Re: [Trisquel-users] Automatically Installed JavaScript Must Die
Armworm: What about dynamically created web pages? Server side? User scripts? Responsive design? CSS3? Do those not require JavaScript? Yet they are not replaceable by installed software. They are replaceable by user scripts (such as Greasemonkey-compatible scripts). The web is built on JavaScript This is completely false. I have been browsing the web for years with JavaScript disabled. A small number websites don't provide fallback options which can be an issue. So, unlike software (and I doubt that free software is ever going to take over), nobody is going to listen to the ramblings of a few radicals. I don't understand why you bother posting to this forum/list if you don't even care about free software ideals. Andrew
Re: [Trisquel-users] trouble with exaile install
exaile is now in the repos
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 (gnome) - make it lighter weight, more responsive, more usable and have better default choice of applications.
Also, go into gnome terminal and disable the scroll bar and menu bar. in gedit, go to settings and turn on line numbers, and disable the setting that creates a backup of a file before saving it. (so you don't get those annoying ~ files lying around on your drive)
[Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 (gnome) - make it lighter weight, more responsive, more usable and have better default choice of applications.
There were a few things that annoyed me, so I did the follow (see below). Hope it helps you too. #!/bin/bash echo DO NOT RUN THIS. Look at it in an edit instead and follow the instructions inside echo This is for when re-installing Trisquel 7 exit 1 # install trisquel sudo apt-get -y install trisquel # disable desktop effects sudo apt-get -y purge compton # replace totem/rhythmbox with vlc sudo apt-get -y purge totem totem-common libtotem0 libtotem-plparser18 rhythmbox rhythmbox-data sudo apt-get -y install vlc # replace evolution with icedove sudo apt-get -y purge evolution evolution-common sudo apt-get -y install icedove enigmail # Install this IRC client sudo apt-get -y install xchat # Very useful SFTP client sudo apt-get -y install filezilla # Delete gnash. It's useless. (the real flash is also useless) sudo apt-get -y purge gnash gnash-common mozilla-plugin-gnash browser-plugin-gnash # Go into abrowser, hit F10 and go to tools/add-ons and disable all plugins/extensions # install these plugins: HTTPS Everywhere, UnPlug, Youtube All HTML5, Adblock Edge # When you reboot, hold alt and right click your panel, go to add panel. # drag the items around, and add a workspace switcher to bottom and a notification area to the top. # at the end of it, your desktop should look something like this: # http://i.imgur.com/6AGdmSr.jpg # gedit preferences editor uncheck create a backup copy of files before saving # gnome system settings (tweak tool) # power power button action interactive # (for laptops) lid close on power or battery nothing # Desktop Icons uncheck all # gnome system settings # Brightness and lock # uncheck dim backlight # turn of screen inactive never # disable lock # gnome system settings # Details Removable media Software Do Nothing # Really. Autorun? That is REALLY bad!! # make sure to check Never prompt or start programs on media insertion # gnome system settings # sound set volume to unamplified permamently (if you have a dedicated volume control) # nautilus properties # sort folders before files -- YES!!! # behaviours - executable text files - ask each time # Re-enable the right-clicknewfile function in nautilus: touch ~/Templates/file # always use latest youtube-dl # use sudo youtube-dl -U to update it sudo apt-get install curl sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2014.11.23.1/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl echo Now you should reboot your system
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 (gnome) - make it lighter weight, more responsive, more usable and have better default choice of applications.
My system runs really smooth after doing all of this.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
This is not censorship. I choose not to tell everyone I meet about Microsoft Windows, but this doesn't mean I'm censoring Microsoft. It just means that I'm not gonig to advertise something I don't agree with. Similarly, I don't approve of distros that include non-free software, so I don't recommend them to people. I'm not censoring Ubuntu, I'm just not advertising them. The FSF does the same thing, and IMO it's perfectly acceptable to do so. Trisquel takes the position that it is wrong to recommend non-free software to its users, so it doesn't include them in its repositories. Yes, a mostly-free system is better than an entirely proprietary one, but it shouldn't be the goal that we in the free software community advocate. Debian takes the position that it's ok to help people install non-free software by giving them advice via their website and forums, and providing a non-free repository that is available to anyone who wants it. This is why they're not considered a fully free distro by the FSF. I believe OP might have already known this, though, and that the question was more along the lines of whether Debian GNU/Hurd is completely free, or whether it is affected by the same issues that affect Debian GNU/Linux. I'd also like to know this.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 (gnome) - make it lighter weight, more responsive, more usable and have better default choice of applications.
F3 dual pane selection in nautilus (view 2 directories) no longer works in T7, which is a bit annoying. Does anyone know how to get it back?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Automatically Installed JavaScript Must Die
. I have been browsing the web for years with JavaScript disabled. A small number websites don't provide fallback options which can be an issue. Sorry, but that's just ridiculous. You can't even order a pizza without javascript. Same goes for flight tickets, train tickets... I could go on forever. It's best to mention the websites that do work without javascript... Mostly simple homepage-style information sites with text and pictures only like stallman.org I think denying the problem won't get us anywhere.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Automatically Installed JavaScript Must Die
When I said web browsing I meant reading and browsing through web pages/documents, not logging into websites. Who needs to order a pizza online anyway? Just make a phone call. Andrew
Re: [Trisquel-users] Automatically Installed JavaScript Must Die
Same goes for flight tickets, train tickets... I could go on forever. It's best to mention the websites that do work without javascript... Mostly simple homepage-style information sites with text and pictures only like stallman.org I think denying the problem won't get us anywhere. But I do agree with your point and I think there is a large problem with the proprietary JavaScript culture and the problems onpon mentioned. Andrew
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
Alright, soin comparison to Chris' computers, then?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Gimp 2.8 on Trisquel 6
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/install-gimp-286-in-ubuntu-ppa.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
Open the Application Manager/store/whatever it's called, then look for iceowl (the equivalent of Lightning - it's a long story). At least that works in Trisquel 6.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 (gnome) - make it lighter weight, more responsive, more usable and have better default choice of applications.
