I sometimes take it from the perspective if I were to start a new company and
outfit the computers with a version of GNU/Linux. What do I choose? I'm not
going to pay for Red Hat and CentOS is not really my taste. I like the Ubuntu
ecosystem and the 5 years of support for the LTS releases but it can dabble
in non-free software. Trisquel is FSF approved and pretty so people who are
used to Windows 7 will feel at home with the menus and transparent bottom
panel.
There's also the worry that the project could go away and not be supported or
I have no idea on when a new version comes out if I have 100+ computers. I
know my way around a system so I wouldn't need a support package from from a
company like Canonical or Red Hat unless absoluately necessary. Don't have
that at this point with Trisquel since the team is so small.
With the LTS versions of Ubuntu, it is usually recommended wait for the .1
point release or higher as some fixes with the installer and upgrading from a
previous LTS are fixed. I know that Ubuntu 12.04.1 will be released in August
and I suppose that would be a good release for Trisquel 6.0 to be based off
of. I see the benefits of those who upgrade from Trisquel 4.0 to 6.0 to
hopefully be as smooth as Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04.1 since they use the same
Update Manager.
I'll be honest... I'm a Unity convert. I'm a Pisces and artistic, so one of
the initial reasons for picking Trisquel over Ubuntu was the default theme. I
hate the orange and brown theme that Ubuntu uses and if a future Trisquel
release can bring over the sexy to Unity in Trisquel 6.0, then I would be
giddy.
I think I tried to email grvrulz but his email didn't exist or whatever
becuase I'm really gung ho about his themes and curious on his progress is on
getting Unity locked and loaded in Trisquel. It would be nice if Unity showed
up in LightDM and GDM in Trisquel 5.5.
Oh and one more thing about people ragging on me on these forums... I have a
thick skin and kinda have a taste for the theatrical. I did teach improv to
students while in college and I don't take it to heart. :-)
