On 10/29/2011 02:38 AM, Thomas Knierim wrote:
Offtopic - anyway: I'm often trying different distros (just for fun and) to see
how they develop. Every distro has it's own pros and cons. (I haven't found a
perfect distro for me). I'm going to check ubuntu again (last time was a year
ago). But ubuntu is somehow proprietary which I dislike. And since I set up
some computers for friends I'm always looking for a distro with actual software
and long and good support - which is opensuse (do you know another?)
Thomas,
Have you heard of the Linux distribution called Trisquel? I use it.
Below are some excerpts from web pages, with my comments in brackets:
1. http://trisquel.info/en/wiki
Trisquel is a fully free (as in *"free speech"*, not merely as in "free
of charge") GNU <http://www.gnu.org/>/Linux
<http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/> based operating
system. It is derived from Ubuntu, but includes only free software
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>.
Trisquel has several editions, designed for different uses: ["Home",
Edu, Pro, and Mini]
Long Term Support versions have several editions, [...]
2. http://trisquel.info/en/faq
It [the Trisquel project] was officially presented
<http://trisquel.info/presentacion> on April 2005 with the presence and
support of Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation
<http://fsf.org>.
3. http://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits
*Here are just some of the benefits of being an associate member of the
Free Software Foundation...*
You will receive an ultra slim, credit-card-sized, 2GB card loaded with
Trisquel Live <http://www.fsf.org/associate/card>, a fully free
GNU/Linux distribution.
Winston
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