Trisquel Mini exists for a reason (though that's LXDE which isn not quite GNOME so I nonetheless understand your point).. Anyway, This might help with the nautilus thing (no guarentees, though): http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/install-nemo-220-with-unity-patches-in.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Configure guest-login in Trisquel 7
No idea if the directory you mentioned didn't work :(
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
Purism claims the laptop's NVIDIA card fully works with the nouveau driver And it's still got those freedom problems, like the Video BIOS. This wasn't an issue for those ThinkPads that got the RYF certification because they didn't use NVIDIA graphics. So the graphics are still non-free because nouveau is only an improvement, not a full fix for all of the proprietary software involved and all the stuff I've said is still applicable.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Gimp 2.8 on Trisquel 6
You can install Trisquel 7 too. It has GIMP 2.8 by default.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
No vPro or TXT on the chosen processor: http://ark.intel.com/products/78933/Intel-Core-i7-4712MQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_30-GHz?q=i7-4712MQ
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
Debian GNU/Hurd uses the same repositories; it just uses different binaries from those repositories. Incidentally, I'm sure most proprietary software is only available to Debian as GNU/Linux binaries, but there are a minority of programs that have their source available under a proprietary license (I know of such a program under CC BY-NC, for example). Any such programs in the Debian non-free repository can be ported to GNU/Hurd, and if they are, Debian GNU/Hurd users will still come across it. I don't know whether or not the Hurd is able to load firmware blobs. But if it is, then firmware blobs loaded by Linux could be loaded by the Hurd, too, and in that case it would be likely for Debian's distribution of the Hurd to be built to do this with firmware from the non-free repository. In summary: don't expect Debian to be without all its problems just by switching the kernel to the Hurd.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
seems too good to be true. I had that feeling myself. Don't know what to make of it. Sounds good, feels bad for some reason.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
Well that's good then. However I notice it has anti-theft whatever that means.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Thunderbird
Icedove - (almost) same thing.
[Trisquel-users] Installing Thunderbird
Hi there all, I want to install Thunderbird to make it easy to follow the instructions at https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/. When I try to select Thunderbird in the add / remove applications dialog, it permanently shows a wait icon when I try to click Thunderbird. Any ideas, please? Regards, Hugh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Thunderbird
Install IceDove instead.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
In IceDove, Lightning is still called Lightning for me on Trisquel 7. Best, Lev
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
What about the package name?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Thunderbird
I had the same issue yesterday, and even when I did apt-get install thunderbird from the command line IceDove was installed. This is fine with me, and enigmail works great with IceDove. Best, Lev
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
But Mr. Stallman thinks the user should not be told about the option to use the system with only a few non-free components That's not quite the case - he still recognises its existence (and publicly as far as I know) - he just thinks that they're wrong. That different, say, from the Netherlands not de jure recognising the Indonesian government (started in Aug 17th 1945) until...Dec 27th 1949 (if my understanding of history serves me). No, not censorship.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 will be released next week.
What marketing strategy?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 will be released next week.
In which case I reckon it's something upstream. I've been using Trisquel 7 for months - it's working nicely (except thatI've got this awful habit of wiping out a partition every few weeks and replacing it with another installation with another desktop shell. I hope it will end soon).
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
You may be surprised about my good memory, but we had a discussion about whether or not people should quit their job or university career if they have to use proprietary software for it at one time or another, and if i remember correctly you had the hardest stance on the topic, saying that no one should ever surrender one's freedom but rather quit the job. I just think it's remarkable how this has changed.
[Trisquel-users] trisquel 7 - make rm ask for confirmation
rm foo asks for confirmation rm -rf foo doesn't that was behaviour in trisquel 6. 7 lets you use rm without confirm add this to the end of your .bashrc: alias='rm -i' do it now. or you might regret it later ;) (rm -rf still won't ask for confirmation, which is fine) since -f (in -rf) means force (no confirm)
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
Yeah, I remember that. I know I used to be one of these radicals. But it all changed weeks ago when Belenos caused my laptop to look like it was on an LSD trip, and then I lost my laptop and switched to a newer one. I tried out Ubuntu and realized just how free it was. The Amazon thing? I use Xubuntu, which doesn't come with it. The non-free drivers? I don't have any, verified by vrms. From now on I'm with you, quantumgravity. I always used to be annoyed by you, a sensible person among libertarians. But Ubuntu has brought me back.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
Every single proprietary component is a security and privacy risk. That doesn't mean it is actually spying on you. Actually, it almost never means it is spying on you. There are hundreds of thousands of proprietary programs out there. Admittedly we can't easily know that a given program is spying on us, but do you really believe there are so many immoral proprietary developers? I say the security risks are few and far between, because no matter how many examples of proprietary risks you can provide, I can provide infinitely more examples of proprietary software doing what the user wants.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
No he doesn't. He does not endorse Debian just because the repository is hosted on many of the project's main servers, and people can readily learn about these nonfree packages by browsing Debian's online package database. He doesn't even want you to tell the user indirectly, that's like saying it's wrong to have the copy of the proprietary typeface I once bought on my hard drive, not installed.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 will be released next week.
Okay, thanks. I will send him an email.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
Do you really proprose not allowing the user to load proprietary software? Because that's no better than Apple's App Store.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
No one here proposes forbidding the user from installing and running proprietary software. But Debian recommends and assists with the installation of proprietary software, whether it's the GNU/Linux variant or the GNU/Hurd variant.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
That he talks about the reason not to add it to the approved distros list means that he recognises its existence, and talks about it as well which lets the user know that such an option exists (also I don't think he's advising users against Debian, he just doesn't want to guide the least knowledgable ones to Debian and have them install non-free things there. On the other hand, if you walk for a job interview with the FSF with Debian on your computer, with the nn-free repos disabled and nothing proprietary in it, you'll be fine, I think). That he lets the users know that option exists means that the users are told of the option of installing a wee bit of 'needed' proprietary software - it just so happens that he also advises against it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
I still like free software and I think it would be the way to go for our society, but I see the facts and don't think that it makes sense to make huge efforts in order to avoid every tiny bit of proprietary software, because in the end you won't have privacy anyway. And having control over my own computing is just not the most important thing in my life, that's the whole point. I think Debian is judging the situation more realistically. Sometimes people need proprietary software IF (and please everyone, red the end of this sentence before giving the 'no one really needs proprietary software' speech) they don't want to make huge and, as explained, useless sacrifices. And i think this approach will free more people on the long run than the fsf's method.
