This article mentions basic information and links about Trisquel 8 GNU/Linux operating system codenamed "Flidas". This article is for beginners who interested in Trisquel but have difficulties to find collective resources about Flidas. This article is also for developers who want to help Trisquel development but don't know where to go. This article may be updated later as Flidas is currently being developed for the final release. I hope this article helps Trisquel 8 development as much as possible.
Status
- Still Being Developed (per 29 November 2017)
- Derived from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (thus, compatible with xenial repo)
- Installable and usable already (see quick review)
- Needs more developers and supporters
Webpages
- What Is Trisquel
- FAQ https://trisquel.info/en/faq
- Forum (very active!) https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-users
- Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/trisquel
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisquel
Download
http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso (per 29 Nov, latest ISO is June 2017)
Source Code
https://devel.trisquel.info/groups/trisquel
Packages Repository
http://packages.trisquel.info
There is no 'package search engine' like Ubuntu's one currently (per 29 November 2017)
Kernel & Endorsement
- Trisquel uses Linux-libre kernel, not the Linux kernel
- Trisquel is one of few distros that is 100% Free following the FSF's FSDG standard
- Trisquel is endorsed by FSF
- Trisquel is one among few distros following FSDG standard along with gNewSense, Parabola, and Ututo
Development Places
- Trisquel development uses GitLab
- Center of development https://devel.trisquel.info/groups/trisquel
- Mailing list ("trisquel-devel") https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-devel/
- List of Issues (bugs, errors, problems, etc.) https://trisquel.info/en/project/issues
People
- Ruben Rodriguez (lead developer)
Contributing to Development
- Donate https://trisquel.info/en/donate
- Contributing directly to Trisquel source code CONTRIBUTING
- Community Guidelines GUIDELINES
- Register to Trisquel's GitLab SIGN UP
- Register to the Forum https://trisquel.info/en/user/register
- Resources https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/contributors
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