Its main purpose is to provide an operating system for varied audience, including home and office users, educational institutions, multimedia workstations, etc. Trisquel gnulinux is a gnulinux distribution using a free version of the linux kernel as distributed by the linuxlibre project, which has as goal to remove software that is included without source code, with obfuscated or obscured source code, under nonfree software licenses, that do not permit you to change the software so that it does. For a fully free desktop os, try trisquel gnu linux 6. The installation steps are very familiar for any former ubuntu user, and easy, but i write this so any new comer can have this userfriendly 100% free. The free software foundations favourite distribution is back after a fouryear hiatus trisquel gnulinux 8. This special flavor is built around the minimal and lightweight openbox window manager. Trisquel gnu linux sugar is yet another special edition of the trisquel gnu linux open source and free desktoporiented operating system based on the ubuntu linux distribution and built around the sugar educational interface for young children of ages 717 distributed as 32bit and 64bit live cds. Download the images from here download the media and connect the cdiso to drive and restart the system and boot through cd. Mar 14, 20 for a fully free desktop os, try trisquel gnulinux 6. Trisquel and the trisquel logo are trademarks, owned by ruben rodriguez perez and registered with the spanish trademark and patent office. The edu edition is designed for educational centers, and allows the teacher to build a custom digital classroom within minutes. This is an incremental upgrade release which includes all of the maintenance updates and bugfixes since the publication of trisquel.
Trisquel gnulinux is an open source distribution of linux based on the worlds most popular free operating system, ubuntu, and built around the gnome desktop environment. It comes with outofthebox support for english and spanish languages. Trisquel is fully free opensource gnulinux distribution based on ubuntu, but does not ship with many of the nonfree firmware, drivers and applications that upstream ubuntu offer. Trisquel logo by ruben rodriguez perez gnu project free. The officially registered image is in file m 2855910, niza class 09. Not only do you get free software only, the kernel is also stripped of proprietary firmware blobs, leaving you with something that can only be referred to as libre, since this french word portrays the feeling more strongly. In trisquel every software is checked in every component and is discarded or modified if dont use a 100% compatible license, for example the kernel used in this distribution is the one released by the linuxlibre project. On the end of december 2019, a good news comes that the 9. Jan 02, 2020 trisquel is a completely free software desktop operating system based on ubuntu gnu linux that is endorsed by free software foundation. Theres a brand new lts release of trisquel ready for download.
The edu edition is designed for educational centers, and allows the teacher to. It is based on ubuntu, but includes only free software. The birth of ubuntu is possibly, pivo tal to the linux history. It is distributed as two live dvd isohybrid images, one for each of the supported architectures. Mar 11, 20 trisquel is a fully free as in speech gnu linux operating system. Trisquel is a fully free as in speech gnu linux operating system. New submitter ikhider writes trisquel, a libre version of ubuntu gnulinux, is now available for download and install or update for those who already have it. Copyright 20042020 the trisquel project otherwise noted, the contents of this page are licensed under the. The project aims for a fully free software system without proprietary software or firmware and uses a version of ubuntus modified kernel, with the nonfree code binary blobs removed. Trisquel gnu linux is an open source distribution of linux based on the worlds most popular free operating system, ubuntu, and built around the gnome desktop environment. Package repositories with sources in debian format. Trisquel is completely free, as in, every component has source code available.
The logowithout the nameis licensed under the gnu gpl. Trisquel has several editions, designed for different uses. Trisquel gnu linux is a 100% libre ubuntubased linux distribution. Trisquel gnu linux, a 100% free operating system which comes with a complete selection of programs that can be easily extended using a graphical installer, has just reached version 6. Theres a fine line between ideology and pragmatism and trisquel gnulinux is perhaps the only distribution that ably manages it. The effort put into making the distribution conform to fsfs stringent requirements without taking away core functionality is laudable. Its main purpose is to provide an operating system for varied audience, including home and office users. Trisquel is derived from ubuntu, but only includes free software. Trisquel is a fully free operating system based in gnu linux, for domestic users, small enterprises and educational centers contents of this directory.
