On 17/07/13 10:54, ja-key wrote: > I have been using Trisquel 6 and love it (who doesn't love FSF > support?), but I noticed that most packages are old. This is probobly > because Trisqueal takes a snapshot of the Ubuntu repo and filters it, > but is there any way to get the newer versions of software? > > Maybe the Trisquel team should take more frequent snapshots and > filter it through an automated filter. Comments or suggestions, > anyone?
Trisquel 6.0 is based on Ubuntu 12.04, an LTS release. In the past, Trisquel has also done STS releases, but not anymore as it is too much work for the developers. There are PPAs for Ubuntu 12.04 that work in Trisquel 6.0. However, many PPAs haven't been fully checked for freedom issues. DNS (a member here) maintains some PPAs of various GNU packages for Ubuntu and Trisquel: https://launchpad.net/~dns. It is endorsed by the GNU project as well: https://www.gnu.org/software/#getgnu. There is some software that is kept up-to-date, such as Abrowser (well, mostly updated, thanks to Ruben) and Linux-libre (with the help of Jason Self and Ruben I believe). Ubuntu 14.04 will be coming out next April, meaning another Trisquel release will follow. If some of these bugs can be resolved, maybe the Trisquel release will follow the Ubuntu release sooner and everyone will have more up-to-date software. Andrew.
