Re: [Trisquel-users] Allow switching between kernels in GRUB
If you want linux, you know where to find it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Allow switching between kernels in GRUB
Another thing about wireless: it's possible to update Trisquel without an Internet connection on the computer being updated, via apt-offline: http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Offline_Package_Management_for_APT
Re: [Trisquel-users] Allow switching between kernels in GRUB
Try kernel PPAs.
Re: [Trisquel-users] install a full Trisquel on a USB flash drive
Here's my suggeston: Get a USB Hard Drive and install there instead. I've never tried that, though. IS it less risky, Chris?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Help with installing Trisquel on MacBook?
Try a proper CD. Perhaps try having Super GRUB2 disk on it (I'm not sure it boots to the USB drive, though). A more surefire option is The Plop boot manager (burned to a CD). It's not free though since it can't be used commercially. But I know it works.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Munich gives up on GNU/Linux and free/open source software
I'm not especially religious, but my point was exactly that, the false gods will be phased out over time, not incorporated. There is no reason someone could not create a program that handles flash securely for example. From the looks of it, unfortunately, that's doesn't seem to be happening with Open Source. Not in my view, anyway. I think Open Source is actually incorporating proprietary-ness into their software beliefs, if you will. And the point I was trying (and apparently failed, sorry!) to make with my ELP, Tull, Genesis example was not that the devs don't care about security (they do!), but that it's not their only concern so one can't say they're all about security (just like the fact that despite those bands caring a lot about money, they're not all about them since they still make great music). Perhaps I was placing a tad too much focus on a few words..
Re: [Trisquel-users] Munich gives up on GNU/Linux and free/open source software
the false gods will be phased out over time, not incorporated Depends which branch of Christianity you're talking about. Catholicism, which was born in Imperial Rome, took from the Roman tradition the practice of incorporating local gods and saints into the Catholic hierarchy, as well as aligning Christian holy days with pre-existing pagan days. A bit like the way certain (most) distros now don't care about freedom or power, but only care for convenience and being as Corporate and proprietary friendly as possible. And just as anyone who tried to question Catholic Church authority met a nasty end, so does anyone who dares to question the practice of presenting every Linux distro as a blow for freedom when most are the exact opposite.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Munich gives up on GNU/Linux and free/open source software
salparadise Very well compare and spoken with fortitude and certitude.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Munich gives up on GNU/Linux and free/open source software
the false gods will be phased out over time, not incorporated Let's agree to disagree, then.
Re: [Trisquel-users] install a full Trisquel on a USB flash drive
use non Journaling file system like ext2.
Re: [Trisquel-users] finding particular pages within PDFs
I tried running the script again today, but am having trouble. When I cd to the directory where pdf-page-grep is, and enter pdf-page-grep, the terminal tells me that there is no such command. I tried moving the script to the directory in my PATH variable; I'm not sure that this went well. adel@adel-W55xEU:~/Desktop/research$ sudo mv pdf-page-grep /usr/local/bin/ [sudo] password for adel: no talloc stackframe at ../source3/param/loadparm.c:4864, leaking memory adel@adel-W55xEU:~/Desktop/research$ pdf-page-grep bash: /usr/local/bin/pdf-page-grep: Permission denied
[Trisquel-users] Install TOR Browser
Hi, I'm new on Trisquel and GNU/Linux, so please take it into account... thank you! There is a thread named Prolems with the TOR Browser where the same problem I have is described. But it seems like closed, I could not add a post, that's why I am starting a new one. https://trisquel.info/en/forum/prolems-tor-browser The thing is that, when I had MS Windows, it was easy to have TOR installed with the Tor Bundle, which easily installed Vidalia and The Tor Browser (especially configured for TOR). But for Trisquel, both the torproject.org and Trisquel.info reads that it is better to follow their especial instructions to install TOR at: https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/tor https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian-vidalia.html.en I did, and I managed to make Vidalia work (although many times does not want to run because it says it is already running). But the main problem I have is that I do not know where the TOR Browser is or how to get it. 1. Have I installed it yet? 2. Or do I have to configure my Abrowser -or another browser- for TOR browsing? 3. And why is it recommended in the mentioned thread (Prolems with the TOR Browser) to install a TOR Bundle when both torproject.org and trisquel.info do not? Unfortunately I do not know what Antarta -from the mentioned thread- finally did to have a Browser working with TOR. 4. And, do you know why my Vidalia too often cannot be open and says it is already running? I manage to kill the process but makes no difference, I have to reboot the computer to make it work. Thanks a lot
Re: [Trisquel-users] Install TOR Browser
Download the latest Tor browser: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en Right click on the archive and 'extract here' Right click on the Tor browser folder and 'open in terminal' Type sh start-tor-browser on the command line and you are good to go! Caveat: I've encountered issues with running Tor browser from time to time in that the browser won't open. Closing the terminal window and trying again works most of the time. Occasionally, after 3-4 tries, I will be forced to open in safe mode. Saving the bookmarks in a separate file and extracting the folder again (import the bookmarks) will get you going. I've reported the issue (since the past 3-4 versions of the browser), but it still happens. Having said that, I use Tor browser almost exclusively. Works great! (most of the time)
Re: [Trisquel-users] finding particular pages within PDFs
That means there's no such command in your $PATH. If the script is in the research folder and executable you need to run it with ./scriptname
Re: [Trisquel-users] finding particular pages within PDFs
Right! Thank you! I moved the script to the directory in my PATH variable like MB suggested. But I'm not sure that it worked properly. I'll do a little research about that and try again more carefully.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ruben's talk won't be available via livestream but instead recorded and uploaded.
