Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
If you start a thread about your booting issue (what does the red "failed" message appear next to), I'm sure someone here can help you with it. If you are frustrated the menu bar and other interface features, then your problem is not with Trisquel but with the desktop environment, GNOME. (Ubuntu now uses GNOME as its default too, by the way.) You can use a different desktop environment by installing it, clicking on the little Trisquel logo near your name at the login screen, and selecting it. If you want to use Ubuntu's previous default, for example, run $ sudo apt-get install unityand select Unity when you log in. It will probably be easier to change the details in Trisquel that you are unhappy with than switching to a new distro. However, if you do want to stop using Trisquel, Debian or Parabola would both be viable options. I'm using Parabola on my second laptop and love it, but it is not very beginner friendly. It does not have a graphical installer, and by default it has no desktop environment, so you'll have to already know which desktop environment you want and install it from the command line. Debian would be much easier to get started with, as it has a graphical installer. Just make sure that after installing you edit \etc\apt\sources.list$ sudo nano \etc\apt\sources.list and delete the words "non-free" and "contrib" wherever they appear. This will remove the non-free repositories from the package manager, so you won't have to worry about accidentally installing non-free software.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
Which do you recommend? The most crippling problem I had with my Triskell setup was that, gradually over time, Abrowser began to become slower and slower, and crash frequently. Other things I've noticed are that the boot time has increased, and there is a little red "failed" thing that started showing up occasionally and now always shows up. Bugs aside, I also found that, however free Triskell is in theory, in practice, I was stuck with a crappy stock menu bar and other things as well that I had no idea how to change.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
If that's the only reason you're switching, Parabola or Debian 9 (avoiding the non-free and contrib rebos) might work for you, and unlike Ubuntu will respect your freedom.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
The reason I'm switching from Trisquel is to get away from bugs, actually. Also, I never did figure out how to navigate y'all's user manual.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
Hi, installing a distro can be done using this guide: https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.html modifying the boot menu can be done using this guide: https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_cbfs.html I saw "ubuntu" mentioned. obviously you should use trisquel, since it's a libre distro. ubuntu is non-free. but in answer to your question, see the above links. ~Leah PS: prepare the USB stick using dd. not all distros work using the USB option in the boot menu. If you come across such a distro, see: https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.html#booting-isolinux-images-manual-method
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
Also, sometimes the default "load operating system" menuentry doesn't correctly auto-detect your configuration, from the partitioning and so on on the drive. if you come across that issue, see the first link I gave, which shows you how to modify grub.cfg. You can use that to add a custom menuentry for whichever configuration you have installed on the HDD/SSD Where FSF-endorsed distros are concerned, I highly recommend using one of these guides for full disk encryption: https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_trisquel.html https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_parabola.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
This is more of a Libreboot problem than Trisquel or Ubuntu. So you might want to ask to libreboot.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
This is normal do a Trisquel live USB with Ubuntu and it will say "you can run Ubuntu..." Trisquel substituted all the "Ubuntu" for "Trisquel" so is normal.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
>So I have a Libreboot with Trisquel on it, but I'd like to put Ubuntu on it instead. Stopped reading there. This forum is against non-free software. I am pretty sure Buguntu has plenty of forums where you can ask your questions. Bonne fortunae!
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
Something is disturbing me, though. I've tried two versions of Startup Disk Creator to put Ubuntu on the USB drive, and when both of them finished, they gave the following messages... The gtk version gave: Installation is complete. You may now run Trisquel on other computers by booting them with this drive inserted. And the kde version gave: The installation is complete. You may now reboot your computer with this device inserted to try or install Trisquel. Both of them say Trisquel, not Ubuntu!! But the .iso file I selected was the Ubuntu one... What the hell?
[Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?
So I have a Libreboot with Trisquel on it, but I'd like to put Ubuntu on it instead. I've got a flash drive prepared for this, but I'm not sure how to change the boot order so that the USB is tried before the internal drive. So far, I've discovered that tapping F5 while the machine is booting sends me to a menu with these options: Load Operating System Parse ISOLINUX menu (ahci0) Parse ISOLINUX menu (USB) Parse ISOLINUX menu (CD/DVD) Switch to grubtest.cfg Search for GRUB configuration (grub.cfg) outside of CBFS I've already tried the Parse ISOLINUX menu (USB) option, but this just causes the screen to turn black for a fraction of a second and the cursor to go back up to Load Operating System. What next?
