Hi,
I'm pleased to inform you that the long-awaited Trisquel GNU/Linux 6.0
LTS I18N Edition is almost out, and looks fine! I installed this
thing and am using it. This release includes GNOME 3.4.2, Libreoffice
3.5.4.2, Mozilla browser 15, exaile music player, pidgin messenger,
and more, with many more apps in the distro's apt repositories. The
I18N edition includes many language packs and media codecs. Also,
Orca is activated, out of the box, on this one, as is the case on
previous Trisquel I18N edition dvds. Trisquel is a distro that
respects, to the greatest extent possible, the four freedoms as
advocated by the FSF, and never recommends non-free software. For
information on the Trisquel GNU/Linux project, and links to the
current and older releases, visit http://trisquel.info. To get the
subject up-coming release, visit
http://devel.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/latest/trisquel_6.0-20121021-i1
8n_i686.iso
If you try this release, plese share your experience with the
community. Now, here's what I found.
After downloading the image, I wrote it to a flash drive in the usual
manner, with the 'dd' command, in the terminal. I'm pleased to report
that the resulting system booted. After what seemed a long wait, Orca
came up talking, but all I could do, at this point, was adjust its
preferences. The shortcuts for switching applications, bringing up
the 'run' dialogue, moving among system controls, and pulling down the
menus were not defined. I could, however, get to a terminal, using
'ctrl+alt+t'. From this terminal, I launched gnome-control-center,
and defined the shortcuts I needed. Once I did this, I could proceed
to explore the desktop, panel, and menus. As with previous versions
of Trisquel, the default ui is the GNOME fallback, with all the
applets on the bottom panel, the desktop with a few defaults like
'computer', 'trash', 'home' and 'network servers'. On the dvd image,
you will have the installer as a desktop icon, as well. When I got to
the bottom panel, I connected to my wifi network, easily. When moving
among the available networks, Orca now indicates the signal strength
and whether the network is secured (very nice!) The installer is much
like a Ubuntu installer, but with the option of adding the proprietary
stuff absent. The install went swimmingly! I booted from the hard
drive and discovered that the login greeter (gdm) has accessibility
enabled. Orca launches, with the preferences dialogue focused. Use
'ctrl+alt+tab' to go to the greeter, choose your name, and log in.
You may discover, as I have done, that the volume is zeroed out on the
login greeter, your session, or both, when you start. Fortunately, my
media keys work, and I can turn up volumes. I wish it would stay
where I left it, at shutdown, though.
I shared my findings with the main Trisquel users' forum, and await
replies. It looks like the builds are daily, now, and I'm hoping for
the final release soon! Trisquel has historically been 4 to 6 months
behind Ubuntu, of which it is a derivative.
Excited,
Dave Hunt
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