I agree, please upload the video.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Which packages have the debug symbols for these libraries?
Isn't Trisquel based on Ubuntu and so shouldn't it have dbgsym packages somewhere (Ubuntu did this thing where they automated debug symbol package generation)?
Re: [Trisquel-users] finding particular pages within PDFs
Is it possible to search for pages that contain words -- at least one word from each of two groups? For example: First group of ORs: car, truck, bus, bicycle, or motorcycle and Second group of ORs: blue, red, green, purple, or beige So a good hit could have the word green and truck on the same page (but not necessarily near eachother on the same page). A good hit may look like He had a green truck. A good hit could also look like He didn't drive the truck near the green trees. So long as 1+ word from each group is on the same page. Could I implement such a feature if I learn Shell script?
Re: [Trisquel-users] finding particular pages within PDFs
I just thought of something. I could use pdf-page-grep to do a first pass with my first group of ORs. Then I could split the matches file into single-page PDFs. And then use a new set of ORs on those single-page PDFs. This would be like having an And in the search. Is there an automatic way to split the matches-PDF into single page PDFs?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ruben's talk won't be available via livestream but instead recorded and uploaded.
please upload the video.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Which packages have the debug symbols for these libraries?
Well, Debian and Ubuntu don't have all of the debug packages either. You could file a bug on Debian BTS or Launchpad.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Install TOR Browser
Note that if you are using a GUI file manager, it's easier to simply double click on start-tor-browser.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Install TOR Browser
That works too. Funny thing is that never occurred to me. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing. :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ruben's talk won't be available via livestream but instead recorded and uploaded.
I keep forgetting about this until it gets a bump. :D I'm sure it will come in time, or simply drift out of consciousness. Shouldn't stress over it really.
[Trisquel-users] Re : install a full Trisquel on a USB flash drive
Better: F2FS, a filesystem specifically designed for Flash memories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2FS
Re: [Trisquel-users] Allow switching between kernels in GRUB
it goes entirely against Linux-Libre's goal. No it doesn't. Linux-libre has *never* had the goal to stop people from running non-free software - sorry if you or anyone else has thought that this was so. The fact that the kernel doesn't load firmware is only a side effect of the work that was done to not have it *recommend* the firmware, but it is only a side effect - There was never the intention to have it stop loading firmware. This has been a bug ever since Linux-libre was started, albeit one considered a low priority but it's slowly being fixed.
[Trisquel-users] Re : finding particular pages within PDFs
I do not understand your need to split the output PDF into single pages. As far as I understand, you can: execute 'pdf-page-grep' with the original PDFs in argument and specify the elements in the first group as patterns; the output is a PDF whose name is written at the end of the execution; execute 'pdf-page-grep' with that single PDF in argument and specify the elements in the second group as patterns; the output is what you want. As I have already tried to explain, your query needs to be written as a conjunction of disjunctions (and this is what you did!): You were talking about combining AND and OR queries. The current command takes care of the OR part... but, to get your AND, you can then process the output PDF with the same command. You therefore need to rewrite your query in the conjunctive normal form (there is a good chance it already is in this form): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunctive_normal_form Anyway, and even if it looks unnecessary in your case, here the answer to your question: 'pdfseparate' is the command to split a PDF into single pages. 'pdf-page-grep' actually uses it (with the options -f and -l to specify an interval of pages to extract).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Allow switching between kernels in GRUB
Agreed. It's exactly like how anyone can install nonfree software in Trisquel, but it doesn't assist you in doing it. Besides, allowing the loading of blobs can make it possible to install a free replacement if one has come out but Linux-libre hasn't deblobbed the driver. (Of course, this doesn't happen very often)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Allow switching between kernels in GRUB
This is completely agaisnt free software philosophy Hardly. The FSF would never want to control what software people run on their computers, even if they could. To quote from http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/compromise.html The issue here is not whether people should be able or allowed to install nonfree software; a general-purpose system enables and allows users to do whatever they wish. And then: The issue is whether we guide users towards nonfree software. What they do on their own is their responsibility; what we do for them, and what we direct them towards, is ours. We must not direct the users towards proprietary software as if it were a solution, because proprietary software is the problem. Linux-libre won't do the recommending, but if someone has taken the time to go get and install the non-free firmware of their own accord it'll load it once the blobhush stuff is done as to not not recommend it (in the form of error messages that get logged and displayed) when it's not present. It's been a difficult issue to solve, and considered a low priority, which is why it's only finally getting addressed.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Install TOR Browser
Even better, use the Main menu utility (you can find it in the System settings), create a New item and specify the path to start-tor-browser as the Command).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Allow switching between kernels in GRUB
Going even further: actively working against the possible execution of some proprietary software could be considered an attack on freedom 0!
Re: [Trisquel-users] install a full Trisquel on a USB flash drive
I'm unsure what the exact objective is, but if you need something to be fairly reliable I'd stick with a 2.5 5400 or 7200 RPM drive + USB case. If the USB part goes you can replace it and the hard disk part won't wear out like a USB flash drive does. If the hard disk part dies it'll probably be years later (if you get a decent drive anyway). If the USB part goes you can just replace the case. I wish I had a better solution, but even doing something like a raid setup with flash drives isn't that reliable. What you end up with is having to replace one or the other flash drives frequently and the syncing of the new drive is unbearably slow.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Allow switching between kernels in GRUB
What do you need full nvidia acceleration for, if I might ask? I have nvidia cards in both my dekstops - on Trisquel 7 I found that nouveau is sufficient to run some games (nexuiz, 0AD, etc) (even one Windows based game running in WINE) without the need to install the proprietary drivers.
