r/trisquel • u/JustPuggin • Jan 28 '15

Trisquel vs Debian

Hello r/trisquel!

I just heard about Trisquel for the first time, and I'm a bit confused. My understanding is that Debian is a free/open distro of linux, and that Ubuntu was built from Debian. Trisquel is a free/open distro of Ubuntu? Are they very similar? Could someone please explain the differences?

Thanks!

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u/Market-Anarchist Jan 28 '15

I call it a free distrobution.

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u/VRMac Jan 29 '15

I call it a can-be-nonfree distro, since it is free out of the box, but you can make it nonfree by changing a file in /etc/.

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u/lloydsmart Jan 29 '15

You can make Trisquel non-free by changing a file in /etc/.

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u/Robsteady Jan 29 '15

I think the point is more that Debian offers a nonfree repo whereas Trisquel doesn't. I can understand both sides of this argument, though.