Fully free distro list

If you know how to source hardware that uses fully-free drivers, they are worth a look.

Guix and Parabola also look interesting.

You probably didn’t even know it’s pronounced Jimp too!!

/s

MATE (prn: MAH-Tay)

because it comes with standard Trisquel and is a smooth DE experience.

Reject pixel-graphics, install aalib

;^)

I remember when Ubuntu was released, and I still have one of the first or second release Ubuntu shipit CDs.

Ubuntu was good at marketing and they were good at making things ‘just work’.

It was often the recommended choice of starter-distro due to hardware compatibility.

I’ve installed and admin’ed Ubuntu on 20 PCs in a small office setting, and it provides a decent user experience.

I would not personally use Ubuntu.

My daily driver now is Trisquel GNU/Linux, which is Ubuntu with all non-free packages(and binary blobs) removed.

If you are at the stage where you know how to source hardware that works with FLOSS-drivers, try out a fully-free FSF approved distro.

https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html

Clean, with zero corporate fluff.

Revolution OS(2001) was maybe the earliest documentary about Free Software.

This was great to view at LinuxConf2001, seeing many of the names you’d only read about previously.

Warning: It interviews various people discussed in this thread, but also contains plenty of Stallman being right.

One of the best quotes about Free Software, was how it is essentially using the same principles as Judo, use the opponents momentum against them.

The way Free Software uses full, restrictive copyright to create a permissive, free sharing-based copyright is an excellent example of the technique within many Judo throws.

I can’t remember where this quote was from, and a quick search found nothing. Maybe someone else can pinpoint it.

For a good time, call 1194.

This graffiti was seen, around 1993, in various toilets, referencing the national talking-clock service.

1194 == “On the third tone it will be 3:45 and 30 seconds, beep beep beeep.”

Whereas, seeing Kick & Run == life-partner material.

When you have rented the game for 24hrs and the tute takes 3 of them.

Thanks, I was checking both before going with ddwrt.

Looks like OpenWRT has more options and less hand-holding. Would that be right?

Thanks for the props :]

I usually look at the session graph data on Gadgetbridge, or export a bike GPS track to OSMand to look more in depth at position, height, speed etc.

Currently running majority FLOSS, and glad for the excellent options that these very capable people have released.

Desktops, laptops, HTPC:

Trisquel GNU/Linux on Libreboot BIOS hardware

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Phones and tablets are:

GrapheneOS + Fdroid only apps

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Rockbox audio players

(+ Open Tunes from FMA, Argofox, CC netlabels, jamendo, bandcamp etc)

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Gadgetbridge + Amazfit Bip (watch)

[Looking to switch out this watch for a FLOSS smartwatch like: pinetime or bangle.js]

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and dd-wrt on the router

Consider that crowd struck!

I used it in a university course in '95, not sure what distro, but customising your shell prompt, and setting automatic timed updates for the wallpaper in tvwm certainly felt like the future. Different and electric.

We would play the linux shareware first release of quake in 12-16 player. Hiding the executable by renaming it ekauq… didn’t work, still got removed from our directories.

There were installfests at the local LUG, which were a fun way to share tips and help others.

One Linux support business existed in our town in the 90s, installing and fixing Linux boxen for businesses. Mostly home/hobby use though.

Slashdot.org was covering the majority of Linux news. Either MS FUD or the nonsense SCO lawsuit, amongst all the positive advances.

Linux conferences were a fun way to make it more real and see many of the big names behind the movement and technologies.

Installed RedHat 4 or 5.1 around 98 and then found the power of Debian. Currently running Trisquel GNU/Linux because it is a fully libre distro with no proprietary blobs or other obfuscated parts.

Many thanks to RMS and all FLOSS contributors, there is such an incredible spectrum of tools available for free use. It has been great to see the progression and expansion over the decades.

Most frequently used handrail in town.

Not a cell phone in sight…

Yeah, Knoppix was kind of a ‘Tucows vibe’ distro. Pretty approachable.

Zen Linux was another short-lived 2005 liveDistro, which had a nice feel and Art.

Also, installing all https://trisquel.info/ versions side-by-side and doing a 17 year fast-forward would be cool.

DebianJr is the easiest pre-packaged distro for kids 7-12.

Under 12, I would keep it fully offline(remove NIC or blacklist MAC address.

Install a local wikipedia instance (or simple-wikipedia) for reference, and give them thumb drives/DVDs for media.

For the fully libre start to life, install Trisquel GNU/Linux and use the DebJr package list to install required software.

Audacious can correctly read and display winamp skin files (.wsz).

Get them from archive.org

97,133 search hits for ‘winamp skin’ are listed.

https://archive.org/search?query=winamp+skin

One of the old classic skins was sketch_skin

https://archive.org/details/winampskin_sketch_skin

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