Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser update issues

[foreign . mail]

What other alternative browsers do you suggest to install when abrowser  
doesn't work?


Thank you very much for your reply!

Re: [Trisquel-users] GnuPGP for Trisquel out of date

[Mason Hock]

> I run trisquel in my
> T400s and X220 and I have had no issues (other than the usual issues with
> updating to Abrowser 64).

It sounds like you've stumbled onto one of the advantages of an LTS
distro. Abrowser is one of the few packages in Trisquel that is rolling,
so occasionally an update will break something in Abrowser. With a
rolling distro, this would be the case for the entire system.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] GnuPGP for Trisquel out of date

[jcmartinez2129]

Thanks for the explanation. This helps to clear out why Trisquel freezes its  
software versions. Personally I preferred the "rolling release" approach,  
then I decided to go 100% free software and got to know Trisquel, it is now  
my favorite distro, I run a small server powered by Trisquel and its  
stability is much appreciated. I run trisquel in my T400s and X220 and I have  
had no issues (other than the usual issues with updating to Abrowser 64).

Re: [Trisquel-users] GnuPGP for Trisquel out of date

[jason]

Yes there is always a reason for everything. Package versions are frozen on  
the release of a given version of Trisquel. Other distros, like Debian, do  
the same with their stable releases. Security and bug fixes can be applied by  
applying specific fixes the overall version number remains the same. This is  
done for stability purposes. You can know that updates are safe to apply and  
won't result in API/ABI changes or other problems. This also means the the  
2.1.11 you get in Trisquel is not exactly the same as 2.1.11 from gnupg.org  
because it will have been modified to fix any bug or security problems that  
may have existed in that version. An easy way to tell is, for example,  
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=xenial=all=any=gnupg2=names  
can you can see it's in the [security] component, indicating security-related  
changes have been made.

[Trisquel-users] GnuPGP for Trisquel out of date

[deonte . street . 23]

Is there a reason why GnuPGP on Trisquel is still on the older 2.1.11  
release? When i try to update through terminal i get "gnupg2 is already the  
newest version (2.1.11-6ubuntu2.1)".,which is way behind the current 2.2.12  
release.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser update issues

[deonte . street . 23]

im glad i found this thread i thought i was the only one having this issue.