On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 02:47:35 -0500 Caleb Herbert <[email protected]> wrote:
> EndlessOS is designed to provide a good offline computing experience. > What could be done to implement something similar on Trisquel? > > I'd like some things to update when internet is available, but for > everything to generally work in offline mode, and for a good library > of general information available on the computer's disk. Dictionary, > encyclopedia, music, videos, etc. I guess Trisquel can make another version like it has "Trisquel Sugar TOAST", preinstalled with all those applications EndlessOS is talking about. But I think there is nothing special about it, looks to me any other GNU/Linux distro(based on Debian/Ubuntu). From EndlessOS website[1]: > Endless comes with more than 100 free apps and powerful tools that > don’t require an Internet connection. Trisquel can add some of these "apps" within the ISO, but that will make the system more bloated. But it can make people aware of existance of those software(without preinstalling it) so that they can install later with their own choice. > Endless is designed to feel natural and intuitive, making it easy to > use even if you have little or no computer experience. It mainly falls in the domain of desktop enviroments. Trisquel already supports MATE and KDE, I think those desktop enviroments already give a good user experience. But do you have anything else in mind? > Endless is free to download, and software updates are automatically > included. It's also virus-resistant, saving you money at every step. Just standard GNU/Linux features. But I'll note that EndlessOS is considering only practical benefits of GNU/Linux e.g., saving money etc. The "virus-resistant" thing is misleading, GNU/Linux is NOT "virus-resistant". When watching the their promotion video, I noticed that they are talking about offline encyclopedia. But it looked Wikipedia to me. So I searched the internet and found this libre software called XOWA[2]. It is a offline wikipedia client. Trisquel can pre-install something like this. Stardict[3] is an example of Offline dictionary. This can be pre-installed in Trisquel for offline dictionary functinality. I personally used the CLI version of it known as sdcv[4]. I also noticed that they have included things software(articles?) that teach "cooking, parenting" etc. I don't know how they are doing it. Any ideas? But more importantly are those information under a free license? Then the video shows LibreOffice softwares, and software for video and audio editing. Those can be pre-installed too, but as I said before that makes things more bloated, ISO size probably reach 3.5 GiB. > There are video, lectures and contents for subjects like > Programming, mathematics and Biology. It also comes with music and > videos for whole families to enjoy. Again, are those things free/libre and can be shared freely with everyone? It says about pre-installed games. That can also be done in Trisquel but I'd rather prefer if it gives a list of popular(recommended) games instead of pre-installing them. Lastly it tells us about what kind of proprietary software it already has pre-installed. Happy hacking! Starfish [1]: https://endlessos.com/ [2]: http://xowa.org/ [3]: http://www.huzheng.org/stardict/ [4]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sdcv
