gnewsense default packages

[ihavenoname]

Hey I would like to try gNewSense, given that some of the "blobs" in Ubuntu have in the past caused me headaches. Yet I will still need to compile some kernel modules (non-free..yes I know..I'm evil, but with Ubuntu planing to add nvidia etc. I free possible instability and perhaps adding only the garbage I need would be better than having the garbage that everyone else needs as well. (does that make sense?) Anyways I need to know if gNewsense has the kernel headers installed by default. anyone know? (I see that they have the build-essential package in, but afaik that doesn't include the kernel headers.)

[pvdg]

I would suggest putting the question in the gNewSense forum, if you haven't done so yet:

http://wiki.gnewsense.org/ForumMain/ForumMain

[PriceChild]

AFAIK nvidia will not be in feisty by default?

[v8YKxgHe]

Canonical/Ubuntu have decided not to include binary graphics drivers by default, instead they will be much easier to install, if the user wishes.

[PriceChild]

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo nvidia-xconfigThat's pretty simple IMO...

[ihavenoname]

I was actually referring to Gnewsense..not Feisty. But I decided not to go there because in the end I will have to mess up the kernel anyways. (Wifi and video card). The reason I was considering it was that sometimes, the extra stuff put in the kernel by Ubuntu would mess up here. (The rt2500 drivers aren't compatible w/ network manager so I have to use ndiswrapper but that caused problems.