Paul Roge wrote:
After installing gnewsense parkes (same as gnewsense 3.0, right?) on a yeeloong laptop via debootstrap, the system seems to work fine. It would appear to be a replicate of debian squeeze with a few packages removed.
Parkes is currently not maintained as fully free, but rather "work in progress". It's backend setup is not workable in the long term.
This is what I have encountered thus far that in my opinion could be improved... * include libreoffice (available in debian backport, openoffice isn't available in gnewsense parkes) * include icecat (iceweasel isn't available in gnewsense parkes) * fix xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion (on yeeloong must still remove siliconmotion driver or install xserver from anheng repository to have an operational X11) * fix bug #32865 so that folks don't have to debootstrap * include fsfla kernels (for mipsel, currently only malta and cobalt available) * fix more recent fsfla kernels to have wireless driver activated (>2.6.38, "# CONFIG_RTL8187B is not set"). Earlier kernels in the fsfla metad repository work fine (<2.6.38).
I'm working towards fixing bug #32865. I don't know when/if the rest will happen.
I am not a developer, but would like to help.
Work on Parkes is mostly a developer effort now. You could start working on your suggestions though, e.g. test LibreOffice, contact FSFLA about wireless, ...
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