I said using Ubuntu without proprietary software is easy, and it is, because
Ubuntu mostly separates proprietary software into designated repositories,
just like Debian does.
Here is an idea:
Let's wait to talk about this until after Trisquel 8 is released.
If anybody agrees with your script idea, it should still be done after
Trisquel 8 is released.
Gitlab as a code-hosting service has a 'C' grade. The actual software is free
software, which is what Trisquel runs on its servers.
Don't jump to conclusions prematurely.
Also, it is not so bad to host software on Gitlab, in my opinion. The site
can mostly be used without running JavaScript,
OP = Original Poster
Yes. :)
I was answering to onpon4. onpon4 said that it was easy. :( If it was, it
would be already done.
Is it easy to go from Windows to Ubuntu?
Is it easy to go from MacOS to Ubuntu?
It is just as easy to go from Slackware to Fedora.
It is just as easy to go from Ubuntu to Trisquel.
In all cases you download, put on DVD, and install.
What is the problem???
OK, I understand what the OP really wants.
Ubuntu 16.04 came out and the OP does not want to wait for Trisquel 8
Patience!
Ubuntu provides specific repositories of nonfree software, and Canonical
expressly promotes and recommends nonfree software under the Ubuntu name in
some of their distribution channels. Ubuntu offers the option to install only
free packages, which means it also offers the option to install
Please see Ubuntu section here:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html
Yes, but the "restricted" repository is an officially supported repository.
It's a part of Ubuntu, unless you're going to be pedantic and say that
nothing is really part of Ubuntu unless it's on the live CD. Such a
distinction is meaningless. The whole point of the repositories is to use
Thanks for the link, but unfortunately your link does not say anything
against my words, FSF has problem with
1. promoting non-free software.
2. making non-free software readily available to install
3. using Linux kernel (instead of Linux-libre)
You say these options make Ubuntu a non-free
If it is easy, why is so difficult transform it into Trisquel or into a
completely libre-distro?
Why do take so much time release the new version of Trisquel?
You are right, "restricted" and "multiverse" components are readily available
by Ubuntu team but Ubuntu does not install them by default. It is *up to the
user* to install them or not. Ubuntu does not decide on behalf of users that
they must leave their freedom, Ubuntu just gives them the
If it is easy, why is so difficult to transform it into Trisquel or into a
completely libre-distro?
I understand exactly what you are saying. You want to make it very very easy
for an Ubuntu user to switch to Trisquel. They don't even have to think about
the decision, all they have to do is hit a button (run a script).
But what happens next? If they like Trisquel as much as Ubuntu, they
That's not quite the full story. The "restricted" and "multiverse"
repositories contain proprietary software, and "restricted" is officially
supported. But it is true that it is easy to use Ubuntu without any
proprietary software.
Why do you insist on labeling Ubuntu as non-free? Ubuntu is a free (as in
freedom) distro. The only non-free components are in Linux kernel (drivers).
Another chance to explain it to you:
How many users download and intall new Ubuntu versions? Yes, a lot.
They are trapped by a non-free distro. We have to let them use a OS Libre
easily. They like Ubuntu. But they are available to accept the changes to use
OS Libre. Is not possible to do
Please see: https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
GitLab has C grade. Savannah is recommended for ethical hosting.
I migrated the wiki page to the Gitlab,
https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquelize/trisquelize, you can commit your
changes if you like to update the code.
Here is step by step guide to "Trisquelize" any ubuntu distro:
1. First you always want to do a back up:
GUI: Back in Time
http://backintime.le-web.org/download_page/
Command line: rsync
https://rsync.samba.org/
2.- Now download Trisquel, and MD5 file:
https://trisquel.info/es/download
3.-
I think you misunderstand: If such a script existed for a given Ubuntu
version then the appropriate version of Trisquel has already been released
(notice that the script changes the repositories to point to Trisquel's for
example.) So the release of the script and the so-called
I don't see the point in such an effort. With the exception of blobs in
Linux, Ubuntu already separates proprietary software into designated
repositories, so it's possible to run Ubuntu without proprietary software
just by replacing Linux with Linux-libre, if that's what you want. The main
Ubtu = Ubuntu
Trisquelize = Transform Ubuntu into Trisquel. Now, it would be, to take the
control over Ubuntu to make it Software Libre, step by step.
There is a script to older versions that transform Ubuntu to Trisquel.
trisquelize.sh:
Be specific. What exactly do you want to do when you say "trisquelize"? What
is Ubtu?
Ok, so let's trisquelize Ubtu, only. But do it right now. It has to be
configured since when the user installs Ubtu.
Then, developers could make Trisquel libre in a time.
It is important to make it easy for the user to choose Trisquel, Software
Libre.
Thanks.
I agree. If the distro cared about becoming free software, you would not need
such a script--they would do it themselves. If they do not care enough, then
they will have respositories containing non-free software. This would make
them ineligible to become an FSF sanctioned officially free
They are not non-free. They may contain non-free components whether by
default or accessible thru the official repository.
You can wish for magic all you want, but that doesn't make it possible. The
way GNU/Linux distributions organize their software repositories, not to
mention the basic structure of those repositories, varies dramatically. The
process of removing proprietary software from Ubuntu is not the
Hi,
I think it is urgent that users can Trisquelize other non-Free GNU/Linux
distributions.
The script to switch from other distributions to Trisquel should be already.
No matter Trisquel is not fully liberalized.
What really urgent is to configure the OS to be free with future updates
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