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 7 - make rm ask for confirmation
Hello, Just a note, if you are trying to remove files that you do not own, you will still not be able to. However, I agree that it is very important to be very careful with rm -rf. Best, Lev
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
Hello, Sorry I think we are talking about two different things. I am referring two installing Lightning from within IceDove using the Add-ons panel, in this instance it is still called Lightning. Sorry for the confusion. Best, Lev
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
Anyway, about Debian, I think their relationship with the FSF is something a wee bit like: FSF: You're starting to use proprietary software, we'll drop our support Deb(no, not Ian's girlfriend): Alright, we'll be cool with that. Don't worry. FSF: Alright then. Good luck! A bit later FSF: We're making a list of approved distros, you're not in it and you know why. Deb: Yes, we're cool with that. Don't worry, we understand. FSF: Good, then, mate. Have a good day. Deb: You too. BTW, se the absolutely mad arguments, at times even flame wars, about our exclusion from the approved distros list? FSF: Yeah, let's leave them alone. Deb: Let's.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
Oh...:) Anyway, I think it's best to install the package rather than installing it from within the app.
Re: [Trisquel-users] desktop freezes when trying to use compiz in Trisquel 7
Thanks a_slacker_here, I most probably will uninstall Compton. I'm most interested on finding a way to create a gnome-session that uses compiz instead of having to started from the start up applications with compiz --replace
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
The truth is: who cares about this list anyway? Most users don't know about it, they don't even know about the fsf. And what really matters is the software running on my computer.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
I do care. And anybody that respects their own freedom will do too.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
Turns out not to be as simple as finding Lightning in the addons manager, and adding it, or I wouldn't have posted this query. Thanks!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
Thanks! No iceowl in Trisquel 7. Tried Synaptic, apt-get and the Add/Remove Software utility. Thanks for sparing us a retelling of the long story; LOL!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
Well, how'bout that; it's in the addons manager search thing today; was not there when last I looked. Sorry for being a bit short-tempered with Lev. We're good. Cheers, Dave
Re: [Trisquel-users] typeahead (interactive search) one key delay
I did what you recommended but ibus-daemon was still showing up. Maybe this was happening because LightDM was starting it, and maybe clicking in Apply System-Wide on the Language Support could have solved the problem, but at the end I just uninstall ibus by running: sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove ibus I should have tested first but by the time I thought about it I had already deleted ibus xD
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
This means that you cannot use the backdoor, not that the PCH works without the multimegabyte blob that can be also used for AMT. (Chromebooks have no AMT, while the Intel ones have at least a 1.5 MiB management engine blob.) signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
We offer two graphics cards, Intel Video, and nVidia 3D Controller. The Intel is freed, the nVidia 3D Controller, is optional, but uses the nouveou driver in the kernel, BUT the nVidia BIOS binary. We are seeking RYF, and have been working with the FSF and RMS to gain that. The last issue for us is Intel's FSP binary, so we're completely free from the bootloader, kernel, OS, and all software, since we intall Trisquel by default! The freedom deconstructed link was not meant to be misleading, but to clearly state where things are! I was hoping to make it clear by showing what is remaining, and the solid work of Trisquel, and other free software. The thing we offer that nobody has before, is that we as a manufacturer are pushing the free software agenda into the manufacturing pipeline, you'd be surprised how a little effort goes a long way, and we are devoted to it. So the real question is do you want to help back a company that believes what you believe? We have the goal of RYF endorsement, but to do that we have to free the BIOS. We don't plan on stopping there, we plan on freeing all component hardware firmware. You're right about not being big enough right now to have financial leverage, but we ARE sitting down at the table, with the backing of users, we can actually change the status quo.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
It does come with the Intel FSP binary, and the optional nVidia GPU binary (optional because you could use the Intel video). We avoid any chips that are vPro, so no we do not use AMT.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
Well, it's smart to be cautious, since building trust is usually a game of time. But to answer your concern, I, Todd Weaver, am behind it, you can see from my past I enjoy fighting the status quo, and am excited to put that effort into freeing hardware. We may get some FSF support prior to endorsement, so that should help with the trust game. I've been working with RMS and FSF for quite awhile. I'd like to apologize for us updating wordpress and it changing the copyright footer within the theme, we have restored it back to CC-By-SA, which I think suffices.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
Well, not Debian (for the good and for the bad, I think it's mostly good, though). Well, not most people (as you've said, or implied). They've got to get steered a bit to free software first, and bundling it with proprietary software isn't how one does it in my opinion. I think a government (of a decently high level, i.e. an entire G20 country rather than Dull, Scotland, alone) should start it - and for the right reasons. And the men who hold high places, must be the ones who start. But I guess a list of fully free distros (I'm getting more more into the opinion that approved isn't the right word) can't really hurt, can it? :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Thunderbird
OK cool, thanks guys.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
Thetop squares of the http://puri.sm/posts/purism-software-freedom-deconstructed/ picture are a bit white, why is that? And regarding the Nvidia card: Do you mean that the firmware runs on and is stored in the card itself?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
I would like to add that installing Trisquel by default on a laptop is a HUGE win for the movement, since most people use what they're given as default. Since Trisquel promotes additional freedom supporting software by its defaults, we have a wonderful combination!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
On 24.11.2014 18:46, t...@puri.sm wrote: We offer two graphics cards, Intel Video, and nVidia 3D Controller. The Intel is freed, the nVidia 3D Controller, is optional, but uses the nouveou driver in the kernel, BUT the nVidia BIOS binary. We are seeking RYF, and have been working with the FSF and RMS to gain that. I don't think you are going to receive RYF for the Intel graphics version if it's sold under the same product name as the one with Nvidia graphics which require nonfree software for 3D. I would require the two products have totally different names so users don't get confused and the free software community by promoting the freedom-respecting version also promotes (using the same name) the not-yet freedom-respecting version. It's the same with GNU/Linux distributions, optional free is not good enough. -- Tiberiu C. Turbureanu Președinte, Fundația Ceata http://turbureanu.ro/contact Susții libertatea artelor și tehnologiilor? Înscrie-te ca membru: http://ceata.org/%C3%AEnscrieri
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
Honestly, why can't they list debian as 'partially approved', explaining with a little '*' that they don't endorse the use of the non-free repos and the 'evil doings' of the debian project? I still think this would be ridiculous but at least one big popular distro would be on that list. But no, make instead way for 'ututo' and 'blag' which are practically unusable.
