Revision of All Manuals from Mon, 07/18/2016 - 12:35

I. Philosophy

• What is free software?
  • a Matter of liberty
  • Essays and articles
  • Glossary (Needs Writing)

• GNU and Linux
  • The GNU operating system and the Linux kernel
  • GNU OS guidelines
  • The Linux-Libre kernel
  • 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
  • gNewSense
  • Free distro list

• Community Guidelines

II. About Trisquel

• Trisquel's Development Cycle
• Versions

III. Ask for help

• Forum
• IRC (#trisquel on irc.freenode.net)
• Common questions

IV. Setup

• Downloading Trisquel

• Creating boot media
  • Burning Trisquel image to CD/DVD
  • Making a bootable Trisquel USB drive

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

• Migrating from Ubuntu

V. Language and Accessibility

• Accessibility
  • Orca Walkthrough: audio guides for blind users
  • Visual, hearing, and mobility -- tools (Third-Party)
  • GNU Accessibility Statement

• Languages
  • Switching 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

• Configuring your hardware
  • Graphics cards
  • Printers
  • Scanners
  • Webcams
  • Wifi
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Microphone (Needs Writing)
  • Function keys (Needs Writing)

• Look up hardware
  • h-node Hardware database
  • systems supported by libreboot
  • FSF headoffice hardware

• Complete Systems and parts vendors
  • Minifree (Gluglug) (laptops with free BIOS)
    • Libiquity (American vendor of Minifree laptops)
  • ThinkPenguin (laptops, desktops, printers, etc)
  • Novena
  • Lenovo ThinkPads (Needs Writing)
  • LibreTrend
  • Dell Inspiron 1300
  • Chromebook
  • MacBook
  • GNU's complete systems and OS preinstalled list
  • Tehnoetic wireless adapter (RYF certified USB wifi card)

VII. Home and office

• Add and Remove Programs
  • A different approach than on Windows
  • Installing, updating and removing software
  • Keeping your system up-to-date
  • Installing packages without an Internet connection (Needs revision)

• Files and Documents
  • Files and folders: introduction (Needs Writing)
  • Opening files with different apps than their default
  • Managing disks and partitions (Needs Writing)

• Backups
  • Accessing hard disk partitions (Needs Writing)
  • Backing up your files
  • Archive files and folders

• The Terminal
  • Introduction to the command line or "terminal" (Needs Revision and minor cleanup)
  • Never simply copy and paste commands

• Internet
  • Connecting to the Internet (Needs Writing)
  • Web browser documentation
  • Abrowser's keyboard shortcuts (these instructions also apply to GNU IceCat)
  • Tweaking your browser to enhance security and privacy

• 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
  • Dictionary
  • 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
    • Encrypt your home directory after install (Needs cleanup)
    • [HowTo: Encrtypting 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
  • Fonts
    • Change the user-interface fonts
  • Universal Access
    • Disable Orca Screen Reader startup without uninstall it
  • Startup Applications
    • Make a program run on startup

• Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
  • Installing/Unistalling Desktops
    • Install MATE
    • Install XFCE
    • Unity on Trisquel 7.0
    • Create a Gnome-flashback dedicated session to use it with compiz
    • [HowTo Uninstall desktops] (@ToDO)

• • Managing
    • Modifying Trisquel desktop effects (compton) (Not finished)
    • [Choosing between desktops] (@ToDO)

• • Window Managers
    • Compiz

• • Panels
    • Main Menu Alternatives
    • Managing Panel Launchers

• 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
    • Choosing the right computer to use as a server
    • Install Trisquel as a Server

• • Mail Transfer Agent (MTA or "email server")
    • Setting 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
    • IRC

• • Printer and Scanner
    • Scan server

IX. Advanced

• Advanced
  • Power-user guides
    • Build Your Own Version of Trisquel
    • Optimizing battery time
    • Compile a GNU Linux-libre kernel
    • Update the Linux-libre kernel
    • Compiling software from source code
    • Customizing a Trisquel disc image (Needs Cleanup)
    • Configuring an LTSP Server
    • Virtualbox
    • Virtualization using KVM(Needs VFIO Documentation)
    • Configure loging prompt
    • Installing latest backported kernel and xserver
  • Mirror Trisquel
    • Mirroring Trisquel (Needs Minor Cleanup)
    • How to format an external storage device using parted
    • Linux Hard Disk Encryption With LUKS

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
  • Software that does not respect Free System Distribution Guidelines
    • Rejected games list
  • Packages repository
  • ads

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