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[New Torrent] Trisquel GNU/Linux 5.5 amd64

Started by Fr0zen, April 17, 2012, 04:41:45 AM

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Fr0zen

Rubén Rodríguez has announced the release of Trisquel GNU/Linux 5.5, a 100% \"libre\" distribution based on Ubuntu: \"Trisquel 5.5 STS 'Brigantia' is finally here. This release is our first to be based on GNOME 3, GTK+ 3 and also Linux-libre 3.0. GNOME 3 was a big challenge, because as it is designed 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. 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.