What are the things that Trisquel can do but Windows 7 can't?
What are the features that Trisquel has but Windows 7 doesn't? I want to know more about Trisquel and any special features that it has. If possible, please make a list of such features. I can use it to persuade people to switch from Windows to GNU/Linux.
It respects your fundamental rights as a computer user to freely inspect, study, modify and share the software running on your computer. It's basically a community-owned and community-controlled public good that can be trusted not to have malicious features acting against you as opposed to proprietary software (like Windows 7) that is owned and controlled by a private entity you are expected to trust blindly.
It has a full Office suite installed, usable on first boot. No need to go looking for one or worse, paying for MSOffice.
You can use GNOME Shell.
Yes, you have the freedom to intall GNOME Shell. No matter how horrible it is.
I think it is great and prefer it to anything else at the moment.
I don't what happens with gnome shell... But i think is fantastich
GNOME Shell is amazing: http://www.gnome.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/window-selection-3.10.png
How do we install that in Trisquel? There won't be any redundant programs (file browser, archiver, etc) because Gnome Classic uses all the same stuff right?
Something Trisquel doesn't do that Windows 7 does is implement Digital Restrictions Management, but that is a good thing, as DRM is an antifeature.
I think it's mostly things that windows 7 HAS and trisquel does not. Such as DRM. I once tried to transfer a file from a computer to a external hdd. Windows did not let me, because the file had microsoft DRM.
Trisquel is faster, easier to install, you can change gui a lot more easily.
Better package management.
Trisquel can do things with freedom.
The best way is migrate from proprietary applications to free as in freedom applications. After this everybody can use Trisquel without problems.
Install in your Windows: Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, VLC, Jitsi, Deluge(or qbittorrent), GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, Audacity, etc (you can search others here in Trisquel website (also in the distribution, of course) or in the Free Software Directory).
After this step you can install the default Trisquel (GNOME Panel+Compiz) or with GNOME Shell or KDE or XFCE. Or try Trisquel Mini with LXDE.
And try to move out people from Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, Skype, Flickr, YouTube and move to Diaspora, pump.io, XMPP and GNU MediaGoblin.
1) Trisquel Doesn't spy on you; Windows 7 does.
2) Trisquel let's you run unix applications; Windows 7 has non-free cygwin but it's just not the same.
3) Trisquel let's you recover a Windows PC from a LiveCD; Windows 7 doesn't have a LiveCD officially and BartPE imo doesn't do as good of a job.
4) Trisquel let's you easily host your own servers; Windows 7 after disabling multiple firewalls and UAC settings let's you do the same but is likely more vunerable to malicious attackers.
5) Trisquel is open-source so you can modify whatever you want; Windows 7 is a buggy black box.
Yes, it's not as user-friendly as some Windows 7 features and hardware support, but with tweaking and continued bugs filed against the right packages it is my hope it one day will be. :)
On 06/11/13 11:28, gaming4jc2 wrote:
> 2) Trisquel let's you run unix applications; Windows 7 has non-free
> cygwin but it's just not the same.
cygwin is free software!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin
Andrew.
Cygwin is mostly free. It has several packages with freedom issues which is why I mentioned it was non-free; see here: http://www.cygwin.com/packages/
Compare those against this libre blacklist:
http://repo.parabolagnulinux.org/docs/blacklist.txt
The only benefit of Windows 7 is you can play games on it - but this is changing what with Steam and Wine etc. Trisquel ensures trouble free browsing - with my Windows 7 machine I never allowed it on the Internet (except for once when I needed the GCC compiler for Windows).
You get a lot of programs to choose from in Trisquel for free, that you can download. Things like games, office programs, maths and education stuff. When I was running it I filled my PC with lots of different programming tools, games and VLC (a video player).
Windows 7 also uses loads of RAM (like 3GB or something) whereas Trisquel doesn't. Although this version of Linux doesn't come with propriety graphics cards drivers I think the 3D open source graphic card drivers are getting pretty good now for 3D work/games. Trisquel and Linux distributions in general also don't phone home back to Microsoft, to see whether it's a pirated version or not.
If you do install Trisquel make sure you don't have the Atheros chipset on your wireless/network card. This needs some external proprietary firmware to work. I normally Google the wireless / networking card model and Linux compatibility. Also, if it's a laptop you're using, try to look up the graphics card for Linux compatibility too. I always try the new distro on my hardware and test everything's working before installing it.
Those games you can play on Windows 7 are non-free software. They are just as bad as any other non-free program. They spy on you, restrict you and don't allow you to share. Steam and Wine are in practice almost exclusively used for installing and running non-free software. In fact, Steam is non-free software.
"Piracy" in this context is a propaganda term, meant to deceive people into thinking that sharing is bad, like real piracy is.
The point of Trisquel which is a GNU system (not Linux), is to give people freedom. To compare GNU with non-free systems only in terms of features and convenience is missing the point.
I play free games in GNU + Linux-libre perfectly.
I am a member!
The feature that Windows doesn't have and never will is that Trisquel has respect for the user and last but not least, is ethically and morally correct, end of story.
The satisfaction that comes with it, is just overwhelming.
"What are the things that Trisquel can do but Windows 7 can't?"
Respect your freedom. 'nuff said.
The rest are technical issues which, being technical issues, can probably be worked out by anyone that is sufficiently determined.