Trisquel 3.0 STS Linux (Dwyn)
Where To Get Help
You can always post a note in the Desktop Linux Reviews Forum and we’ll do our best to offer feedback or at least point you in the right direction. You might also want to check out the Trisquel Wiki and the Trisquel Forum.
Final Thoughts & Who Should Use It
Some remastered distros stand out quite a bit from the pack and others don’t. Trisquel worked well for me and did its job but it didn’t leave much of an impression on me. I’d like to say I have strong feelings about it one way or another but I really don’t.
It’s really geared toward those who have an ideological preference for truly free software. If you’re not one of those people then I suspect that there are other distros that will have more appeal to you for one reason or another. So I recommend Trisquel mostly for folks that insist on totally free software in their daily desktop distro.
Beginner, intermediate or advanced Linux users can all use Trisquel. If you’re a distro-hopper and you just want to check it out then I’d say go for it. It probably won’t last too long on your system but at least you can say you gave it a look.
Summary Table:
| Product: | Tisquel 3.0 STS Linux “Dwyn” |
| Web Site: | http://trisquel.info/ |
| Price: | Free |
| Pros: | Includes free software only. Easy install. Good selection of software. |
| Cons: | Somewhat unattractive desktop theme and wallpaper. |
| Suitable For: | Beginner, intermediate or advanced Linux users. |
| Summary: | Trisquel Linux is best suited for those who prefer not to have non-free software included in their desktop distributions. Beyond that much of what it offers can already be found in other, better known distributions. |
| Rating: | 3.5/5 |
(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.
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