Re: [gNewSense-users] Is Debian now fully free? (Dennis Worthem)

[Paul Roge]

> Do you mind giving a status update on gNewSense 3.0? 

I have the same question.

After installing gnewsense parkes (same as gnewsense 3.0, right?) on a yeeloong 
laptop via debootstrap, the system seems to work fine. It would appear to be a 
replicate of debian squeeze with a few packages removed. This is what I have 
encountered thus far that in my opinion could be improved...

* include libreoffice (available in debian backport, openoffice isn't available 
in gnewsense parkes)
* include icecat (iceweasel isn't available in gnewsense parkes)
* fix xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion (on yeeloong must still remove 
siliconmotion driver or install xserver from anheng repository to have an 
operational X11)
* fix bug #32865 so that folks don't have to debootstrap
* include fsfla kernels (for mipsel, currently only malta and cobalt available)
* fix more recent fsfla kernels to have wireless driver activated (>2.6.38, "# 
CONFIG_RTL8187B is not set"). Earlier kernels in the fsfla metad repository 
work fine (<2.6.38).

I am not a developer, but would like to help.

thanks,
Paul