[Trisquel-announce] Trisquel 10.0 LTS Nabia release announcement

[Ruben Rodriguez]

Trisquel 10.0, codename "Nabia" is finally here! This release will be
supported with security updates until April 2025. Additionally, an 
upgrade to the "Etiona" release (v9.0.2) is also being published today, 
providing updates and corrections to the installation ISO images.

These news are the culmination of months of work towards fixing,
cleaning, and reviewing hundreds of packages and tickets with close
feedback from the community at large. This work was boosted by an 
overhaul of the development infrastructure for a distribution that is 
easier to maintain, more robust, and more welcoming to volunteers.

Many editions and flavors:

  * Trisquel: We continue to use MATE (version 1.24 this time) as the 
default desktop environment due to its great accessibility support, 
simple user interface and no dependency on 3D acceleration.
  * Triskel: Our KDE (v5.68) based edition was given lots of attention 
for this release and it is now as polished as the MATE counterpart. This 
edition is excellent for customizing the design and functionality in 
fine detail.
  * Trisquel Mini: Running LXDE (v0.99.2), the Mini edition is a 
lightweight desktop perfect for netbooks, old computers and users with 
minimal resource usage needs.
  * Trisquel Sugar or Trisquel On A Sugar Toast (TOAST): Based on the 
Sugar learning platform (v0.118), TOAST comes with dozens of educational 
activities for children.
  * Network installer image: To deploy with a command-line install 
interface, it is ideal for servers and advanced users who want to 
explore custom designed environments.

Some common core packages include:

   - GNU Linux-libre 5.4 by default, 5.8 and 5.13 available
   - Abrowser (rebranded, privacy oriented Firefox derivative) 96.0
   - Icedove (rebranded, privacy oriented Thunderbird derivative) 91.5.0
   - LibreOffice 7.1.7
   - VLC video player 3.0.9.2
   - Xorg 7.7
   - GNU Libc6 2.31

Architecture changes:

We are happy to announce the addition of support for ARM devices, 
incorporating armhf as a newly supported architecture for Nabia. The 
changes done to the development system to achieve this will make it much 
easier to expand to other architectures soon, targeting 64-bit ARM and 
PowerPC next. Although there isn't yet support for any specific board, 
today's publication of a pre-installed development image will allow the 
community to start experimenting and bring support to ARM devices. Nabia 
will be the first release to not have 32-bit support on x86, while 
Trisquel 9.0.2 Etiona will continue to provide support for x86 32-bit 
machines until April 2023.

Upcoming changes:

Our main website will soon undergo a deep refresh, and as we continue to 
move to the trisquel.org domain it will be the perfect opportunity to
migrate our bug tracker to our GitLab instance where all development
will continue. Speaking of development, work on Trisquel 11 is set to 
start start right away, so we invite the community to jumpstart the 
project with the suggestions of a codename, as is tradition. Join the 
forum/mailing lists to get involved.

With the continuous support form our community and contributors we will 
keep providing one of the best fully free operating systems, and tackle 
the big technical challenges ahead. Trisquel is a non-profit project, 
you can help sustain it by becoming a member, donating or buying from 
our store. Thank you for your support!
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