ecne

The 12.0.x LTS edition, codename Ecne. Released on (To be announced).

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Current status: ALPHA (in development)

• Live USB/DVD ISO image: https://cdbuilds.trisquel.org/ecne/
• Netinstall USB/CD ISO image: https://builds.trisquel.org/debian-installer-images/

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Trisquel 12.0 Ecne is a Long Term Support (LTS) version based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) and will be security maintained for until May 2029.

As always it contains only free software following the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG).

Supported architectures

• 64-bit Intel/AMD (amd64)
• 64-bit Power (ppc64el)
• 64-bit Arm (arm64)
• 32-bit Arm (armhf)

Editions

This release has 4 editions:

• Trisquel, the default desktop environment using MATE 1.26.2, this edition provides a classic desktop environment matching the user experience of previous Trisquel releases.

• Triskel, running the KDE Plasma 5.27.12 environment. Excellent for customizing the design and look in fine detail.

• Trisquel Mini, running LXDE 0.99.2, a lightweight desktop perfect for netbooks, old computers or users with a conservative resource usage policy.

• Trisquel Sugar or Trisquel On A Sugar Toast (TOAST) based on the Sugar 0.121 learning platform. Comes with dozens of educational activities for children.

And an alternative network installer for full customization:

• Netinstall installer image, to deploy with a command-line install interface, ideal for servers and advanced users who want to explore custom designed environments. Where GNOME 46 is available at the tasksel step.

Software versions

This version includes numerous software packages, such as:

• Internet
  • Abrowser 140, as default web browser for Trisquel, Triskel and Trisquel Mini.
  • Icedove 128, as default email client for Trisquel and Triskel.

• Office Suite
  • LibreOffice 24, as default office suite for Trisquel and Triskel.

• GNU Linux-libre based kernels tracking upstream,
  • 6.8.x as default in all editions.
  • 6.11.x as Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE).

• Backports, several key packages added/updated through the backports repository, including latest versions of:
  • LibreOffice
  • Inkscape
  • yt-dlp

• Over 300+ packages modified by the Trisquel Project just for this release, several bug fixes and maintenance patches.