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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.
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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