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Trisquel GNU/Linux

An Ubuntu-based distribution that strips out every trace of proprietary software and non-free firmware, one of the small number of distributions officially endorsed by the Free Software Foundation.

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Based on

Ubuntu

First released

2004

Package manager

APT (.deb)

Desktop environments

GNOME (heavily de-blobbed), MATE

Trisquel takes Ubuntu's package base and systematically removes anything that isn't free software by the Free Software Foundation's own strict definition -- proprietary firmware ('blobs'), non-free codecs, and any other component that doesn't meet the FSF's free-software guidelines -- which is exactly why the FSF lists it among the handful of distributions it formally endorses. That thoroughness can mean some hardware (particularly Wi-Fi adapters and GPUs needing proprietary firmware to function at all) won't work out of the box the way it would on regular Ubuntu, a direct tradeoff for its uncompromising free-software stance. It's a common choice specifically for users and organizations for whom software-freedom principles are a hard requirement, not just a preference.
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