When comparing gNewSense vs PureOS, the Slant community recommends PureOS for most people. In the question“What are the best Libre Linux Distro for noobs?” PureOS is ranked 1st while gNewSense is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose PureOS is:
PureBrowser is a modified version of Firefox that comes with security focused plugins. There is also a copy of TOR installed in the OS by default.
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Pros
Pro FSDG Certified
Gnu FSDG Certified: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
Pro PureBrowser and TOR
PureBrowser is a modified version of Firefox that comes with security focused plugins. There is also a copy of TOR installed in the OS by default.
Pro You can download and install it, without the need to purchase their laptop
PureOS is available from their site for free for anyone to use, no need to purchase any of their laptops in order to check out the OS which is a tweaked build of the Trisquel distro.
Pro Default install on a free, open source laptop
PureOS is the default OS installed on the Purism Librem laptops.
Cons
Con Difficult to use if you need non-free firmware
It will not auto-install or recommend non-free software.
Con No mobile installation
You cant install pure os on a android phone.
Con Slower updates
Updates are slower than an unmodified Debian.