On 22/05/13 06:12, cyberhawk wrote:
I am not sure why one would need a 100% free version of an outdated Debian. It is easier to not use the non-free repositories and install Icecat as a replacement for Iceweasel than to try and update an outdated system completely. Debian is outdated enough as it is.
Outdated is a matter of opinion. :-) gNewSense 3.0 is more up-to-date than 2.3 (based on Ubuntu 8.04, which was EOL'd a few weeks ago). Working on a stable set of packages allows the gNewSense devs to focus more on freedom-related bugs. You can see the bugs they fix at this page: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=gnewsense It would be ideal if future versions could be closer to Debian release dates, but that's limited to the time developers spend working on it.
I understand that RMS needs gNewSense, because he can't use a distro not recommended by the FSF in good conscience, but at the same time he needs it to support his Lemote Yeeloong. This just narrows the choice to one possibility.
Actually there are two free distros that support the Yeeloong - gNewSense and Parabola.
