gNewSense For Linux

gNewSense is an open source and 100% free distribution of Linux derived from the highly acclaimed and award-winning Debian GNU/Linux operating system. It is tailored specifically for users who want a computer operating system that includes only free (libre) software packages.

The gNewSense distribution is available for download for free as two Live DVD ISO images or approximately 1 GB in size each, containing software packages optimized for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x86_64) hardware architectures.

Default boot options include the ability to start the live system with normal configuration or in failsafe mode, start the installation directly in text-mode, graphical mode, automatic mode or expert mode, as well as to access the built-in system rescue mode, text or graphical.

It is possible to install the system on your computer using the built-in and easy to use graphical installer provided in the live session, on the desktop.

gNewSense’s default and only graphical session is powered by the GNOME Classic desktop environment, which uses a two-panel layout. While the top panel includes Main Menu, App Launcher and System Tray applets, the bottom panel comes with the Workspace Switcher, Show Desktop and Task Manager applets.

By design, the operating system includes only 100% free software. Among these, we can mention the Ekiga softphone, Empathy multi-protocol instant messenger, Remmina remote desktop client, Iceweasel and Epiphany web browsers, Evolution email and calendar client, Apache OfficeOffice suite, Brasero CD/DVD burning software, as well as Cheese webcam viewer.

The Totem movie player, Sound Juicer Audio-CD extractor, Disks disk utility, Baobab disk usage analyzer, Orca screen reader and magnifier, GIMP image editor, Inkscape vector graphics editor, XSane image scanner, Gedit text editor, and numerous games are also included.