Download Trisquel
Trisquel's Download page offers a few different options. Here's how to choose.
Which edition should I choose?
- Trisquel: for home and office use
- Trisquel Mini: for older computer hardware
- Triskel: Excellent for customizing the design and look in fine detail
- Trisquel Sugar TOAST: for schools and learning environments
- NetInstall: for servers and custom configurations (advanced users)
What's i686 and amd64?
i686 is 32-bit, amd64 is 64-bit.
Should I choose 32-bit or 64-bit?
Almost all recent computers contain 64-bit processors.
If you're not sure whether your computer supports the 64-bit version, ask the community. Alternatively you can download the 32-bit version; it works on all Intel/AMD processors.
Verifying Trisquel
It is important to verify the integrity of the ISO image file to ensure the download was successful and not corrupted or tampered with.
It is highly recommended to follow these instructions, if you are not already familiar with it!
It is possible to verify the downloaded ISO file either using GPG or MD5. On the Download page you should find a link to a *.md5 file. Download it. Otherwise download the *.asc file (for using GPG) and verify your ISO with it or get the key from a keyserver, like described below. Alternatively, you can get the files here.
- Right-click the *.asc or *.md5 file,
- Choose Save Link As (or similar, depending on what Web Browser you're using), and
- Save the file in the same folder that you saved the ISO or torrent file.
1. Verifying the ISO image file using GPG
GNU/Linux users
Once your ISO file has downloaded, open your Terminal program and run the following commands:
sudo apt-get install gnupg
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys D24DDAC9226D5BA5E9F3BED3F5DAAAF74AD4C938
Then cd to the directory that you downloaded the files to. For example, if you downloaded the files to your Downloads directory then type:
cd Downloads
gpg --verify trisquel_11.0_amd64.iso.asc
You need to replace trisquel_11.0_amd64.iso.asc with the name of the *.asc file that you downloaded, depending on what edition you selected.
If all went well then you should receive the following output:
gpg: Signature made Sun Mar 19 01:33:30 2023 CET using RSA key D24DDAC9226D5BA5E9F3BED3F5DAAAF74AD4C938
gpg: Good signature from "Trisquel GNU/Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (11/aramo) <trisquel-devel@trisquel.info>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.Primary key fingerprint: D24D DAC9 226D 5BA5 E9F3 BED3 F5DA AAF7 4AD4 C938
The second line says that the verification was successful, which means you have authenticated the Trisquel ISO image.
If security is especially important you should consider using the Web of Trust to confirm the authenticity of the download.
Windows users
Download GPG4Win, a free software project to bring the GPG Tools to the Windows platform: https://gpg4win.org/download.html
Open the command prompt. On Windows 7, open the start menu, and start typing to search "command prompt".
Now type
C:\Program Files\Gnu\GnuPg\gpg.exe --keyserver x-hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys D24DDAC9226D5BA5E9F3BED3F5DAAAF74AD4C938
cd C:\Users\User-Name\Downloads
C:\Program Files\Gnu\GnuPg\gpg.exe --verify trisquel_11.0_amd64.iso.asc
You should get:
gpg: Signature made Sun Mar 19 01:33:30 2023 CET using RSA key D24DDAC9226D5BA5E9F3BED3F5DAAAF74AD4C938
gpg: Good signature from "Trisquel GNU/Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (11/aramo) <trisquel-devel@trisquel.info>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.Primary key fingerprint: D24D DAC9 226D 5BA5 E9F3 BED3 F5DA AAF7 4AD4 C938
2. Verifying the ISO image file using MD5
GNU/Linux users
Open your Terminal program and cd to the directory that you downloaded the files to. For example, if you downloaded the files to your Downloads directory then type:
cd Downloads
md5sum -c trisquel_11.0_amd64.iso.md5
You need to replace trisquel_11.0_amd64.iso.md5 with the name of the *.md5 file that you downloaded, depending on what edition you selected.
If all went well then you should receive the following output:
trisquel_11.0_amd64.iso: OK
Indicating the downloaded ISO image file has passed MD5SUM test.
Congratulations! You can now proceed to install Trisquel.
Windows users
Open the command prompt and run:
cd C:\Users\User-Name\Downloads
certutil -hashfile trisquel_11.0_amd64.iso MD5
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