Trisquel gnulinux is still under development, the latest version of 8. We write today wishing you all a happy gnu year and to announce a great milestone for the trisquel gnu linux project. Calibre ebook manager calibre is a useful and powerful ebook management system. Trisquel, a libre version of ubuntu gnulinux, is now available for download and install or update for those who already have. If your wireless card really does require the iwlwifi driver, thered be little point to using it in trisquel. The installation steps are very familiar for any former ubuntu user, and easy, but i write this so any new comer can have this userfriendly 100% free gnu. Quellpakete fur alle trisquelversionen sind als 3gbdvdiso abbild zum download verfugbar. Here is a beginners guide to install trisquel 8 gnulinux operating system. Contents of this directory package repositories with sources in debian format. It also has unstable branches for newer programs stability often requires older software. Trisquel project begins in 2004 16 years ago in spain. Like your ubuntubased linux distributions a little more free. A number of big changes takie place over the previous release of trisquel 7.
Free software advocate or not a definitely recommended distro for all linux lovers. Apr 01, 2014 trisquel gnulinux, a 100% free operating system which comes with a complete selection of programs that can be easily extended using a graphical installer, has just reached version 6. Trisquel gnu linux is a fully free operating system for home users, small enterprises and educational centers. Hey guys i recently install trisquel gnulinux 6 and have been pleased with it, but i set show text in icons in nautilus preferences and no text in file thumbnails trisquel gnulinux 6 welcome to the most active linux forum on the web. Trisquel is a fully free operating system based in gnu linux, for home users, small enterprises and educational centers.
Mar 06, 2017 here is a beginners guide to install trisquel 8 gnulinux operating system. Trisquel on a sugar toast sugar only version not yet available in 5. Outside of the ubuntubased bubble november 2014 saw releases of other popular linux distributions, including beta milestones of mageia 5 and fedora 21, and a new stable release of scientific linux 6. Its still in alpha version per this 6 march 2017 but the latest iso image is already installable ubiquity has been added. Trisquel gnu linux is still under development, the latest version of 8. Trisquel is a fully free as in speech gnulinux operating system. Trisquel gnulinux mini is an open source, free and minimal edition of the trisquel gnulinux desktoporiented operating system, which is derived from the worlds most popular distribution of linux, ubuntu. In 2008, trisquel was included by the free software foundation fsf in its list of linux distributions endorsed by the free software foundation. Trisquel gnulinux is a fully free operating system. Note sugar xo avitar in right top corner of desktop. Trisquel is a fully free operating system based in gnulinux, for home users, small enterprises and educational centers. New versions of the packages as in having libreoffice 6 instead of libreoffice 5 will all come at once when you update to trisquel mini 9. Trisquel gnulinux is a fully free operating system for home users, small enterprises and educational centers. Trisquel full name trisquel gnulinux is a computer operating system, a linux distribution, derived from another distribution, ubuntu.
Nov 04, 2014 trisquel gnulinux mini is an open source, free and minimal edition of the trisquel gnulinux desktoporiented operating system, which is derived from the worlds most popular distribution of linux, ubuntu. Png 26kb 402x71, 431kb 3224x707 svg 123kb 1091x239 svg just the triskelion 48kb 181x179 see also wikimedia commons. For a fully free desktop os, try trisquel gnulinux 6. Trisquel is a fully free operating system based on gnu linux. Select language english and press enter also select install trisquel and press enter. Trisquel is endorsed by richard stallman and the free software foundation and rather surprisingly one of only a handful of 100% free gnulinux distributions to be based on ubuntu. But, as the release announcement notes, the free software foundation fsf has boon using it to run. Trisquel gnulinux, a 100% free operating system which comes with a complete selection of programs that can be easily extended using a graphical installer, has just reached version 6. Trisquel and mint are based on ubuntu, which is based on debian. Trisquel gnu linux is a gnu linux distribution using a free version of the linux kernel as distributed by the linux libre project, which has as goal to remove software that is included without source code, with obfuscated or obscured source code, under nonfree software licenses, that do not permit you to change the software so that it does. Apr 01, 2014 ruben rodriguez perez has announced trisquel gnulinux 6. Dec 31, 2019 a free desktop linux distribution based on the well known ubuntu operating system whats new in trisquel gnu linux 8. Trisquel is a fully free operating system based in gnulinux, for domestic users, small enterprises and educational centers.