"...I have been unwilling to get involved with this debate [which is currently in progress on Manchester Free Software Group's mailing list] from an argumentative perspective, because it seems to me that the whole debate revolves around a perception of gNewSense and in general, not experience.

[...]

I have had a gNewSense 2.0 livecd lying around for a while, I have briefly used it to test something on my machine but not for an extended amount of time.

I decided to try to use it (as a live cd) on my desktop system..."