作為一份由自由軟件基金會贊助的產品，gNewSense是基於Ubuntu的Linux發行，它發布時包含了一些改進，但不包含任何私有或非自由的組件。特別地，所有的私有固件、受限制的模塊、Ubuntu的徽標，都被移除了，而“Universe”軟件倉庫缺省被選中，一些GNU應用軟件如 Emacs和開發庫，以及bsdgames和NetHack，都被包含在缺省安裝中。該計劃的目標是創建一份完全自由的Linux發行。
Brian Brazil has announced the release of gNewSense 1.1, an Ubuntu-based distribution containing Free Software only: "I am pleased to announce the 1.1 release of the gNewSense distribution and tools. This release brings a number of improvements: support for arbitrary meta packages; added optional support for updates and backports; added support for multiple live CDs; produce torrent files for live CDs; support for tracking mirror freshness; KDE variant live CD; fixed NTPL issue; enabled eepro100 driver (e100 was non-free); recompiled and rebranded Firefox so we could disable the offering of non-free plugins; new artwork; various other minor fixes and improvements." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download (MD5) via BitTorrent or directly from these mirror servers: gnewsense-livecd-deltad-1.1.iso (633MB), gnewsense-kde-livecd-deltad-1.1.iso (608MB).
來自：linux.chinaunix.net