It depends what you mean by 'compelling'. As a long-time happy Debian user myself (I still use Debian on my 2nd machine) I see many advantages to gNewSense. Think of it like a 100% free Ubuntu. Let me say here that I was not thrilled by the entire Ubunutu thing, but now that it is there I have to admit that it has a number of features (notice: I did *not* say 'advantages) compared to Debian:
1) a much better installer for x86 2) a regular and easy updates 3) release regular 6 months release schedule 4) a newbie-friendly & polished feel to it 5) Ubuntu/gNewSense is more stable than Sid (and probably on par with 'stable'). It is, for sure, more stable than Kanotix. Ubuntu also has, in my mind, a number of drawbacks, the main one is the use of non-free stuff and that problem is totally removed with gNewSense. Of course, the main reason to use gNewSense is that it is 100% free, INCLUDING THE REPOS AND KERNEL, which is not the case with Debian, at least less so than with gNewSense (in particular in regards to the kernel). This might be an individual thing, but for me it was an absolutely wonderful feeling to have a 100% free system. Of course, 99.9% is good also, but to actually see and use daily something which is really totally free is just the most rewarding thing for me. It totally proves how little is gained with proprietary stuff or, how little is missing from free software (-: Heck - the gNewSense repos also have 18000+ packages so the full thing would also be 2 DVDs or 14 CDs :-) Try it out and see for yourself. I fell in love with gNewSense, but love, I suppose, cannot be really explained, only felt ;-) Good luck, Andrei On 2/11/07, Raghu Kodali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, I am a Debian Etch user. I have only main in my sources.list & I did not install anything from contrib etc. I am not very much bothored about using the latest versions of the software. Debian testing is fine for me. I like Free (as in freedom) Software. I am pretty sure that I do not have any non free (as in freedom) software installed. Is there any compelling reason why I should be shifting to gNS? Thanks Raghu _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
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