Review: gNewSense Version 2.2
The gNewSense project today announced version 2.2 of its free GNU/Linux distribution. This is the second point update to the release codenamed 'deltah'. We're especially excited to see that, as a result of the cooperation between SGI and the FSF to relicense the core 3D library code as free software, today's release re-introduces GLX. This means that hardware acceleration is enabled by default, so applications like Compiz and 3D games will work again. As with 2.1, gNewSense 2.2 is available as a live cd for x86 (i386) systems, using GNOME as the default desktop environment (others such as XFCE or KDE are available post installation).
This article will cover the easy install gNewSense process and reviews some of the application included with the Operating System which can be downloaded at gnewSense, help section here and FAQ's. As mentioned the entire install process is easy and only took a very short time. I did not clock the process as I was taking a few screen shots and playing Chess. I also wanted to review the Operating System after spending a few days using it. Including installing/updates and removal using Synaptic, a graphical package manager ( (I prefer Aptitude) this is day five.
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