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 7 - make rm ask for confirmation
I think having such an alias is not a good idea. Sooner or later you'll be sitting at a box which doesn't hold your hand. Besides, we all have fresh backups, right, right?!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Gimp 2.8 on Trisquel 6
Thank you! The problem was that I could not install 7 so i thought i would stay on 6.0 But i found a way to make 7 work on my computer so now I can have GIMP 2.8! Thank you
Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't upgrade to Trisquel 7.0 :-(
Actually, I reinstalled Trisquel 7, commented the blacklisting of the radeon (in /etc/modprobe.d/disable-radeon.conf) and added an extra step to that : sudo update-initramfs -u and it worked !!! I got this tip from this post : http://trisquel.info/en/forum/resolution-problem Thanks for your help
Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't upgrade to Trisquel 7.0 :-(
Ah! I forgot all about that bit... Glad to hear it's working.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Automatically Installed JavaScript Must Die
There is a problem with JavaScript requirements, but it's important to keep in mind that most of them are gratuitous and can be fixed. Take ordering a pizza, for example, which is really just sending some information to someone. It's perfectly possible to send information to a server without JavaScript.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
I don't think that there is a wealth of immoral software developers out there to harm the users- to most of them, it simply comes natural, and they don't even consider malicious features malicious. And how can you have an infinite wealth of examples of proprietary software that does what the user wants? It may *look* like the program does what the user instucts, but it could do something else entirely.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
ldrumb...@openmailbox.org wrote: [...] that's like saying it's wrong to have the copy of the proprietary typeface I once bought on my hard drive, not installed. You lack the freedoms of Free Software in that typeface, regardless of whether that typeface is installed or not. The proprietors who hold the copyright to that font are treating you unethically by not selling you a license that would allow you to share and improve the font as you see fit. It is that very lack of freedom Stallman challenges and urges users to reject. He presents an ethics-based argument (not censorship) for software that respects user's software freedom to run, share, and modify for any reason at any time. Therefore one can see how directing users to nonfree software is unwise and inappropriate for a system built to champion a user's software freedom. Nobody is ignoring nonfree software. To the contrary, quite a bit of Free Software is written to replace nonfree software.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
It's valuable to Free software for sure. But I wouldnt call it a huge win because Think Penguin, Los Alamos and a few other vendors were offering Trisquel preinstalled services for a while.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
I think it will be difficult to ask for financial support or full support from the fsf/free software crowd just because the product's state right now (along with the campaign for funding) is pushing free software in the future. If you had already accomplished a free software machine in the prototype as free as or more than the Libreboot, it could be a different story. Novena was able to gain good fiancial back from crowd funding because you could technically already run it with fully free software at the prototype stage (u-boot and without vga blob). At this point, it looks to me more like if you get funded, but dont get rid of the blobs, the device will still be released. If you can get all of the source code released for both the intel and nvidia functions then by all means please let us know.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 (gnome) - make it lighter weight, more responsive, more usable and have better default choice of applications.
I don't see which of these post-install changes make the system lighter; assuming you mean more performant in some way? I agree with your choice of icedove instead of evolution as a default for email, though perhaps not for the reasons you might cite. Pidgin already does irc, among others; what is special about xchat? Even if I may use vlc, I see nothing wrong with totem. Just saying, -Dave
[Trisquel-users] Indicator app
Hi! I upgraded my system to Trisquel 7. I encountered a problem when I log in my system. I get an error massage that indicator app suddenly log out. What is this problem?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Indicator app
