From 60ea9d52b1f1374a4612a163ab493e92ab306dcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Moore Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:00:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add documentation introduction article This is part of the old TrueOS documentation (https://github.com/project-trident/trident-docs/blob/master/introducing.md), reworked for Project Trident as an introductory article. Please look over the text and make suggestions for additions/removals. --- hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md diff --git a/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md b/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5972997 --- /dev/null +++ b/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +# Introduction + +Welcome to Project Trident! + +Project Trident is a desktop distribution of [TrueOS](https://www.trueos.org), which is a rolling-release variant of [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org). +The goal of the Project is to provide a simple, secure, and highly usable FreeBSD experience. +Project Trident is completely independent and financially backed through the generous contributions of the Open Source community. + +[Project Trident](https://www.Trident.org) began in 2018 when TrueOS was reorganized into a scaled down server installation of FreeBSD. +The discontinued desktop portion of TrueOS was taken by Ken Moore and J.T. Pennington and rebuilt into Project Trident. + +Project Trident is essentially a customized installation of TrueOS and FreeBSD, not a forked derivative. +Project Trident has a simple graphical installer that has partition support and other customization. +The underlying TrueOS/FreeBSD system is kept intact and provides a fully functional FreeBSD system. +Other differences from FreeBSD include: + +- Project Trident pre-configures the BSD-licensed Lumina desktop environment. + Additional desktop environments can be installed and appear in the graphical login menu. + +- The Project Trident installer supports configuring ZFS partitions during installation. + +- Project Trident has both graphical and command line software management systems. + +- Project Trident provides many graphical utilities for system configuration and management. + +- Project Trident comes pre-configured with a number of automatic scripts connecting USB memory sticks. + +- The Project Trident boot menu supports boot environments or snapshots of the operating system. + The System Update Manager automatically creates a new boot environment before every update. + If an update fails, the system can be rebooted into an earlier boot environment. + This allows for easy recovery if any issues happen during the update process. + +These articles cover the installation and use of Project Trident. +All documentation must be considered a "work in progress" and is wholly dependent on Project Trident community contributions. + +## Features + +Project Trident provides many features: + +- **Easy installation:** Insert the installation media and reboot the system to start the installer. + Fill in the prompts in the installation menus. + +- **Automatically configured hardware:** Video, sound, network, and other devices automatically configure during installation. + +- **Customizable desktop interface:** Project Trident installs the Lumina desktop by default. + Additional desktop environments can also be installed to support user preferences. + +- **Easy software management:** The AppCafe makes installing, upgrading, and uninstalling software safe and easy. + +- **Lots of software available:** Most software ported to FreeBSD is available on Project Trident. + There are currently over 26,100 applications available on FreeBSD. + +- **Easy to update:** Project Trident has a built-in System Update Manager. + This notifies the user about available updates and makes it easy to apply TrueOS security fixes, bug fixes, and system enhancements. + Additionally, the Update Manager is used to upgrade the operating system or update installed software. + +- **No fragmentation:** Project Trident hard drives never need defragmenting and are formatted with OpenZFS, a self-healing filesystem. + +- **Laptop support:** Provides power saving and automatic switching between wired and wifi network connections. + The rolling release model of Project Trident provides an environment to quickly add support for new hardware. + +- **Easy system administration:** Project Trident provides many graphical tools for performing system administration. + +- **Vibrant community:** Project Trident has a friendly and helpful community. From c71e085efb3e86e2e606bd9e0d01b37d4bce3daf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ken Moore Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:37:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update introduction.md Fix a couple links and remove a couple mentions of some TrueOS things. --- hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md b/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md index 5972997..c21422f 100644 --- a/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md +++ b/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Project Trident is a desktop distribution of [TrueOS](https://www.trueos.org), w The goal of the Project is to provide a simple, secure, and highly usable FreeBSD experience. Project Trident is completely independent and financially backed through the generous contributions of the Open Source community. -[Project Trident](https://www.Trident.org) began in 2018 when TrueOS was reorganized into a scaled down server installation of FreeBSD. +[Project Trident](https://project-trident.org) began in 2018 when TrueOS was reorganized into a scaled down server installation of FreeBSD. The discontinued desktop portion of TrueOS was taken by Ken Moore and J.T. Pennington and rebuilt into Project Trident. Project Trident is essentially a customized installation of TrueOS and FreeBSD, not a forked derivative. -Project Trident has a simple graphical installer that has partition support and other customization. +Project Trident has a simple graphical installer that has partition support and other customization options. The underlying TrueOS/FreeBSD system is kept intact and provides a fully functional FreeBSD system. Other differences from FreeBSD include: @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Other differences from FreeBSD include: - Project Trident provides many graphical utilities for system configuration and management. -- Project Trident comes pre-configured with a number of automatic scripts connecting USB memory sticks. +- Project Trident comes pre-configured with a number of automatic scripts for dynamically configuring the graphics display system and other desktop-oriented automatic systems such as dynamically suppoerting removable media. - The Project Trident boot menu supports boot environments or snapshots of the operating system. The System Update Manager automatically creates a new boot environment before every update. From 0c2474c5696da0250f910eea57f30c88cc87ea35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ken Moore Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:43:28 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update introduction.md Add page-header stuff for hugo. --- hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md b/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md index c21422f..96e86b2 100644 --- a/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md +++ b/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ ++++ +title = "Introduction" +MenuTitle = "Introduction" +chapter = false +weight = 2 +pre = " " ++++ + # Introduction Welcome to Project Trident! From 5affded22b0970b2392420f64ed0ce060fb51712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ken Moore Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:47:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update introduction.md Add another hyperlink to the sponsors page. --- hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md b/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md index 96e86b2..9ec4112 100644 --- a/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md +++ b/hugo-site/content/docs/introduction.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Welcome to Project Trident! Project Trident is a desktop distribution of [TrueOS](https://www.trueos.org), which is a rolling-release variant of [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org). The goal of the Project is to provide a simple, secure, and highly usable FreeBSD experience. -Project Trident is completely independent and financially backed through the generous contributions of the Open Source community. +Project Trident is completely independent and [financially backed through the generous contributions of the Open Source community](/sponsors). [Project Trident](https://project-trident.org) began in 2018 when TrueOS was reorganized into a scaled down server installation of FreeBSD. The discontinued desktop portion of TrueOS was taken by Ken Moore and J.T. Pennington and rebuilt into Project Trident.