Sent one minute ago my own message. I had to entirely rewrite the text
because it keeps speaking for many, which is something I cannot do - I can
only speak for myself. Also, less adjectives and adverbs (hooray!).
Dear Free Software Foundation,
I, as a member of the Trisquel community, am very worried with the
current state of my favourite libre GNU/Linux distribution. There are no new
releases and all ISO images date from 2014, resulting in an outdated
distribution which lacks security fixes and up-to-date hardware support. Many
important programs, i.e. Icecat, are outdated and missing security fixes,
which generates distrust. In the last months I read about people shifting to
Parabola, Debian or other distributions, for reasons related with the climate
of uncertainty and the continued absence of the main developer, Rubén
Rodríguez, whose job is system administrator at the Free Software
Foundation.
What worries me the most is the increasing uncertainty surrounding the
next stable version of Trisquel.
I think that you could and should help the community of Trisquel to
strengthen and speed up the state of Trisquels development. I am convinced
that such an user-friendly Ubuntu-based libre distribution like Trisquel is
an important project, one that the FSF should prioritize. If we are objective
and honest we note that unfortunately we can count with our fingers the
distributions of GNU that are completely free, and the situation seems to be
slowing down. Trisquel is needed to stand tall and keep delivering to new
users an easy way to do their computing in freedom, while making sure at the
same time that the relationship between OS and community, both developers and
users, is solid, up-to-date, and the software is updated and secure.
I hope you understand and share my concerns. Trisquel needs help. This
is a request shared by members of Trisquels community, a collective instance
from a community that loves free software and wants to make sure its future
is as bright as we can make it.
Ignacio Agulló from the community of Trisquel