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello! Could you post a screen shot of this error? Best, Lev Lazinskiy https://levlaz.org On 11/24/2014 03:24 PM, papp1fer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I upgraded my system to Trisquel 7. I encountered a problem when I log in my system. I get an error massage that indicator app suddenly log out. What is this problem? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUc5RdAAoJEGdDlSTynDmsCAQP/jxMujdRtgTJ4jkoPVKlLRkT QtrnrTIKpujxW3JvQqIU1QQFtqoe5bQ3yxCIaI58gNRqi0txftFz6JqfmHomBqy0 oukDd+b/tQxqCYj8bQb48q8O/XYFOviRSWj4zHMqx5EHzxHAaZsPQ5ipDsiDoVIE d8ddFoH7aSYoCzJ64xFNBbCKpciVg9oarOPBL/FCrQQVhfL+ZAf6Y3KsDtaCDp9J cNpYviYOjs9fwSGVd6D3kGSo8Ttw1IT1MjwfKAbn7UdtHxZWrBbZQMWSEI+BWagg d3pPtJbGbufVhXOcB77Qx7s2aVj94/JYf09M+KoKZQ4a4cGRXvQqfWLyUehiO+aC LlJr0ak0Et0CKx5xF5CWoMY4LnyzahGwYi8CBDKT36YqOfFTsfP01AMXKgJEQIfw EWhzOpFgYFCxjCUm+NpvYNW8DNp+Eg4h5CPHm6IUPe7fHAhTjU4TOQa7/BzfUvbx llB9bA6lbDB64kmHmWSTPJ2tTTP9exUwAXlawzxsYE0GMBepwPRXRVGXfZeiJEqG sa6ISTX1n5alicFqNZQBBTUBPakEzOrpiIYjWws+PSIWqJxy8ur1dcgH8KDtN21e TrX6lN68Ee3HH9EcKiOvr5tSsF2fyGZ0EYZGtQqf1aSII8AW5u0CI7e4jWc1pxJ5 K3HnHimUnXqHh1FIHSVB =wqk3 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 (gnome) - make it lighter weight, more responsive, more usable and have better default choice of applications.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, One argument against pidgin is that is constantly has security issues. There were 35 CVE's issued against Pidgin in the last three years, and five of those were from the last three months alone. http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=pidginsearch_type=last3yearscves=on When it comes to messaging and email communications platforms this is really unacceptable. Best, Lev Lazinskiy https://levlaz.org On 11/24/2014 03:16 PM, dh...@freedommail.co wrote: I don't see which of these post-install changes make the system lighter; assuming you mean more performant in some way? I agree with your choice of icedove instead of evolution as a default for email, though perhaps not for the reasons you might cite. Pidgin already does irc, among others; what is special about xchat? Even if I may use vlc, I see nothing wrong with totem. Just saying, -Dave -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUc5VQAAoJEGdDlSTynDmsrrIP/0Br3RvVagWJH8xR8PZ7dV7X Wo5eVvyj4zgK8x4bAglIr+cp04fpYFT1sI6WG/KWQBWGefEYvbyrmG8+karAA7A+ oOHSGES2PA/gwSbRXWemo2vGMvijrK0asX+HhLyRteftoFh6DxvKRaKiPWHyNkY0 PoMTFtYActcW6c0fWLc03F3n6G7TwOes2T52MbKvDHnng/xJv287Qpbr+pkleBSP M6BhkF6e9TETQbTaomSoUK6te/M9n09fhMjYPJswHYQEOuW5LxQE6Cf4ARX8Bfey FYHLz0gsrO/Bce6L2PN6EO2tIgiI1gFB0JCrwV2VMTC8PJ+sqKcZ9fj4j3SRaqLD POvJiv9rQRc8FJWahpf/rVJBT112mEpSTv8WYKqprhRHG8gg49C88jEcQCJQT429 3AE5ryqYCVteD+H+JZjMD8ij6x5m1e92PoSKlI5hHrvJSESheW6KJp08hXSV2ztc jeETQAwiFU1B4AZtKQeNpjg6tVA8IUnmmTO9aB1CYRwpEb9ygeLhNyBEqkDrfr7n vMjiT9+scLUuHTiSR5sHdLKRWVLD5dBjuYaWkyqYIn0OAv531nbYCXowSwpgfQNu bg6yYxZ/9CBs+WKlh6SGbrl14Q7rl0p/UKfN4e0cNLXBEkVrIR8ZoMyGbFXWbyqt w91biROQOlnJ85Q2zDy2 =QdOW -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I see your point, but this is a mathematical issue. How can you be partially 100% free? :) Best, Lev Lazinskiy https://levlaz.org On 11/24/2014 01:07 PM, shiret...@web.de wrote: Honestly, why can't they list debian as 'partially approved', explaining with a little '*' that they don't endorse the use of the non-free repos and the 'evil doings' of the debian project? I still think this would be ridiculous but at least one big popular distro would be on that list. But no, make instead way for 'ututo' and 'blag' which are practically unusable. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUc5YcAAoJEGdDlSTynDmsCvkP/0Jz9VhzM6/nFwhC8utrPtv4 Hols7pxTIy/YIdRnGI9xjbPTC3SCwc8juXotzKpPOley4Fa+JLGTBdP/oiGwlvnm A3qfhSgVBQripoI3SNpcwDSnFOtpQMngg4A9/F7x+rAq7NNrox3rO9N0OTspBQm6 +mnaRy3kz0Ie5ofq63bZji2ELecBBwHerZQbXfBmNO1gKbDn3Rr0Q68fIj3AAcjM VNMHaHmoTokfeDrNfhBg6zJAcjDukJFUFxICTjOA5zW8tjYFrm5jHYlbW2cepWir qwMRCKq7R+C29mx2bg8x5uYPJv6UFVsTYvlEo28hZtIwt9Nh7dZsbH0QA4j0WU8Y k15nse0L3GweuM6UQJvS1wfrMfDBlsIYrj/KV4IHo+ow3j4JW8pEPbTYpysIHm7I abBBBGH+dg4jSJxROiUn1dasTIpDqoQRWkYAX2FJXwcTIPbsPupVTZczG7DwPIBa Rw609KIf3/E7j6s42/tncWvn+j0GYTUp8YZR+6ZruW0ji6lgliWodw71I9j0jT8z BbEPjRuLVVtPGJWhBp8hPe6ABH9iDFKm0jrvXWDXNr/D9drsqCjbTPyZIvD3BeUp Ha4QLzzWFMafTKDaNOB0VhGs+BSMuyIoDL0ShLEyl7vu9RNVxg8JIIykiPqoGVr7 BI73EEwqXJgzbxpDdmUP =Qrg2 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Trisquel-users] Strange grub behaviour - Trisquel 7
Rescatux nailed the problem. 7 is now booting just fine.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Indicator app
There is my screen shot after the error massage.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is Debian GNU/Hurd free?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I would disagree with you completely. Sometimes, free software is not enough. Free software is always enough. In addition, Stallman does not spend his time talking about how to get proprietary software and free software working together because he is spending all of his time on the more important issue of enabling the use of free software across the board. I do not think that this is censorship, and is certainly is not hurting any cause. GNU, FSF, and projects like this one are doing just fine. Best, Lev Lazinskiy https://levlaz.org On 11/24/2014 01:44 AM, ldrumb...@openmailbox.org wrote: Sometimes, free software is not enough. Sometimes, you need proprietary software to accompany free software and make it work. Surely a system with mostly free components and a single proprietary component is better than a fully proprietary system. But Mr. Stallman thinks the user should not be told about the option to use the system with only a few non-free components. Not only is this censorship, he is harming his cause. