Trisquel 7 Released 39
An anonymous reader writes: Trisquel 7.0 Belenos has been released. Trisquel is a "free as in freedom" GNU/Linux distribution endorsed by the FSF. This latest release includes Linux-libre 3.13, GNOME 3.12, Abrowser 33 (based on Firefox), the Electrum Bitcoin client and many more new features and upgrades. Trisquel 7.0 will be supported until 2019.
Interested users can check out the screenshots and download the latest release. The project also accepts donations.
Interested users can check out the screenshots and download the latest release. The project also accepts donations.
Does it use systemd? (Score:3, Interesting)
Not trolling (much?)... a distro with a high-profile release, avoiding systemd, might be the opportunity to 'fork' that lots of people are looking for (for better or worse).
I looked through the FAQ quickly and didn't see any mention so maybe I just didn't RTFA sufficiently. What exactly is GNOME 'fallback'? Is that a version pre-systemd?
Re: Does it use systemd? (Score:1)
It says in a few places that it is "derived from Ubuntu" and that you can convert an Ubuntu system over to it. It also alludes to the fact that it is basically Ubuntu but runs strictly free software.
Based on that I'd say it's pretty much guaranteed to run systemd, 99 and 3/4's percent guaranteed.
Re: Does it use systemd? (Score:5, Informative)
It will run systemd, in 2015/2016.
If you don't like that, then do as I does:
# apt-get install sysvinit-core && reboot
or, for Ubuntuers:
$ sudo apt-get install sysvinit-core && sudo reboot
you choose.
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sudo apt-get install sysvinit-core && sudo reboot
But then I won't be able to complain online of how I much I hate SystemD
Fallback was GNOME 2, now it's Flashback (Score:5, Informative)
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Thanks, orig anon coward here. That was actually very informative.
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llvmpipe is i386 amd64 only, though. In addition with Gnome's 3D not working with almost any graphics drivers other than Intel, Nvidia and Radeon, this means in practice that Gnome3 is x86-only after they dropped Fallback.
Does it use systemd? (Score:2, Informative)
Trisquel 7 is still using Upstart, so no need to worry about it until ;-
2016+.
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systemd 204 is the last systemd release where some of its services can be used with the systemd-shim and without systemd as pid 1.
Ubuntu ships 204 for some time too, since GNOME requires the services.
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An inferior substitute for MATE [wikipedia.org]
Bitcoin client, eh? (Score:2)
But is there any IDE for Arduino and is there any support for RepRap 3D printers?
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yea some fwraduino or something like that.
(arduino org is pretty picky about the use of the name so it's not quite free as in freedom... and the reason they're picky about it is in order to sell any kind of stuff that comes to their heads with arduino label attached for instant 20% price boost. like "their" 3d printer. the org works 100% like a company now)
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Among computer nerds, "free as in freedom" means precisely what Stallman says it means.
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For the purists. debian do 99.9% the right thing but give the user the discretion to add 'nonfree' at their whim.
For example, I downloaded the mini installer iso to attempt to install debian on my machine.
It couldn't connect to the network to complete the install! Culprit - My usb wifi dongle, which worked fine under Ubuntu. Acquiescing to load a firmware and I was up and running.
My otherwise 'pure' system is thus tainted but this wifi dongle has served me 5+ years already, so the pragmatist favours working
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Trisquel, an excellent all-around distro (Score:3)
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