Ubuntu setup to compare with Trisquel
I think the above text should be documented in the wiki to teach people how to set up Ubuntu to compare it with Trisquel.
trisquel_11.0_amd64.iso
- Trisquel 11 (Aramo) is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-110-aramo-release-announcement
- Installed mate packages:
$ apt list --installed | grep ubuntu-mate-desktop
[no results]
$ apt list --installed | grep mate-desktop-environment
mate-desktop-environment-core/aramo,aramo,aramo-updates,aramo-updates,now 1.26.0+1ubuntu6+11.0trisquel2 all [installed,automatic]
mate-desktop-environment-extras/aramo,aramo,aramo-updates,aramo-updates,now 1.26.0+1ubuntu6+11.0trisquel2 all [installed]
mate-desktop-environment/aramo,aramo,aramo-updates,aramo-updates,now 1.26.0+1ubuntu6+11.0trisquel2 all [installed]
$ apt list --installed | grep lightdm
liblightdm-gobject-1-0/aramo,aramo-updates,now 1.30.0-0ubuntu5+11.0trisquel2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings/aramo,aramo,now 1.2.2-4 all [installed]
lightdm-gtk-greeter/aramo,aramo-updates,now 2.0.8-2ubuntu1+11.0trisquel5 amd64 [installed]
lightdm/aramo,aramo-updates,now 1.30.0-0ubuntu5+11.0trisquel2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
Disk image size
Note about qcow2 used by virt-manager: "qcow2 is the main disk image format used by QEMU. Its size grows on demand, and the disk space is only allocated when it is actually needed by the virtual machine."
Ubuntu
ubuntu-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso with these options during the installation that are disabled by default:
- "Encrypt the new Trisquel installation for security"
- "Use LVM with the new Trisquel installation"
25 GiB (26.8435 GB)
38% (6.9 GB) free disk space on / after apt-get dist-upgrade
:
$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 1,6G 1,6M 1,6G 1% /run
/dev/vda3 20G 12G 6,9G 62% /
tmpfs 7,7G 0 7,7G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5,0M 4,0K 5,0M 1% /run/lock
/dev/vda2 512M 6,1M 506M 2% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1,6G 136K 1,6G 1% /run/user/1000
Trisquel
For disk sizes, see #90 (closed)
Ubuntu packages:
apt-get install lightdm mate-desktop-environment-extras mate-desktop-environment
Issue: The background image is faulty, and even installing lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings made it pitch black. Can you please give me a full list of packages?
Ubuntu flavor candidates
Ubuntu Server
ubuntu-22.04.2-live-server-amd64.iso
- /etc/apt/sources.list, /etc/os-release: Ubuntu Server is using the same repository as the latest stable LTS release
- Like Trisquel, it seems like Ubuntu Server is using an older version Linux kernel than Ubuntu, and Ubuntu MATE.
- This didn't install MATE:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-desktop lightdm
- This installed MATE:
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras mate-desktop-environment
Don't forget to run sudo apt-get install spice-vdagent
as it's not installed by the above packages. spice-vdagent ships with Ubuntu, and Ubuntu Mate, and is needed to copy/paste text between the host computer and the VM.
Questions:
- Should I install Ubuntu Server to compare Ubuntu against Trisquel as closely as possible?
- If so, during the Ubuntu Server installation, should I select: "Ubuntu Server", or "Ubuntu Server (minimized)"?
A huge benefit with Ubuntu Server, is that it takes much less disk space, so you can quickly close virtual images for example.
Ubuntu MATE
ubuntu-mate-22.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso
For ubuntu-mate-22.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso run in live mode:
$ apt list --installed | grep ubuntu-mate-desktop
ubuntu-mate-desktop/jammy,now 1.282 amd64 [installed]
$ apt list --installed | grep mate-desktop-environment
mate-desktop-environment-core/jammy,now 1.26.0+1ubuntu6 all [installed,automatic]
- $
tasksel
(have to be installed first) lists MATE as uninstalled: "[ ] ... MATE"
Ubuntu
Cons: Ubuntu comes with gnome and a bunch of dependencies that are not installed in Trisquel, this will make debugging difficult.
ubuntu-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso
- Ubuntu will install GNOME (for both "Normal installation", or "Minimal installation") packages.
- $ It's a bit inconvenient to uninstall the gnome-packages, because
tasksel
(have to be installed first) lists GNOME as not installed:
[ ] ... GNOME
[ ] ... GNOME Flashback
Question:
- Should they just be uninstalled?
Trisquel-like MATE installation methods on Ubuntu
Question: Which method is best to install MATE on Ubuntu (reglardless flavour from the below sections)?: