Enter gNewSense - the free Ubuntu
The project gNewSense started with the goal of creating a GNU/Linux distribution whose first priority is users’ freedom - even if this limits user comfort and hardware support. As a starting point Ubuntu’s operating system is used.
About Debian and Ubuntu
A free Ubuntu? Isn’t Ubuntu free already? No, Ubuntu isn’t free according to how the Free Software Foundation FSF defines freedom the guidelines the FSF uses to determine the freedom of an operating system can be found here - and the same is true of Debian, the foundation Ubuntu is based on. The goal of these distributions is to support as much hardware as possible and thereby to make their installation as easy to use and as comfortable for the user as possible - market share is the objective here after all. The principles of free software are sometimes neglected in the process. A somewhat easygoing attitude towards freedom can be found in all areas of software production, from the Linux kernel to the distribution of software by Debian and Ubuntu.
The Linux Kernel
To provide a more comfortable experience for the user the firmware of some components (for example the firmware of Broadcom network cards that are run using the driver “tg3”) is integrated into the Linux kernel.
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