@jeff @todd ^

If they need to be in a different format just let me know.

@mladen.pejakovic because png has good quality/compression ratio and is the intermediate image format that I always use for reference or format conversion when required.
If they need to be in a different format just let me know.

@francois, why png?

the new gdm screen is updated in the repos.

Looks like this xul-ext is not in the debian repo, we might add it as deb and add as purebrowser dependency.

I think the gnome settings (and with extension Details) has hardcoded size for some reason (I didn't check the code but I can't resize it) and there is already a big gnome logo with gnome version there. We will see to tweak it but after we get some time from things with higher priority. Any patch in meantime is highly appreciated :)

Could you also remove the "Debain" branded wallpapers and add those pictures in the wallpapers list (that appears in the settings) :

We could also do this:

That's not freedom issue, but could be classified as a privacy problem.

So unless you have seen this elsewhere in gnome control center (via dell, thinkpad etc) this would require creating a patch against gnome package (and probably UI tweaking) which we currently don't have time to do (and as you say, it can be viewed via terminal). Putting it into wishlist.

Francois is almost correct. We indeed sync with Debian testing, which is now in freeze state (state where new package don't merge in but only Release Critical bug fixes and cherry-picked updates) and yes, soon a copy of Debian testing will become next Debian stable release. Debian goes every ~1.5 year into freeze state and there stays for about half a year until it irons out RC bugs, after that the freeze blockade lifts off and packages from unstable start migrating into testing (usually 5-10 days is needed for migration unless some critical bug is found and reported). Also during freeze a lot of new packages (such as systemd and linux kernel) go into experimental branch of Debian from where packagers will reupload them into testing once freeze lifts. Sadly, GNOME packages don't get refreshed into experimental as they are occupied with a lot of work to have it in best possible shape (as GNOME is default DE for Debian as well). For the 5 years part Francois got - that is how long Debian gets security support for stable release (as Debian now has its own LTS efforts).

I think I can answer this one.
Our repository is synced with Debian testing's repo. Debian is currently in a frozen state until the release of Debian 9 which should happen very soon.
After that, things will be back to normal with the rolling release until the next Debian frozen state (every 5 years?)

Fixed.

I'll work on this one.

This is all so exciting!

For the custom kernel - yes, I have for some time that in mind basically called on my TODO list as "PureOS kernel optimization" - the thing is that I wanted to have grsec enabled kernel by default before digging into that (as vanilla grsec is not meant for proper desktop usage) but now we faced the dawn of grsec so I am not sure yet how we will approach all that. If you have the skillset, I would gladly chat about it (I refurbished 6 Librem15v2 (prototypes and returns) which would end up maybe missing one components (such as disk or battery) but they are enough for development for future contributors to PureOS).

And I absolutely love that PureOS is developed with the Librem hardware in mind primarily. The Librems are without a doubt the standard of freedom and quality. This makes them highly-secure, but is still low-assurance, undeniably.

I feel you. For now, I will experiment with virtualizing PureOS with both sel4 and nova and see if interesting things develop nicely, and relay my results. Since all of the hardware is freed, device drivers will not be a problem for Genode to run perfectly on the Librem device (I wish I had the beefy cash to buy one :/).

Package: purebrowser
Version: 46.2.0esr-1pureos1
Priority: optional
Section: web
Maintainer: Pureos Team <all@puri.sm>
Installed-Size: 103 MB
Provides: firefox-esr, gnome-www-browser, www-browser
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.17), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable), libffi6 (>= 3.0.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.20.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libhunspell-1.4-0, libnspr4 (>= 2:4.10.9), libnss3 (>= 2:3.26), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.12-1~), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.8), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libvpx4 (>= 1.6.0), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxrender1, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), xul-ext-ublock-origin, xul-ext-https-everywhere, fontconfig, procps, debianutils (>= 1.16)
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-libav, gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
Suggests: fonts-stix | otf-stix, fonts-lmodern, mozplugger, libgssapi-krb5-2 | libkrb53, libgnomeui-0, libcanberra0
Conflicts: iceweasel (<< 45), j2re1.4, pango-graphite (<< 0.9.3)
Breaks: xul-ext-torbutton
Replaces: firefox-esr
Download-Size: 41.7 MB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://repo.pureos.net/pureos green/main amd64 Packages
Description: Pureos web browser
Purebrowser is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern

web application technologies.

While this could be something to think about, at this moment it is way off the charts. It is undeveloped/untested proposal which would require quite a bit effort to achieve and we are currently overwhelmed with work. Besides manpower/manhours we would need to check against all freedom components (is all free and possible and if not what would require to create free alternative) and how much would impact performance and user experience of the device and OS. PureOS welcomes contributions and proof-of-concept demos if someone does (if you have the skills, feel free to join the community).

We have tools to find out why stuff is in the default install :-)
Admittedly, I haven't made any nice web UI for this yet:
http://master.pureos.net/raw/germinate/pureos.green/desktop-common

Over the years I've had all the creative apps (Inkscape, GIMP, Krita, Scribus, Blender, MyPaint, Calligra, etc.) installed and I never saw ImageMagick installed, I didn't even know a GUI existed for it ;) so given that PureOS3 beta doesn't have any creative apps preinstalled, I don't see where this thing appeared from.