Revision of All Manuals from Sun, 09/22/2024 - 12:58

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
  • Install Trisquel with Windows in dual-boot
  • Tasksel tasks
  • Migrate from gNewSense to Trisquel without reinstalling (obsolete)

• 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
  • Writing in non-Latin languages using iBus or fcitx

VII. Hardware

• Categories of computers
  • Personal computer
  • Tablet and Smart phone (Needs Writing)

• Configuring your hardware
  • Configure 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration
  • 3G modem/ Mobile Broadband
  • Setup Printer
  • Setup Scanner
  • Setup Webcam
  • Setup Wireless card/ Wifi
  • Microphone
  • Function keys

• Look up hardware
  • h-node Hardware database
  • Coreboot compatible motherboards (COREBOOT.org)
  • Systems supported by Libreboot (LIBREBOOT.org)
  • FSF headoffice hardware (FSF.org)

• Complete Systems and parts vendors (Please improve)
  • Vendors of complete systems
    • Companies that sell computers with GNU/Linux preinstalled (GNU.org)
    • Minifree (Gluglug) (laptops and workstations with free BIOS, etc)
      • Libiquity (American vendor of Minifree laptops)
    • ThinkPenguin (laptops, desktops, printers, etc)
    • Vikings (laptops, workstations, etc)
    • InaTux (Closed)
    • LibreTrend (Closed)

• • Computer models and manufactures of complete systems
    • Single-board computers and software freedom (FSF.org)
    • Chromebook
    • Dell Inspiron 1300
    • Dell Latitude E6400
    • MacBook
    • Novena
    • ThinkPads (Lenovo) (Please improve)

• • Parts
    • Tehnoetic wireless adapter (RYF certified USB wifi card)

VIII. Home and office

• Add and Remove Programs
  • How is software installation on Trisquel different from on Windows?
  • Packages (introduction)
  • Packages repository
    • Mirrors
    • Apt-p2p (obsolete)
  • Installing, updating and removing software
  • Keeping The System Updated
  • Installing packages without an Internet connection

• Files and Documents
  • Files and folders (introduction)
  • Working with files and folders
  • How to Change Default File Type Associations
  • External USB drives
  • Managing disks and partitions
  • Thunar

• Backups
  • Access other hard disk partitions (Needs Writing)
  • Backup Files Quickly and Easily
  • 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
  • Abrowser help
    • Keyboard shortcuts (these instructions also apply to GNU IceCat)
  • Tweaking your browser to enhance security and privacy
  • Manage OpenVPN connections within a terminal
  • Configuring internet connection behind Microsoft ISA proxy
  • Escaping the Javascript-Trap
  • How to download from file sharing websites using plowshare
  • How to install latest GNU IceCat in Trisquel 6

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

• Internet video
  • Watch YouTube videos using youtube-dl (without proprietary JavaScript, ActionScript)
  • Play Videos Without Using Flash Player (Need Confirmation Testings)

• Media
  • Music
    • How to Rip an Audio CD
    • Edit Music File Tags
  • Video
    • Enable DVD Playback (with CSS DRM)
    • How to download HTTP Dynamic Streaming video using Livestreamer and UnPlug
    • See Watch YouTube videos using youtube-dl
    • See Play videos without Adobe Flash Player (Needs Minor Cleanup)
  • Media player
    • Setup Kodi media player
    • Play media from a UPnP/DLNA server
  • Other
    • Searchable PDF from DjVu OCR from non-searchable PDF
    • How to convert comic book archives from .cbr/.CBR to .cbz

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

• Privacy and Security
  • Installation
    • Linux hard disk encryption with LUKS
      • Encrypt home directory after install (Needs cleanup)
  • Secure Communications
    • Email Self Defense (FSF.org)
    • Anonymity (Needs Finishing)
    • Chat encryption
    • How to install and use ZeroNet in Trisquel 7 Belenos
  • Surfing
    • Free Search Engines
    • Minimize your browser fingerprint
    • See Tweak your browser to enhance security and privacy
  • Other
    • Passwords
    • Wipe Out Files and Partitions
    • How to use conky to kill an application if VPN drops
    • Antivirus
    • Firewall
    • Users, Groups, Owners and Attributes

• Settings
  • Audio and Video
    • PipeWire as a replacement of PulseAudio
  • Fonts
    • Change the user interface fonts
  • Power Management
    • Hibernation aka suspend to disk
  • 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

• Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
  • Installing/Unistalling Desktops
    • Install GNOME Shell
    • Install KDE
    • Install MATE
    • Install XFCE
    • How to install the Unity Desktop environment and create the session entry on Trisquel 7.0
    • Gnome Flashback with compiz in a dedicated session
    • How to Uninstall desktops
  • Managing
    • Modifying Trisquel Desktop effects (compton) (Needs finishing)
    • Choosing between desktops
  • Window Managers
    • Compiz
  • Panels
    • Main Menu Alternatives
    • Managing Panel Launchers
  • OmniDEmos

IX. Servers

• Basics
  • 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)
  • Internet service provider requirements (Needs Writing)
  • IPv4 Basics
  • Choose the right computer, to use as a server

• Installation
  • See Install Trisquel as a Server
  • Install Freedombox packages on Trisquel
  • Installing Trisquel on a Server (outdated)
  • See Configure an LTSP Server (outdated)

• MTA (Mail Transfer Agent or Email server)
  • MX Records

• FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
  • Set up vsftp

• Communication
  • IRC Server
  • XMPP

• Printer and Scanner
  • Scan Server

X. Advanced

• Power-user guides
  • Build Your Own Version of Trisquel
  • Compiling a GNU Linux-libre kernel
  • Compiling software from source code
  • Configuring an LTSP Server
  • Configure loging prompt
  • Customizing a Trisquel iso
  • GNU Guix Package Manager
  • How to format an external storage device using parted
  • Installing latest backported kernel and xserver
  • Installing libeRTy real-time kernel (FSFLA.org)
  • Installing Virtualbox
  • See Linux Hard Disk Encryption With LUKS
  • Make a bridge Ethernet to WIFI
  • Optimizing battery time
  • Troubleshooting suspend/hibernate
    • Fan always running after suspend
  • Update the Linux-libre kernel
  • Virtualization using KVM (Needs VFIO Documentation)
• 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