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Line 19: − + − + + − 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 − lot of changes in core components we achieved many improvements while − preparing the system for the forthcoming long term support release. As − a sort of compensation (many thanks for your patience!), and due to the − importance of our next release, we will start hacking on it sooner than − usual, in about a month. − − This release took our biggest effort in this eight years, and we want − to thank all the community, members, donors and specially to everyone − who contributed to the development. Many new technologies, same user − experience − − This release is our first to be based on GNOME 3, GTK 3 and also − Linux-libre 3.0.0. GNOME 3 was a big challenge, because as it is − 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 _______________________________________________
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===Trisquel 5.5===
===Trisquel 5.5===
:Announcement: 16, Apr 2012
[http://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-55-sts-brigantia-release-announcement Release announcement] - 16 April 2012
:Updated ----[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 17:38, 16 April 2012 (EDT)
:-- Rubén Rodríguez, Trisquel project leader
::Updated ----[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 17:38, 16 April 2012 (EDT)
*Download: http://trisquel.info/download
*Download: http://trisquel.info/download
*Note: Install to Hard Disk is located in "System Settings" Or use command "ubiquity" from terminal.
*Note: Install to Hard Disk is located in "System Settings" Or use command "ubiquity" from terminal.