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUc5fRAAoJEGdDlSTynDms2UsQAI9WOVad+q6+YTuP63OkukrC AXLYk+wAHwVc2lxmIrDWw3t/OL/sE/OU1hxgC5er2peIznxOn93hq9/ua8Ro6C3x Pz8x4VpqAF7eJ1sM4W4ryphZxyB/VN3YuV5kwWYvvNwm/S4kkZnSJiv1G5F5Xt0G 1oWUU5xxOmCaFTwHxmLoR6dlWszOKq81ZUV4s9VV0y2tMsoJbPLhtT76E5vqhMJK sqHUe7gCLOHzV67yr/UWVLprXuMPJi1Ew2mi62z1VWZ/gaDXko/dbEsZpAMgF82Y Ap/zQKU910W9sxpCFC3oc0AtDcDqXi+T4h3p7bpONn+sfwKSJPgVk007qAGojFaK dRrqg0sm0VEPtlNfrJ7JqxvIqViKEnW5O4rDpU3+M1OLCPq49pb73cgnD7y3WSMG 8eBWZRz/NiZercm4WubbRzSA+6q449T5w5Ggcrx/DQfjMdVGX4a8PDEHor6ntlN9 ZIiHMYUSl+i9eReY/HB/dhiJnSjldC4yj6BCARcaGFc1gyNLsG52NdUR1/MjozyB r3McsMqK052mm8ZasPqkk3fE2Blhud5xUcvpPLO9qzpfpCsSAHAvdb5/nOiX93SQ Mtu4y12uCfsTeDjXomK2MYmT9SUHjOiXuD2FiIQUFwmsE6VU9rCTJ8UNNGXI3apG fpNKUYoJeR+zejohe/am =nOKt -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dave, I am glad you got this working! I made the suggestion because I just installed Lightning yesterday morning as well so I was sure it was there. :) Best, Lev Lazinskiy https://levlaz.org On 11/24/2014 12:33 PM, dh...@freedommail.co wrote: Well, how'bout that; it's in the addons manager search thing today; was not there when last I looked. Sorry for being a bit short-tempered with Lev. We're good. Cheers, Dave -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUc5mMAAoJEGdDlSTynDmsNo0QAIpho1DRfXR7elkumNx17REA T0lG4C/45rkRITOCy8exY9Q3vEuRJ1ufXlJl+Evg7xy+qzvm/atmm150Dt1+iaYy eI2hbnHyZEGNyTN7pAGjwOGDSdoHNYy+LxBTSFdK3orAqthcZiL+SLz2UMxbowc6 vbXxkjGQcqOBsO/LQdHrKtQpmHdCMiL+GAXIDTJadhnRlxYWedhIMpl97J3hd8PN LJW9L+PlcLUUQRfkwR5nTBmc8Kd6aAySic9D4gZ20J9YJMttE3XhPXArQwXyJ8Xu KZwlUcHtuzuLlZqjGAjcwikNeWAoWOEBKzAaD+khZs3aB6pVDiTTY8X0wVmj8L3A 2zSAlLT1EWltp3/dOTyGG1T3GLm7slRgRkQa4PxzAdjRocyfaXodsj4LhzDvX7Gn PaWgWMpbY38+dD/HIGBI2S9H9MMHn7PzEWalThM74iaIFwg9MaYWM8+ML3/y759F PPpKU3WFwolwq5VH83ORJ/+i1EqDvLnYWRBpEppXXnkPJ2D3rWcWORT3W/8nEW6B aMdOa2gNaIv3pTPfbVUqpiKnjvHITCvFbEro3FULSpspojDJYbKyPDQABRpOmozf QNsLRoMcLVIk3j4Ee16m1xMQ8Et/g3CJYvVC5BvDbKu3onqYK4F/o9PH5OWWiIFV esalWGnkrngoGdSMGVQf =kN8q -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Trisquel-users] Indicator app
Hello! Thanks for posting the screen shot. It looks like the error is not present though, unless I am missing something? Best, Lev
[Trisquel-users] Is the Universe and Main distinction meaningful in Trisquel?
I noticed that many of the recommended packages depend on Universe packages. Presumably, the distinction between Universe and Main is an artifact of Ubuntu or not as clear as should be simply because the work to do that hasn't been put in yet (which is fine, there's only so much a limited effort can do).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is the Universe and Main distinction meaningful in Trisquel?
Actually, I was glad to see that packages were separated between main and universe in Trisquel 7, as this is not the case in Trisquel 6, and I believe it is an important and significant distinction. My understanding is that Canonical only supports main packages for 5 years, ans lets the community take care of the packages in universe. So as far as security is concerned, there is no guarantee that packages from the universe branch will be patched or supported adequately, whereas you have that 5-year guarantee for packages from main. Someone please correct me if I am mistaken :). Case in point, the owncloud team recently asked Ubuntu maintainers to remove owncloud from the Ubuntu repositories, as it was a universe package and nobodu was maintaining it. The owncloud team didn't want people to run and insecure version, when the latest stable version is available through a ppa.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel in Eee Pc 2 Gb hard drive
Hey! Don't feel bad mate :) Me too feel that having the money to invest in a newer pc would be great, but I am happy that I actually have a laptop to use that isn't broken. Life is already expensive A LOT in many ways, computers are the last of our worries most of the time. HAVING said that, I will also add that you actually have a nice machine. It's a small one (which i dislike, glad that mine is big) but it has what you need to run GNU/Linux. Of course that would depend on your personal needs. What do you do with your computer? If you are geeky and want to go with command line only OS, you will have no performance issues. If you just want to go with the regular use, you just have to use lighter applications. As a reference I would suggest you took a look at DSL (damn small linux) since it is intended for older pcs. You will get an idea of what you can do with little hardware. Since your main problem is the installation of Trisquel (freedom issues make it harder to use other distros, though you could use one and take off the blobs and such), you could try a mini install and remove stuff you don't need. I ADVISE AGAINST USING TAPE TO GET AND HDD IN THE BACK OF THE MONITOR. You will most likely screw the monitor in no time (if not the HDD also). The internal work of the HDD will affect the monitor in little time and the weight will damage the connectors. So, don't do that. The table is a nice place to put the HDD. I really hope you can make the best out of it, because GNU/Linux was always a friend of modest hardware machines, and an Eee should be enough. If you were with Windows it was a game over even before the game begun of course xD lol. BUt with linux kernel (which is still modest) and the appropriate free software choices, you can make a great use of it. For reference give a read at DSL (damn small linux) and Vector Linux. You can take some ideas from them and apply it with free software :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 (gnome) - make it lighter weight, more responsive, more usable and have better default choice of applications.
