Some form of security does help, even if it's just for the bootloader.
I also like the idea of having the password for GRUB by default. I find
it very useful specially if you live in a hostile environment for free
software activists, which is the case in some parts of Brazil, specially
at
Purism forked it into PureOS as well, basically Trisquel with Cinnamon on
top. Not sure if they have kept it entirely intact as Purism do appear to
favor modern conveniences a bit in place of pure freedom - at least at the
hardware level.
Also I agree, if one doesn't like the situation
Are you one of the few who downvoted my post? I swear I cannot downvote
anyone yet everyone else has the power.
> ... a release that came out over 2 years ago.
Release date: 11/03/2014 - 18:09
> I'm surprised that Trisquel hasn't been forked into something else at this
point
It has, there is Uruk, and it appears to be quite a decent fork too.
Nobody forces you to use Trisquel, if you don't like
"People have asked for updated Trisquel 7 ISOs to be more in line with the
Ubuntu 14.04.x ones that fix issues and such. It never happened."
Step up and help make it happen then. Don't be part of the peanut gallery
that sits back and yells for other people to do stuff and then get unhappy
People have asked for updated Trisquel 7 ISOs to be more in line with the
Ubuntu 14.04.x ones that fix issues and such. It never happened. People want
a timely Trisquel 8 release since T7 is showing its age and since we never
get an updated T7 ISO, users who do a fresh install are held back
I'm not worried about that Grub password so much. Once you know it, it's
smooth dancing. Disabling the password is no big deal but I understand for
newcomers to Trisquel it could be an obstacle. It should be notified during
the installation that the grub is protected by a password.
enduz...@riseup.net, Dom 26 Xuñ 2016 05:55:08 CEST:
Here's what OpenBSD, famed for its robust security policies, has to
say about "if you lose your password"
"Wait.If an attacker has physical access to your system, they win,
regardless of the OS on the computer. There are ways to force
> One way would be to boot from a CD or USB drive and edit (or replace) the
password file.
What of you have encrypted the drive, including /boot/? That might trip them
up.
Here's what OpenBSD, famed for its robust security policies, has to say about
"if you lose your password"
"Wait.If an attacker has physical access to your system, they win,
regardless of the OS on the computer. There are ways to force the use of a
password on single-user mode, see
I think making the grub psswd an opt-in would be more appropriate for a
distro that is mainly designed with user-friendliness in mind.
> The grub password is there as a protection method
Protection from waht? X_X
A protection method that nobody knows about that is really annoying.
The grub password is there as a protection method, but I agree. There should
be an easier way to implement the feature. I am not sure how it could be
better implemented unless we comment out the grub password line by default.
That way users who know more about the command line and grub would
Oh this was simple, thank you very much! :)
This problem is seriously frustrating and could easily be averted if they
built more up-to-date ISOs, without the GRUB password enabled.
It's the Grub password. Uncomment it or memorize it and you're good to go.
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/grub-password-input-necessary-other-oss-booting#comment-86853
Hello everyone!
I finally installed Trisquel alongside my Windows 7. But now, when I select
Windows 7 (loader) in the boot menu, it asks for username and password. I
don't know which username it means and whatever I try just returns me to the
boot os selection menu. So now I can't access
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