Revisión de Trisquel 6.0 LTS "Toutatis" ya disponible (borrador)! de Sáb, 03/09/2013 - 16:49

Tras una larga espera, ya está disponible esta versión de Trisquel, basada en Ubuntu Precise, y como es habitual, colmada de las bondades del software libre. Continuamos proporcionando una experiencia de usuario de escritorio clásico selcilla de usar y completa con todo lo necesario para disfrutar y trabajar con internet, herramientas de oficina y comunicaciones y utilidades para la red social. A por ella, ¡antes de que se enfríe!

Nuevas características

• Linux-Libre 3.2
• Xorg
• Abrowser 19
• GNOME 3.4
• LibreOffice 3.5

Un mejor navegador

Our web browser without a name (Abrowser, a Firefox derivative that does not recommend non-free software) now comes with shiny new features, like full html5 video support (webm, h264 and other formats) that allow to use sites like Youtube without a flash plugin. This version can also show pdf files without a plugin, and implement instant messaging web applications based on WebRTC.

Accessible by default

In the quest for an improved experience for disabled users that we started some releases ago we used to make an special version (the International live DVD) that came with the digital ramps turned on by default. In this release we took that idea one step further and now all the images are equally accessible for visually impaired users: if while booting the live cd you don't touch any key and let the 30 seconds countdown finish, the screen reader will be on when the desktop is launched.

Extended support

This release is a Long Term Support one, meaning that bugfix and security updates will be published until 2017. Along with this we have decided do change our release schedule from this point on: we will no longer publish short term support versions every 6 months, but focus on giving the best possible support to the LTS release, providing backported improvements to core packages like the kernel, the browser and the xorg server among others. We will also make it easier for volunteers to provide newer versions of extra packages through an optional community-backports repository.

We will publish point releases every 6 months including all improvements done to the system in that time.

How to update

If you are running Trisquel 4.0 or 5.5, a system upgrade will be available in the system updater application (if you run a server use "sudo do-release-upgrade"). If you use Trisquel 4.5 or 5.0 you need to apply each update step (4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0) or upgrade manually. Ask for instructions to an experienced user to do so, in our forums, mailing lists or irc channels.

Known bugs

The GNOME panel, which is part of the GNOME fallback desktop (our default interface since GNOME moved to the not-so-freedom friendly Shell that requires 3D acceleration), includes several graphical glitches, and can sometimes take some seconds to appear. We are working to fix all these problems. Since GNOME decided to drop support for that package definitively, we will have to incorporate fixes from forks like the consort-panel, and do the maintenance to the package ourselves.

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