yet
another Debian derivative with different ideology ? Debian is already on
the verge of being impractical in some cases. I personally find the
implication that it isn't sufficiently "free" as very ironic.
Making a distribution relying on Ubuntu, because you disagree with
Ubuntu's principles strikes me as very strange. The only acceptable
motivation that Debian is refusing to incorporate Ubuntu's great patches
fast enough.
I am also at a loss to understand who'd use the new distribution. People
who object to Ubuntu's non-free bits, but think that Debian is too far
behind, can simply not use the non-free packages in Ubuntu. If this is so
hard to do, perhaps a small utility listing all non-free packages on one's
system is a better solution that making a whole new distribution.
I can't make my mind whether this hurts everbody by fragmenting the users
and developers further, whether it helps by reaffirming the free software
ideals, or whether it is simply irrelevant.
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