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FSF-approved Trisquel Linux shows free software can stand on its own merits
by Lee Mathews Sep 11th 2009 at 1:00PM
Trisquel, however, is definitely worth a closer look. It's Ubuntu-based and ships with an excellent (and familiar) group of core apps - Firefox, Evolution, Pidgin, Transmission, OpenOffice, GIMP, Brasero, and several others - Elisa media center is even included. A liveUSB disk creator is also provided so you can easily roll your own portable Trisquel remaster. As per the FSF mandate, everything in the ISO is 100% free.
The distribution just reached version 3.0. A light version is also in the works and is set to drop in a few days. It will feature the XFCE desktop environment and lightweight apps like Epiphany, Sylpheed, and Abiword.
Even if you're not an adamant FOSS advocate, Trisquel is a solid Linux distribution and well worth taking for a test drive.
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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motang said 4:47PM on 9-11-2009
100% free so that mean no flash, no MP3, etc. Thanks but I am going to stick with Ubuntu.
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ruben said 5:09PM on 9-11-2009
@motang: yes flash (swfdec is included), and yes mp3, and yes divx, and yes quicktime, and yes protected DVD's and yes to a lot of things that the Ubuntu devels are afraid to incude despite being free software.
And a big NO to non-free software that would made Shuttleworth blush if he was intending to do something related to Freedom. Shame on you, Ubuntu.
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