Do you find this right click cumbersome?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Belenos: Accessible GUI Calendar app?
It's working, here, too; I was on a different network on previous attempt to find lightning; all I got for addons page for icedove was the FSF software directory entry for it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
I really don't think that this is a win for the free software community. Nothing new or special has been done here. All Purism is doing is buying laptop shells that everyone else on the planet could use, forking an already wonderful free software distro and making claims that they are working directly with the Free Software Foundation and Intel.Many of us have tried to get the Intel Mangement Engine firmware freed and have failed. Why would Intel work directly with Purism and not with any developers or companies that have already tried to reach out? If Purism really did care about free software and the communities built around it, why would they work so hard to work against them? Why can't purism just install Trisquel GNU/Linux on their laptops and call it a day? Or better yet, why has Purism not reached out to developers who have already spent and wasted so much of their own time to get these things freed ? Maybe some of our time and energy should be spent elsewhere and some of us should just give up. I know that the actions of Purism and some recent campaigns really have me close to just giving up on the free software community.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
From what he claims to have right now there appears to be no difference (well, maybe some, but it's in the opposite direction, he's using a design that needs non-free graphics drivers to work properly). He is basically saying he wants to free a laptop, but is not really capable of doing so, despite his claims to be working with other companies. If he has the connections I'd like some hard evidence. Extraordinary claims need to be backed with extraordinary evidence. Something of which he clearly doesn't have.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
I think there are a lot of people in the free software community with objections with the claims being made. My hands aren't tied like some so I'll point out some of the other issues. 1. There have been numerous efforts to free laptops in the past with some successes. It's not for a lack of trying that ThinkPenguin's not succeed. Resolving all the issues with modern X86 systems is a near impossible feat. We've made some effort in this department, but it's more of a token gesture and the laptops would only be a little bit better. If you refurbish an older laptop it is easier. 2. License violations and a lack of understanding about what free software is. If something needs a binary blob it's not free software. I'd never try to make that claim. At best I'd describe our laptops as being free software friendly at an OS level. That is everything is going to work with free software distributions even though there are unfortunately non-free pieces critical to all modern laptops (BIOS, micro-code, and similar firmware). 3. NVIDIA is not cooperative so the support for the graphics using the reverse engineered nouveau driver is years behind- it simply isn't possible to get half-way decent support for the GT840M graphics in this system at this time. Of the people who have tried I know there were major issues and no successes as far as I've heard. Evidence on how Todd achieved some level of success in getting this to work would be a first step, but it still isn't a good design choice from a free software angle. Even if you succeed it's not going to work well enough to claim support and so including it at all is disingenuous. People will buy with certain expectations- expectations that Todd can't possibly meet. 4. Intel's not cooperative on the coreboot front. Why would you even think that they'd cooperate now? Google tried to get them to release code for the Chromebook. They refused. The coreboot developer have been begging for Intel to cooperate for years. $250,000 USD isn't going to cut it when millions are already been poured into the effort. Intel does cooperate on the graphics front though. There simply is no perfect or even good solution to these problems. 5. Designed and “manufacturer” are interesting choice of words. Todd makes it sound like he actually designed a new board for this. There are few actual “manufacturers” or companies designing pretty much anything. Major companies usually utilize one of a handful of companies specialized in the given arena to design and/or manufacture. Components are usually designed by one of a few big companies valued at billions of dollars (Intel, Broadcom, Atheros, etc, not Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc). I'm not questioning his intention to design a product or support the product. That's fair game. Everybody does it. However I think his choice of wording gets dangerously close to fraud. It is misleading territory at a minimum. If he was to become a manufacturer he would need a lot more than $250,000 USD. He should focus on the overall product design rather than claiming to have designed or manufactured something uniquely new- for which simply isn't likely in this context. 6. I'm pretty confident Todd didn't talk to the FSF as stated. Comments made elsewhere by people in the know implied the project was unknown to the FSF until after it had been announced. I have some background knowledge of this laptop. It's designed by a Chinese company with ties to the Chinese government. It is actually a clone of Apple's product lineup and a poor machine to build a free software product off. In China you can get these machines from shady backstreet vendors with the actual Apple logo. You can actually see just how rampant trademark infringement is here: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/20/fake-apple-stores. These systems are flat out unsafe. These machines are of extremely poor quality. I've actually “seen” other similar models get seized on import. It won't happen every time as the US doesn't have many enforcers at the border scanning for shipments of infringing or illegal product, but it does happen. I do think we need a campaign like this, but we should work with one of the manufacturers whose got someI think there are a lot of people in the free software community with objections with the claims being made. My hands aren't tied like some so I'll point out some of the other issues. 1. There have been numerous efforts to free laptops in the past with some successes. It's not for a lack of trying that ThinkPenguin's not succeed. Resolving all the issues with modern X86 systems is a near impossible feat. We've made some effort in this department, but it's more of a token gesture and the laptops would only be a little bit better. If you refurbish an older laptop it is easier. 2. License violations and a lack of understanding about what free software
Re: [Trisquel-users] Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter Love it!
