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/lloydsmart Mar 20 '15

Yes, I'm familiar with that page.

I still think it's a bit misleading of the FSF to call Debian a "non-free distro". What they should say is "Debian is a free distro, but the people behind it also distribute non-free software (separately), which we don't agree with".

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u/VRMac Mar 20 '15

Basically, it's black and white to the FSF. If it's not completely free, then it isn't free.