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===Trisquel 5.5~~-Beta~~===

===Trisquel 5.5===

:Announcement: 03, ~~Mar~~ 2012

:Announcement: 16, Apr 2012

:Updated --[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 11:45, ~~21 March~~ 2012 (EDT)

:Updated ----[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 17:38, 16 April 2012 (EDT)

*Download: http://~~devel.~~trisquel.info/~~makeiso/iso/~~

*Download: http://trisquel.info/download

~~: Has i686 and x86-64 versions~~

Trisquel 5.5 STS "Brigantia" is finally here! This release took us

some extra time but it was well worth it, as even if we went through a

~~The first beta images for the forthcoming~~ 5.5 "Brigantia" release ~~are~~

lot of changes in core components we achieved many improvements while

~~ready~~ for ~~download here: http://devel.trisquel~~.~~info/makeiso/iso/~~

preparing the system for the forthcoming long term support release. As

~~This time the images came~~ a ~~little later than expected because~~ the

a sort of compensation (many thanks for your patience!), and due to the

~~amount~~ of ~~upstream changes -~~specially the ~~move towards~~ GNOME 3 and ~~GTK3~~-

importance of our next release, we will start hacking on it sooner than

~~required~~ a ~~much larger effort than usual~~. ~~They also required~~ a ~~lot of~~

usual, in about a month.

~~compilation tests~~, ~~those incomplete iso images that caused~~ so ~~much~~

~~speculation~~... ~~But~~ it ~~was fun~~. :)

This release took our biggest effort in this eight years, and we want

~~I'll right back~~ to the ~~list~~ with ~~every new iso that comes up for~~

to thank all the community, members, donors and specially to everyone

~~testing~~. ~~The known bug list is here (please do~~ not ~~translate~~ it):

who contributed to the development. Many new technologies, same user

~~https://trisquel~~.~~info/en/wiki/brigantia-development~~

experience

~~The planned release date~~ is ~~March 24; I'll be presenting~~ the new

~~version at~~ the ~~2012 LibrePlanet Conference in Boston:~~

This release is our first to be based on GNOME 3, GTK 3 and also

http://~~libreplanet~~.~~org/wiki/LibrePlanet2012/Schedule~~

Linux-libre 3.0.0. GNOME 3 was a big challenge, because as it is

~~Let's get cracking with the bug fixing!~~

designed by now, it is not usable for our community. The new default

interface of GNOME 3 is GNOME Shell, a program that requires 3D

acceleration to work, as it relies on graphics composition. Sadly, many

graphics cards today still lack a libre driver providing acceleration,

so many users who would choose free drivers will be redirected to a

fallback desktop environment. We think that this way many users could

feel compelled to install non-free drivers to be able to use the new

desktop, so we decided to use the fallback environment as default, and

improve it when possible. Luckily this fallback is a GTK 3

implementation of GNOME panel 2x, and not only is it very usable, and

even more stable than the original, but it is also accessible,

something GNOME Shell is currently lacking.

One other advantage of using the fallback as default is that we were

able to use it to provide the same desktop layout that many Trisquel

users have become attached to. You can of course adapt and customize it

with panels and applets as usual.

This release features, among many others:

- Linux-libre 3.0.0

- GNOME 3.2

- Abrowser 11

- LibreOffice 3.4.4

Better accessibility, a better project

Continuing with our commitment to accessibility we have managed to

improve the integration with the Orca screen reader and other universal

access software. It was not easy, as it was affected by the changes in

core libraries underneath, but the results were worth it. If you use

the i18n DVD the screen reader will be started by default, allowing

visually impaired users to install it by themselves, and the login

manager in the installed system will then be accessible. It is still

far from perfect, but we will keep working on it.

Another improvement is that many NVIDIA graphic cards are now supported

with 3D acceleration using the free Nouveau driver, which was moved

from experimental into the preinstalled set of packages. Also, we can

announce now that those packages, and all the +300GB of sources and

binaries in our archive servers are now accessible through new official

mirrors in the Netherlands and India, thanks to Jason Self and the KMEA

Engineering college respectively. Many thanks!

-- Rubén Rodríguez Trisquel project leader | http://trisquel.info _______________________________________________

*Note: Install to Hard Disk is located in "System Settings" Or use command "ubiquity" from terminal.

