Beta 3 ISO set, alternative download
Hello everyone,
This is Luis. I’m pleased to announce the availability of the Beta 3 ISO set for Trisquel 12 "Ecne".
You may notice this isn't the usual cdbuilds.trisquel.org URL; Rubén is currently unavailable for personal reasons, so I'll be using an alternative location for this one.
Download: https://devel.switnet.org/test-isos/
To keep the release train moving, please help test these images. If we don't find any blockers, this could be the final beta; we'd then aim for an RC1 later this month, bringing us closer to the final release.
Please note, if you feel uncomfortable downloading ISOs from an "alternative/unofficial" site, please wait 'til next ISO set.
With your feedback and reports, we're on track to ship T12 in 2025. Thank you to everyone who has been testing and reporting, your work is bringing Trisquel 12.0 (Ecne) to the finish line.
Please keep the feedback coming while we wrap up.
Every release is our best one yet, and Ecne is proof of that.
Best regards,
Luis Guzmán
I am a translator!
Thanks for this new set of isos. I tried the netinstaller and the default installer, both on real hardware, using the default LVM with ciphering installation, I did not notice any issue so far.
The outcome with the net installer or the default installer looks nearly identical, the main difference I noticed is that, when booting Trisquel setup with the netinstaller, I am asked to enter the deciphering passphrase in text mode on a black screen, with an English sentence (although I installed in French), while when booting Trisquel setup with the default installer, this is an empty box in a graphical screen with a locker icon.
One thing I was wondering about: how to activate orca for installation? Asking because I can't remember so I did not try it. Besides, on a laptop with 1920x1080 default resolution on a 14 inch display, with the graphical installer, the text is so small that it is hardly readable. There is no such problem with the netinstaller. I don't know whether there is a way to increase font sizes or modify resolution for the graphical installer.
I also tried the arm64 netinstaller on a rockpro64 on which I installed u-boot in the SPI flash. There is nothing on a display connected on HDMI but with a serial connection (I have the serial-USB adapter sold by Pine64), I see the installation menu and can start the installation. Unfortunately, at the step to detect the ethernet card, it says it could not detect it and gives me a list of cards to choose between, none of which is RTL8211F as I can see on the rockpro64 board. I tried a number of options but it did not work, so I am stuck there.
EDIT: I forgot: I also tried the triskel installer in a VM, I did not notice any issue.
> the deciphering passphrase in text mode on a black screen, with an English sentence (although I installed in French)
AFAICT, at that point there is no "installation" everything is running from initramfs and some basic busybox. I don't think it has l10n support, that's one of the reasons I added a splash patch, so you get prompted with the graphical (no text) box for the passphrase. So there is no need to read.
> One thing I was wondering about: how to activate orca for installation?
About Orca, it changes if you are using BIOS or UEFI.
On BIOS, right after the ISO boots, select the language then F5 > Screen Reader, then launch live image or installer and it should have Orca enabled.
On UEFI you can't "pre-setup", you just need to boot the DE and at least in GNOME / MATE you should be able to enable with
Super + Alt + S
That should enable Orca on your DE.
Finally about SBC, I have no access to such model, so not much to add on that regard.
FWIW, successful installation on a ppc64el Talos Raptor II Lite machine:
https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-devel/2025-September/001380.html
Yay, well done!