After three years since the publication of the last thread, Trisquel has presented the release of a completely free Linux distribution Trisquel 12.0. This new version is based on the package base of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and is aimed at use in small businesses, educational institutions, and home users. Trisquel has received personal endorsement from Richard Stallman and is officially recognized as completely free by the Free Software Foundation. It is included in the Foundation’s list of recommended distributions. Installation images are available for download in various sizes generated for different architectures. The release of updates for the distribution will continue until April 2029.
The new release of Trisquel is notable for its exclusion of all non-free components such as binary drivers, firmware, and graphic design elements distributed under a non-free license. Despite the absence of proprietary components, Trisquel remains compatible with Java (OpenJDK) and supports various audio and video formats, including work with protected DVDs, using only completely free implementations of these technologies. Users can choose from MATE (by default), LXDE, and KDE as desktop environments.
In the latest release of Trisquel:
- The distribution has transitioned from the Ubuntu 22.04 package base to the Ubuntu 24.04 branch.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 6.8 (from 5.15) with Linux Libre, a completely free version cleared of proprietary firmware and drivers.
- AppArmor rules for graphical environments have been redesigned to enhance security.
- The APT package manager has been updated to branch 3.0, and repository settings have been switched to using the deb822 format.
- Web browsers included in Trisquel are GNU IceCat, ungoogled-chromium, and Abrowser (Firefox build from Trisquel developers).
- MATE desktop has been