@soupuos >most people don’t see how significant free software is
Indeed.

>If a libre system means a worse experience for the user, many won’t care enough to stick with it.
A libre system that respects the user is always a better experience for the user, although some inconveniences may exist (which are fixable with effort).

It’s a real shame if people give up on freedom over a slight difficulty, but there’s nothing I can do about that really.

>Linux with proprietary software is at least a step in the right direction; I agree that it’s not the final destination though.
Maybe, but if only a single step is ever taken in the right direction, has more than a trivial gain been realized?

@soupuos What rough edges?

Some hardware and proprietary software are designed maliciously with sharp blades to cut the user, but that’s nothing to do with Trisquel.

It would be good if people were to be turned off from the proprietary software kernel known as Linux and got to know GNU Linux-libre and/or Hurd instead.

@sallyNULL @piezoelectron Depends really.

I found Trisquel works fine with even a card as new as the gtx 970 thanks to Nouveau, although the card is stuck at idle clocks as the fans refuse to spin without proprietary software that is cryptographically signed to prevent its replacement.

Even newer AMD ones should work with a native resolution, but you won’t get 3D acceleration nor suspend.

Integrated Intel still works just fine.

@piezoelectron It’s a bad idea to give someone a “Linux PC”, as that’ll just panic() on boot.

You should be glad to give freedom to someone by giving them a GNU/Linux PC.

Trisquel: https://trisquel.info/ is an excellent choice as it’s easy to use, note that some hardware will refuse to work (although that’s usually only really 802.11ac Wi-Fi cards and decent external or internal 802.11n ones are rather cheap).