Trisquel 3.0 STS Linux (Dwyn)
I came across another interesting Linux distribution today called Trisquel Linux. Trisquel is geared more toward Linux purists since it focuses on providing truly free software without any non-free stuff.
Here’s some background from Wikipedia about Trisquel Linux including an explanation of where its name comes from:
“Trisquel GNU/Linux is a version of the GNU operating system using the Linux kernel. The main goals of the project are the production of a fully free as in speech system that must be easy to use, complete, and with good language support including translations for for the English (default), Basque, Catalonian, Chinese, French, Galician, Hindi, Portuguese and Spanish languages.
Trisquel’s name comes from the Celtic symbol triskelion, or triskele in English, consisting of three interlocked spirals. The project’s logo depicts a triskelion made of the union of three Debian swirls as a sign of recognition to the project on which it is based.
The project hosts its own repositories which are derivatives of Ubuntu’s main and universe components, but with all proprietary software removed. The differences include the removal of all non-free packages, the substitution of the original Linux kernel with the blob-free version linux-libre, and the addition of several packages.“
What’s New In This Release
This release of Trisquel has been split into two editions, the standard desktop and the lightweight version better suited for netbooks and old computers. For this review I downloaded the standard desktop version of Trisquel.
Here’s a sample of some of what’s new in this release of Trisquel Linux:
Linux-libre 2.6.28
Gnome 2.26
OpenOffice.org 3.0
GIMP 2.6
Trisquel Web Browser 3.0 (Based on Mozilla)
Trisquel features a clean but rather bland desktop.
(7 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5)
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wow really superb….i wonder how trisquel was able to play dvd and youtube videos without installing any more softwares…even in ubuntu we have to install restricted extras to play youtube videos(flash) and we have to install libdvd for playing dvds….can you please tell what software trisquel is using for playing youtube videos(flash is a proprietary software) and for playing dvds….really i’m going to try it..
I think it will be great step as now we can implement this in ubuntu and ubuntu will be getting out of the box support for flash and dvds…
Jim, were you able to determine what software libraries and codecs that Trisquel implements in order to play encrypted DVDs and other multimedia without installing non-free or proprietary software? Have there been recent advances in those areas? If so, and they work, sure, using truly free software would be nice.
I’d like to know more about this.
Trisquel includes swfdec for flash, and libdvdcss for encrypted DVD’s. It can also play almost every audio and video file using free codecs.
@quidam Thank you for the information….If trisquel can implement thsese why can’t ubuntu include swfdec and libdivdcss in their distro….i heard about open source gnash project (alternative for adobe flash) also….do you know about it…..can you please tell what is the difference between gnash and swfdec….
Any way Thumbs Up for the great job done by Trisquel developers…
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Frankly, one of the most underrated distros I’ve ever tried and I hope it will stay around for long time
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“Trisquel GNU/Linux is a version of the GNU operating system using the Linux kernel.”
Linux is not GNU. Looks like the Stallmanists invaded that particular Wikipedia article.
Wouldn’t you think for it to be GNU, it would use an actual GNU kernel?
Other than that, great article.
Face it. It’s Linux, not GNU. The operating system layer is Linux, and the distribution is whatever its CREATORS wanna call it. A system distribution and an operating system is NOT defined by the toolchain it uses.
@ Yaro:
The operating system is a lot more than just the kernel. The GNU project built most of the core software in a GNU/Linux distribution, including bash and the programs you use with it. If not for the GNU project, the linux Kernel wouldn’t boot, wouldn’t have a command line, and wouldn’t have a file system to interact with. Linus wouldn’t have even been able to compile the kernel in the first place. (Linus used the GNU C compiler.)
Though, none of that needs to be said since it says “Triquel GNU/Linux” on their website — no one messed with the wikipedia page.