I guess it depends on how you decide importance. Trisquel is far more
updated than gNewSense. They havn't made a new gNewSense in, I'd guess, a
year to a year and a half. Which doesn't sound long, but in relation to the
modern ubuntu it is ancient. New versions of many programs just won't work
with it. So, you either have to settle with outdated versions in the repos
or replace core system libs which, unless someone knows a better way, entails
uninstalling about half the system, installing the core system lib, then
re-installing the rest of the system back via command prompt as the gui is
usually destroyed.
If you don't want to take my word for it, try installing any of the many
programs that require the new libgtk. It will require libcupsys2 to become
libcups2. Lipcups2 won't install because it breaks libcupsys2. So, when you
uninstall libcupsys2 to install libcups2, you take down printing. And, sense
almost every program requires printing as a dependency, you take out the gui,
and about 90-95% of the entire operating system. Trying installing the
latest Ekiga from a .deb package in the latest gNewSense and you'll be in for
a ride. Or, use the ancient version in the repo.
Actually, the only reason I moved to Trisquel from gNewSense is the fact that
Trisquel updates with the new ubuntu on a schedule rather than waiting
multiple years until the system is completely unusable with modern versions
of many popular programs like gNewSense does. I love Free Software, and all
Free Softare Operating Systems, but gNewSense just doesn't update on a
schedule as far as I can tell. They just wait until it gets mega old and
they get mega complaints and then, maybe, updates.
They are still using a distro based off the ubuntu that the Trsiquel before
Trisquel 3.0 is using. Once a stable release of Trisquel 3.5 comes out,
we'll be twice ahead of gNewSense. They just didn't either have the manpower
or care to make a version that matches Trisquel 3.0. I hear they have a new
version in the works. But, unlike Trisquel where that means something more
solid, gNewSense saying that typically means it will be another 6 months to a
year before you see anything real turn up.
Why would you put gNewSense before Trisquel when it's almost going to be
twice out of date?
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