I agree you with but I still have many concerns about Trisquel being based on
Ubuntu. Let me explain
- I'm also don't mind to not have the latest and greatest, but I except the
application to work and to be secure (receiving security patches then). And
as many of you may have already seen, a bunch of application available in the
repositories simply don't work. I can give those 2 examples :
-- Virtualbox is available in 5.5 but the Kernel module can't be installed
(why not removing it from the repositories ?). It isn't available in 6.0 tho.
(There is an application with an almost similar problem that is Ekiga... it
is available but it doesn't install because of a non-free missing package).
-- Pencil is available on both 5.5 and 6.0, but it doesn't save on neither
the two (they are the same version). So you can create an animation but it
won't save.
Ubuntu has a lots of problems, and I think that Ruben should continue with a
Ubuntu base but should add more of his sauce. What I mean by that is, no
adding something just because the same version of Ubuntu added it (like for
example the 6.0 that is based on Ubuntu 12.04 which added new features for
Compiz because of Unity... But the snap window is still buggy and this still
isn't corrected on 12.10 so why 6.0 adds this by default ?)
Abrowser (aka Firefox) is also another problem. Why is Abrowser different
from Firefox ? Why there a difference on the design ? Why can I put the
refresh button between the url bar and the search bar in order for him to be
integrated with the url bar like in Firefox and IceWeasel ? Why many of the
features available on Firefox (that are free software) are not enabled by
default on Abrowser when they are on IceWeasel and Firefox (like WebGL) ?
But I must agree with you. Trisquel has only 2 solutions, or it will always
try to create a Free Version of Ubuntu and by doing this he enters in a race
of time and resources. Or he just take all the knowledge and time (that is
already not enough) and just take what we have (an almost finished and stable
6.0 release) and just do something new, that will only go take the real
necessary from Ubuntu and Debian when needed.
There is also the bar problem. In Trisquel 6.0 the bar isn't transparent
(like in 5.5) because of the applets on it that won't fallow the rest of the
design (the same happens in Ubuntu).
And the sound problems on 5.5 for many devices.
But what can be done ? I have already reported the issue, we have already a
little group of people reading the bugreports and trying to find a solution
(big thanks for them) but I really don't know what can be done more. Sending
emails ? With what ? Donation ? I've already donated.. not much but still it
is better than nothing in my opinion.
And even with all this, I still use Trisquel Gnu/Linux as my main
distribution everyday... My mother uses it... The POS I am creating for my
Mother's Bar will be using it. And, I hope, my business will also use it. And
why ? Because it is simply (today at least) the best true image of a Free and
Intuitive distribution that we can give to the world. And that is awesome :D