~~====Features====~~

* Based on Ubuntu 11.10

* Linux-Libre 3.0.0

* GNOME 3.2

* Abrowser 10

* LibreOffice 3.4.4

===Trisquel 5.0===

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 *http://packages.trisquel.info/
-===Trisquel 5.5-Beta===
+===Trisquel 5.5===
-:Announcement: 03, Mar 2012
+:Announcement: 16, Apr 2012
-:Updated --[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 11:45, 21 March 2012 (EDT)
+:Updated ----[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 17:38, 16 April 2012 (EDT)
-*Download: http://devel.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/
+*Download: http://trisquel.info/download
-: Has i686 and x86-64 versions
+  Trisquel 5.5 STS "Brigantia" is finally here! This release took us
+ some extra time but it was well worth it, as even if we went through a
-  The first beta images for the forthcoming 5.5 "Brigantia" release are
+ lot of changes in core components we achieved many improvements while
-  ready for download here: http://devel.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/
+  preparing the system for the forthcoming long term support release. As
-  This time the images came a little later than expected because the
+  a sort of compensation (many thanks for your patience!), and due to the
-  amount of upstream changes -specially the move towards GNOME 3 and GTK3-
+  importance of our next release, we will start hacking on it sooner than
-  required a much larger effort than usual. They also required a lot of
+ usual, in about a month.
-  compilation tests, those incomplete iso images that caused so much
-  speculation... But it was fun. :)
+ This release took our biggest effort in this eight years, and we want
-  I'll right back to the list with every new iso that comes up for
+ to thank all the community, members, donors and specially to everyone
-  testing. The known bug list is here (please do not translate it):
+ who contributed to the development. Many new technologies, same user
-  https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/brigantia-development
+ experience
-  The planned release date is March 24; I'll be presenting the new
-  version at the 2012 LibrePlanet Conference in Boston:
+ This release is our first to be based on GNOME 3, GTK 3 and also
-  http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet2012/Schedule
+ Linux-libre 3.0.0. GNOME 3 was a big challenge, because as it is
- Let's get cracking with the bug fixing!
+  designed by now, it is not usable for our community. The new default
+ interface of GNOME 3 is GNOME Shell, a program that requires 3D
+ acceleration to work, as it relies on graphics composition. Sadly, many
+ graphics cards today still lack a libre driver providing acceleration,
+ so many users who would choose free drivers will be redirected to a
+  fallback desktop environment. We think that this way many users could
+ feel compelled to install non-free drivers to be able to use the new
+ desktop, so we decided to use the fallback environment as default, and
+  improve it when possible. Luckily this fallback is a GTK 3
+ implementation of GNOME panel 2x, and not only is it very usable, and
+ even more stable than the original, but it is also accessible,
+ something GNOME Shell is currently lacking.
+ One other advantage of using the fallback as default is that we were
+ able to use it to provide the same desktop layout that many Trisquel
+ users have become attached to. You can of course adapt and customize it
+ with panels and applets as usual.
+ This release features, among many others:
+  - Linux-libre 3.0.0
+  - GNOME 3.2
+  - Abrowser 11
+  - LibreOffice 3.4.4
+ Better accessibility, a better project
+ Continuing with our commitment to accessibility we have managed to
+ improve the integration with the Orca screen reader and other universal
+  access software. It was not easy, as it was affected by the changes in
+ core libraries underneath, but the results were worth it. If you use
+ the i18n DVD the screen reader will be started by default, allowing
+ visually impaired users to install it by themselves, and the login
+ manager in the installed system will then be accessible. It is still
+  far from perfect, but we will keep working on it.
+ Another improvement is that many NVIDIA graphic cards are now supported
+ with 3D acceleration using the free Nouveau driver, which was moved
+ from experimental into the preinstalled set of packages. Also, we can
+ announce now that those packages, and all the +300GB of sources and
+ binaries in our archive servers are now accessible through new official
+  mirrors in the Netherlands and India, thanks to Jason Self and the KMEA
+ Engineering college respectively. Many thanks!
+  -- Rubén Rodríguez Trisquel project leader | http://trisquel.info _______________________________________________
 *Note: Install to Hard Disk is located in "System Settings" Or use command "ubiquity" from terminal.
-====Features====
-* Based on Ubuntu 11.10
-* Linux-Libre 3.0.0
-* GNOME 3.2
-* Abrowser 10
-* LibreOffice 3.4.4
 ===Trisquel 5.0===