Revision of All Manuals from Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:49

I. Philosophy

• What is free software?
  • a matter of liberty
  • more
  • Glossary (Needs Writing)

• GNU and Linux
  • the GNU operating system and the Linux kernel
  • GNU OS guidelines
  • Linux-Libre
  • Comments on other distributions of GNU/Linux

• Snakes and Ladders
  • specification license (needs work)
  • DRM(please help improve)
  • hardware (Needs Work and Revision)
  • BIOS(please help improve)
  • Treacherous Computing, (translations)
  • Open Source: silent on freedom issues

• Commerce
  • Selling Free Software (GNU.org)
  • Trisquel and Commerce

• Education
  • Schools should use Free Software (GNU.org)
  • Trisquel and Education

• Distributions of GNU-Linux
  • Trisquel GNU/Linux
  • gNew Sense
  • more

• Community Guidelines

II. About Trisquel

• Trisquel's Development Cycle
• versions

Old page ... will phase this out: Community

III. Ask for help

• • forum
  • IRC (#trisquel on irc.freenode.net)
  • common questions

IV. Setup

• Download Trisquel

• Create boot media
  • Burn Trisquel image to CD/DVD
  • Make a bootable Trisquel USB drive

• Install Trisquel (from boot media)
  • OEM Installation, or (Needs Images)
  • Install with an encrypted drive
  • Using the Netinstall image from a bootable USB drive
  • Tasksel

• Migrate from Ubuntu

V. Language and Accessibility

• Accessibility
  • Visual, hearing, and mobility -- tools (Third-Party)
  • GNU Accessibility Statement

• Languages
  • Switch Languages
  • Using iBus to write in non-Roman alphabets (Needs Rewrite) (Page does not exist)

VI. Set up hardware

• Categories of computers
  • personal computer
  • tablet and smart phone

• Configure your hardware
  • Graphics card
  • Printer
  • Scanner (Needs Writing)
  • Webcam
  • Wifi
  • 3G modem (Needs Cleanup / Rewrite)
  • Microphone (Needs Writing)
  • Function keys (Needs Writing)

• Look up hardware
  • h-node
  • coreboot compatible motherboards
  • FSF headoffice hardware

• Complete Systems
  • gluglug (laptops with free BIOS)
  • InaTux (desktops, free-BIOS available)
  • ThinkPenguin (laptops, desktops, printers, etc) (Broken Link to Developer's Version)

• • LibreTrend ()
  • Chromebook (laptops)
  • GNU's complete systems and OS preinstalled list

VII. Home and office

• Add and Remove Programs
  • A different approach than on Windows
  • Install, update, and remove software
  • Keep your system up-to-date
  • It's possible to install packages without an Internet connection (Needs revision)

• Files and Documents
  • Files and folders -- an introduction (Needs Writing)
  • Open files with different apps than default
  • Manage disks and partitions (Needs Writing)

• Backups
  • Access other hard disk partitions (Needs Writing)
  • Backup your files
  • Archive files and folders

• The Terminal
  • Command line ("the terminal") (Needs Revision and minor cleanup)
  • Never simply copy and paste commands

• Internet
  • Connect to the Internet (Needs Writing)
  • Web browser documentation
  • Abrowser's keyboard shortcuts (these instructions also apply to GNU IceCat)

• chat online
  • Instant messengers and protocols (working on this)
  • IRC (Needs Minor Cleanup)

• Internet video
  • Videos Without FlashPlayer (Need Confirmation Testings)
  • YouTube Without Proprietary JavaScript, ActionScript (Needs Formatting)

• Media
  • Music
    • Rip audio CDs (Needs Minor Cleanup)
    • Tag music files (Needs Writing)
  • Video
    • Enable DVD Playback for DVDs with CSS DRM
    • Play videos without Adobe Flash Player (Needs Minor Cleanup)
    • Watch YouTube videos using youtube-dl

• Productivity (This section needs work) (Page does not exist)
  • Word Processor
  • Spreadsheet
  • Accounting
  • Presentation
  • Timekeeping
  • Point of sale
  • Project management
  • Customer relationship management
  • Statistics and Data Mining
  • Information Processing

• Privacy and Security
  • Privacy
    • Email Self Defense
    • Encrypt and Sign Emails with GPG
    • Chat encryption
    • How to stay anonymous online (Needs Finishing)
    • Free Search Engines
    • [HowTo Encript the Hard Disk] (@ToDo)
    • Wipe out files and Partitions (this section needs writing)
    • Minimize your browser fingerprint
  • Security
    • [Passwords] (@ToDo)
    • [Users, Groups, Owners and Attributes] (@ToDo)
    • [Firewall] (@ToDo)
    • [Antivirus] (@ToDo)

• Settings (Page does not exist)
  • Fonts
    • Change the user-interface fonts
  • Universal Access
    • Disable Orca Screen Reader startup without uninstall it

• Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
  • Installing/Unistalling Desktops
    • Install MATE
    • Unity on Trisquel 7.0
    • [HowTo Uninstall desktops] (@ToDO)
  • Managing
    • Modifying Trisquel desktop effects (compton) (Not finished)
    • [Choose between desktops] (@ToDO)
  • Window Managers
    • Compiz
  • Panels
    • Main Menu Alternatives

• Third-party documentation
  • External Free Software Documentation (Needs Minor Cleanup)

VIII. Servers

• Servers
  • Why should I set up my own free software server?
    • Richard Stallman explains in the Boston Review, and at GNU.org.
  • Install Trisquel as a server
    • Internet Service Provider requirements
    • Choose the right computer to use as a server
    • Install Trisquel as a Server
  • Mail Transfer Agent (MTA,"email server")
    • Set up MX Records (ToDo Page does not Exists) for your domain
    • Choose, install, and set up an MTA
  • FTP
    • VSFTPD Setup
  • Education (category?)
    • Linux Terminal Server Project (Needs Cleanup)
  • Communication
    • XMPP

IX. Advanced

• Advanced
  • Power-user guides
    • Compile a GNU Linux-libre kernel
    • Customize a Trisquel disc image (Needs Cleanup)
    • Virtualbox(New)
    • Virtualization using KVM(Needs VFIO Documentation)
    • Configure loging prompt
  • Mirror Trisquel
    • Mirroring Trisquel (Needs Minor Cleanup)
    • How to format an external storage device using parted

X. Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Solutions
  • Boot-time and boot-time options for troubleshooting
    • Installation troubleshooting
    • Suspend and Hibernation troubleshooting (Needs rewrite, minor cleanup)
  • Sound Troubleshooting
    • Volume Control

• About Troubleshooting
  • Documenting Troubleshooting
    • [HowTo React](@ToDo)

XI. Contributors

• • how to help
  • Writers and translators
  • Report a bug
  • Organizational chart
  • Developer Meetings
  • Roadmap
  • Proposed policies
  • Distribution guidelines
  • Packages repository

Notes

• I replaced Alphabetical List of Manuals with All Manuals. It's just a name change. Alphabetical List of Manuals is not alphabetical anymore. The new name describes the page better I think.

• These community members are responsible for all the content on Alphabetical List of Manuals. It was a lot of content, and all of it carried over to the new All Manuals. -- muhammed, Dec 28 2013
  1. 1. AndrewT
     2. stefano
     3. andrew
     4. Magic Banana
     5. oshanz
     6. slughnaz
     7. lloydsmart
     8. G4JC
     9. lembas
     10. ssdclickofdeath
     11. SirGrant
     12. greenman
     13. muhammed

• contributors' page