Paul O'Malley wrote: > > But there would be advantages if gNewSense was a version of Debian > > GNU/Linux with only main and the Firmware removed from Linux: > > - not derived from a »Linux« > > I don't understand, my take on it is that all are derived from kernel.org.
Yes they all use Linux but I don't like to call the operating system Linux. Like Chris F.A. Johnson just did and also claimed it would be a variety of Unix. Legally it is quite important that GNU's Not Unix. And it is also important to recognise GNU/Linux as a GNU variant as RMS states in his speeches like: http://fsfeurope.org/documents/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html > > - does not ship Firefox > > Being worked on here. Ubuntu is going to make a special solution for Mozilla software and is not quitting its distribution---unlike Debian. > > - much more install options (e.g. USB memory stick) > > Each version would cost us a lot of effort for time we have not got or > won't expend as we have other things going on. > > > - much more supported platforms > > See last comment. I don't see what's the effort here. If it were not the non-free firmware in Linux I guess I could do it myself in a few hours or at least a few days (becuase I never build a distribution before). I am suggesting to use Debian GNU/Linux and just deliver only main. If there weren't the issues with Linux this way we would have everything we want (in this matter). They already have CD/DVD, (inofficial LiveCD/DVD), USB memory stick, boot up install, automated install. We also didn't have to set up our own mirror. Becuase of the non-free firmware in Linux we would have to build every install image ourselves. So maybe we wouldn't substitute everything at first. But I guess we could get Debian developers to help us if we would make gNewSense (or a new name) more a version of Debian GNU/Linux than a derived distribution. -- Regards, Max Moritz Sievers _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
