Revision of All Manuals from Fri, 09/20/2024 - 20:32

I. Philosophy

• What is free software?
  • A Matter of liberty (GNU.org)
  • Essays and articles (GNU.org)
  • Glossary (Needs Writing)

• GNU and Linux
  • The GNU operating system and the Linux kernel (GNU.org)
  • GNU OS guidelines (GNU.org)
  • The Linux-Libre kernel (FSFLA.org)
  • Comments on other distributions of GNU/Linux (GNU.org)

• Snakes and Ladders
  • Specification License
  • DRM
  • Hardware (Needs Work and Revision)
    • Printer Freedom
    • See Complete Systems
  • BIOS
  • Treacherous Computing (CL.CAM.ac.uk) (translations)
  • Open Source: silent on freedom issues (GNU.org)

• 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
  • GNU/Linux distros for PCs and workstations (GNU.org)
  • Small GNU/Linux distros (GNU.org)

• Trisquel Community Guidelines
  • Open Source: silent on freedom issues (GNU.org)

II. About Trisquel

• Editions
  • System Requirements
  • Trisquel
  • Trisquel Mini
  • Triskel
  • Trisquel Sugar TOAST
  • Trisquel NetInstall
• Versions
• Logo
• Under what license is Trisquel distributed?
• F.A.Q.

III. Development

• How Trisquel is Made/ Trisquel's Development Cycle
• Package helpers
• How the Netinst Image is Done
• Recovering d-i logs
• Programming systems with non-free library source repos
• Enable testing repositories

IV. Ask for help

• Take a look at the Trisquel FAQ
• Have a read of the manuals
• Browse the official Forum
• See Connect to the #Trisquel IRC channel (#trisquel on irc.libera.chat)

V. Setup

• Downloading Trisquel
• Upgrading Trisquel
• Verify Trisquel Download

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

• Installing Trisquel (from boot media)
  • Installation Guide (alternative index)
  • OEM Installation
  • Installing with an encrypted drive
  • Install Trisquel as a Server using the NetInstall Image
  • Tasksel tasks

• Migrate from Ubuntu to Trisquel without reinstalling
• Configuring of a pre-installed Trisquel with oem-config
• Cloning a system
• How to resize Trisquel's default encrypted partitions
• How to remove Windows after installing Trisquel GNU/Linux in dual boot?

VI. Language and Accessibility

• Accessibility
  • Orca Walkthrough: audio guides for blind users (Needs Cleanup)
  • Visual, hearing, and mobility -- tools (GNOME.org)
  • GNU Accessibility Statement (GNU.org)
  • Disabling Orca Screen Reader

• Languages
  • Configuring keyboard input methods
  • Switching Languages
  • Using iBus or fcitx to write in non-Latin languages

VII. Set up hardware

• Categories of computers
  • personal computer
  • tablet and smart phone (Page does not exist)

• Configuring your hardware
  • Graphics cards
  • Printers
  • Scanners
  • Webcams
  • Wifi
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Microphone
  • Function keys

• Look up hardware
  • h-node Hardware database
  • systems supported by libreboot (LIBREBOOT.org)
  • FSF headoffice hardware (FSF.org)

• Complete Systems and parts vendors (Please improve)
  • Minifree (Gluglug) (laptops and workstations with free BIOS, etc)
    • Libiquity (American vendor of Minifree laptops)
  • ThinkPenguin (laptops, desktops, printers, etc)
  • Vikings (laptops, workstations, etc)
  • Novena
  • Lenovo ThinkPads (Please improve)
  • LibreTrend (Closed)
  • Dell Inspiron 1300
  • Dell Latitude E6400
  • Chromebook
  • MacBook
  • GNU's complete systems and OS preinstalled list (GNU.org)
  • Tehnoetic wireless adapter (RYF certified USB wifi card)

VIII. Home and office

• Add and Remove Programs
  • A different approach than on Windows
  • Packages: introduction
  • Packages repository
    • Mirrors
    • Apt-p2p (obsolete)
  • Installing, updating and removing software
  • Keeping your system up-to-date
  • Installing packages without an Internet connection

• Files and Documents
  • Files and folders: introduction
  • Working with files and folders
  • Opening files with different apps than their default
  • External USB drives
  • Managing disks and partitions

• 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
  • Web browser documentation
  • Abrowser's keyboard shortcuts (these instructions also apply to GNU IceCat)
  • Tweaking your browser to enhance security and privacy
  • Manage OpenVPN connections within a terminal
  • Escaping the Javascript-Trap

• Chat online
  • Instant messengers and protocols
  • Connect to the #Trisquel IRC channel
  • Formatting on the Trisquel forum

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

• Media
  • Music
    • Rip audio CDs
    • Tag music files
  • Video
    • Enable DVD Playback for DVDs with CSS DRM
    • Play videos without Adobe Flash Player (Needs Minor Cleanup)
    • Watch YouTube videos using youtube-dl
  • Media player
    • Setup Kodi media player
    • Play media from a UPnP/DLNA server

• Productivity
  • Audio Editor
  • Word Processor
  • Spreadsheet
  • Accounting
  • Presentation
  • Timekeeping
  • Point of sale
  • Project management
  • Dictionary
  • Customer relationship management
  • Statistics and Data Mining
  • Information Processing
  • Video Editor

• Privacy and Security
  • Privacy
    • Email Self Defense (FSF.org)
    • Encrypt and Sign Emails with GPG
      • Enigmail under XFCE destop environment (automatic en- and decryption)
    • Chat encryption
    • How to stay anonymous online (Needs Finishing)
      • Tor
    • Free Search Engines
    • Encrypt your home directory after install (Needs cleanup)
    • [HowTo: Encrypting the Hard Disk] (@ToDo)
    • Wipe out files and Partitions
    • Minimize your browser fingerprint
    • How to install and use ZeroNet in Trisquel 7 Belenos
  • Security
    • Passwords
    • [Users, Groups, Owners and Attributes] (@ToDo)
    • [Firewall] (@ToDo)
    • [Antivirus] (@ToDo)

• Settings
  • Audio and Video
    • PipeWire as a replacement of PulseAudio
  • Fonts
    • Change the user-interface fonts
  • Universal Access
    • Disable Orca Screen Reader startup without uninstall it
  • Startup Applications
    • Make a program run on startup
  • Time and Date
    • Enable time synchronization (NTP)
    • Set Hardware Clock
  • Hibernation aka suspend to disk

• Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
  • Installing/Unistalling Desktops
    • Install GNOME Shell
    • Install MATE
    • Install XFCE
    • Install KDE
    • 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

• • OmniDEmos

• Third-party documentation
  • External Free Software Documentation

IX. Servers

• Servers
  • Why should I set up my own free software server?
    • What does that server really serve? by Richard Stallman (BOSTONREVIEW.net) and revised article Who does that server really serve? by Richard Stallman (GNU.org)

• • Install Trisquel as a server
    • Internet Service Provider requirements (Needs Writing)
    • 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) 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

X. 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
  • Configuring an LTSP Server
  • Virtualbox
  • Make a bridge Ethernet to WIFI
  • Virtualization using KVM (Needs VFIO Documentation)
  • Configure loging prompt
  • Installing latest backported kernel and xserver
  • Installing libeRTy real-time kernel (FSFLA.org)
  • GNU Guix Package Manager
  • How to format an external storage device using parted
  • Linux Hard Disk Encryption With LUKS
• Mirror Trisquel
  • Mirroring Trisquel (Needs Minor Cleanup)

XI. 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)

XII. 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 (Needs Revision)
    • Rejected games list
  • ads (Needs Writing)

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