I came across a Richard Stallman video on Youtube. The Free Software Movement
seems logical to me. I've always hated the terms of proprietary software
licenses. Now that I know of an alternative I want to participate in it.
Before I take the plunge away from Apple (Mac Book) I need to know
Well, the first thing to do to start is boot the live CD and find out how
well Trisquel works with your hardware. If something seems to not work, ask
here or on the #trisquel IRC channel and someone will probably help you find
out if it just doesn't work or if it can be made to work somehow,
Hi there! There are people here who liberated their macs. The easiest way for
you to test how your hardware works in Trisquel is to make a live CD or a
live USB. I have no idea how to do that on a mac.
Installing Trisquel shouldn't be too hard and you can always ask for help
here. There
Hi and welcome to the community!
I'd like to introduce you to h-node. H-node is a hardware database which
categorizes different kind of hardware like laptops, desktops and their
internal parts based on their compatibility with free software.
H-node is a good place to find freedom
This is a good response. I still get frustrated with flash, and had not yet
heard of viewtube, I'll try that out.
Two things I'll add:
I'm very low-tech and have still managed to convert from a windows 7 pc
without too much trouble. Honestly, the most difficult thing about my switch
was
Hello Smallwheels and welcome!
of course you can rely on the community helping you in case something doesn't
work, people here are very friendly and active.
Some people mentioned yet the possibility of a usb stick to try out trisquel
before you install it.
If everything works fine, don't be
Thank you for the words of encouragement. If I make an ISO image it will be
done on my Mac Book since my HP is having difficulty remaining on. It is my
hope that booting from the CD will bypass whatever is preventing the machine
from staying on. It is just going into sleep mode immediately
If you are using the default download ISO, a CD-R or a DVD-R would be fine.
Trisquel releases are based on LTS releases of Ubuntu. Updates are brought
from upstream as far as I know.
Yes, all programs should be functional. Any propietary software that might be
included in Ubuntu will not be available in the Trisquel repos however.
Welcome to the forum, OP. According to your HP.. if you get it to boot from
the CD/USB without shutdown then good. Otherwise, have you checked if it's an
overheating problem? I've fixed a lot of pavilions heating and shutting down
quickly after boot. First aid would be to turn it off and use
Anybody wanting to know how Trisquel works on a Mac could find somebody to
run Parallels and report about it.
But it that case he would know how well Trisquel runs on virtual hardware and
not the real thing. This would get you false results since it would use the
underlying OS with
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