Introduction:

gNewSense and I have an interesting history. Taking that into account, allow me to explain that I do understand the purpose of this distribution.

I understand the forces that drive "bbrazil" and "ompaul" to take a perfectly functional operating system and gut it. However, understanding does not imply agreement.

That being said, I also am genuinely curious to see what they can accomplish. In theory, I like the idea of a totally open-source operating system. I'm just not so sure I agree with the gNewSense implementation of that idea.

I approached this rant a little differently than ones in the past. I've already determined due to a lack of OSS drivers for the important hardware on my computers (3D cards, wireless internet) that gNewSense will not work for me as an everyday desktop.

Therefore rather than lambasting it for not being what I want, I'll simply point out what it has and what it doesn't, with a minimum of my usual vitriol.

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