Re: [Gnewsense-dev] gNewsense 4 alpha review

[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Thu, 1 Jan 2015 17:24:55 -0500
schreef taiji_tao <address@hidden>:

> Tried to reinstall desktop-base 7.0.3gnewsense2 with the following
> error: "E: Internal Error, No file name for desktop-base:amd64".
> Strange that it shows as being installed in synaptic, however, pulls
> an error each time I install or upgrade a program.  

Fixed it.

> Also noticed that non-free driver is still being recommended as it
> does with Debian when loading.  Example, it notices the Radeon
> graphics card (AMD64), and that the non-free driver is not
> installed.  Does the same for VirtualBox?  

You mean it warns about non-free drivers at boot time? What message are
you getting?

> As an FYI: I've kept an eye on gNewsense for some time, however, the
> prior old packages were a deterrent.  Started with Ubuntu, then
> Debian, Crunchbang, Trisquel (which I really liked, except I did not
> feel comfortable with the Ubuntu additions), came back to gNewsense,
> since it makes the most sense to base it on Debian stable!  

Thanks for sharing.