Trisquel Taranis is here, including a MINI edition!
After a great job done during several months by Rubén and the rest of the Trisquel team, the long-waited Trisquel 4.0 Taranis” was published during the Software Freedom Day.
This new release of Trisquel is based on Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid”, and provides a fully-free distribution of GNU/Linux, running the 100% free Linux-libre 2.6.32 kernel. This release comes in two different primary versions, the “Standard Edition” and the “Mini Edition”.
The “Standard Edition” is meant for standard desktop computers, and includes:
- GNOME 2.30
- OpenOffice.org 3.2
- Gimp 2.6
- ABrowser 3.6.9 (Firefox-based web browser)
The “Mini Edition”, focused on computers with CPU/RAM limitations like Netbooks, includes:
- LXDE 0.5
- Midori 0.2
I’ve been using Trisquel Taranis Standard Edition since some months ago, while it was not even in beta stage; but also wanted to check the look and feel and performance of the Mini version, so I decided to try it in a VM.
The boot menu when installing Trisquel Taranis is really appealing:
Remember that you can try Trisquel GNU/Linux without installing it!
This is the initial look and feel of Trisquel Taranis Mini after installing it and logging in the user account. Note to Windows users, what’s the difference between a fresh Windows installation and a GNU/Linux installation? Just check the image…
Answer: The “welcome” popup in GNU/Linux tells you about new software updates, it doesn’t tell you “Your computer is at risk!!!” because you didn’t install the antivirus or whatever. GNU/Linux doesn’t need an antivirus, and a fresh install is just SECURE, not like a Windows one.
The lightweight Mini edition will use only ~90MB of RAM when booted, which makes it perfect for netbooks and laptops without much memory:
So, if you want to give it a try, Download Trisquel Taranis! And if you like it, you can also Donate to the project, or buy some nice Trisquel Merchandise…