If I understand what your asking/saying the laptops/desktops do ship from the United States so they will be taxed on delivery. There is no markup on them. In fact there are costs right now we're not taking into consideration. The cables, keyboards, etc can add $80-90 USD to the cost. It's not taken into consideration right now. That might change as we might be losing money on them unless your purchasing other items / upgrades alongside. The main concern I have is ensuring hardware is readily available and properly supported under free software operating systems. I also try and price stuff is its affordable to people on a budget, but there are limits. For a basic configuration of any of the laptops/desktops there isn't much of a markup. That's intentional so those who don't have a ton of cash will hopefully be able to afford something still. I don't want to see people purchasing hardware that's hostile to who contaminated with DRM, proprietary software licenses, or not properly supported, etc
Re: [Trisquel-users] Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey Chris, I enjoyed reading your perspective on this issue. I agree that project like this is certainly a necessary one. However this specific project may not be it. Best, Lev Lazinskiy https://levlaz.org On 11/24/2014 08:18 PM, ch...@thinkpenguin.com wrote: I think there are a lot of people in the free software community with objections with the claims being made. My hands aren't tied like some so I'll point out some of the other issues. 1. There have been numerous efforts to free laptops in the past with some successes. It's not for a lack of trying that ThinkPenguin's not succeed. Resolving all the issues with modern X86 systems is a near impossible feat. We've made some effort in this department, but it's more of a token gesture and the laptops would only be a little bit better. If you refurbish an older laptop it is easier. 2. License violations and a lack of understanding about what free software is. If something needs a binary blob it's not free software. I'd never try to make that claim. At best I'd describe our laptops as being free software friendly at an OS level. That is everything is going to work with free software distributions even though there are unfortunately non-free pieces critical to all modern laptops (BIOS, micro-code, and similar firmware). 3. NVIDIA is not cooperative so the support for the graphics using the reverse engineered nouveau driver is years behind- it simply isn't possible to get half-way decent support for the GT840M graphics in this system at this time. Of the people who have tried I know there were major issues and no successes as far as I've heard. Evidence on how Todd achieved some level of success in getting this to work would be a first step, but it still isn't a good design choice from a free software angle. Even if you succeed it's not going to work well enough to claim support and so including it at all is disingenuous. People will buy with certain expectations- expectations that Todd can't possibly meet. 4. Intel's not cooperative on the coreboot front. Why would you even think that they'd cooperate now? Google tried to get them to release code for the Chromebook. They refused. The coreboot developer have been begging for Intel to cooperate for years. $250,000 USD isn't going to cut it when millions are already been poured into the effort. Intel does cooperate on the graphics front though. There simply is no perfect or even good solution to these problems. 5. Designed and “manufacturer” are interesting choice of words. Todd makes it sound like he actually designed a new board for this. There are few actual “manufacturers” or companies designing pretty much anything. Major companies usually utilize one of a handful of companies specialized in the given arena to design and/or manufacture. Components are usually designed by one of a few big companies valued at billions of dollars (Intel, Broadcom, Atheros, etc, not Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc). I'm not questioning his intention to design a product or support the product. That's fair game. Everybody does it. However I think his choice of wording gets dangerously close to fraud. It is misleading territory at a minimum. If he was to become a manufacturer he would need a lot more than $250,000 USD. He should focus on the overall product design rather than claiming to have designed or manufactured something uniquely new- for which simply isn't likely in this context. 6. I'm pretty confident Todd didn't talk to the FSF as stated. Comments made elsewhere by people in the know implied the project was unknown to the FSF until after it had been announced. I have some background knowledge of this laptop. It's designed by a Chinese company with ties to the Chinese government. It is actually a clone of Apple's product lineup and a poor machine to build a free software product off. In China you can get these machines from shady backstreet vendors with the actual Apple logo. You can actually see just how rampant trademark infringement is here: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/20/fake-apple-stores. These systems are flat out unsafe. These machines are of extremely poor quality. I've actually “seen” other similar models get seized on import. It won't happen every time as the US doesn't have many enforcers at the border scanning for shipments of infringing or illegal product, but it does happen. I do think we need a campaign like this, but we should work with one of the manufacturers whose got someI think there are a lot of people in the free software community with objections with the claims being made. My hands aren't tied like some so I'll point out some of the other issues. 1. There have been numerous efforts to free laptops in the past with some successes. It's not for a lack of trying that ThinkPenguin's not succeed. Resolving all the issues with modern X86 systems is a
[Trisquel-users] Strange Rhythmbox Behavior
I'm am sitting here listening to the goodness of Miles Davis via Rhythmbox in Flac on my Trisquel home pc. As always Mr. Davis sounds amazing on my speakers but for some odd reason Rhythmbox jumps to the next song prematurely. It doesn't matter how long or short the song is, Rhythmbox cuts to the next song before the previous one is finished. The files are intact and I can scrub forward manually to hear the rest of the song if I wish. I am sure are just changed some settingbut for the life of me I can't imagine why anyone would want this behavior. Is this a bug? Any ideas how to address this? Thanks so much
Re: [Trisquel-users] Strange Rhythmbox Behavior
I'm guessing it's a bug. Maybe you should try another music player. Try Clementine: sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends clementine
[Trisquel-users] Resolution problem on laptop + some questions
Hey! I'm kinda new to GNU/Linux, I tried around 20 distros, to see which will fit best for me. But Trisquel is the only one where I have a resolution problem... The max I can get was something like 1024x768. My display is 1280x800 and my GPU is ATI Mobility Radeon X2300. Could it be because of the proprietary blops (or how it was called) removed from the kernel? What can I do to fix this? glxinfo commands says I have Gallium driver and 3D acceleration enabled. How USB / gamepads etc works in Trisquel? I don't have any GNU/Linux installed right now, but I'm preparing to. Switch forever from crappy Windows, from crappy Microsoft. Also is 100% free software always open source? How can I know if software is 100% free and open source? I guess it must have GNU license? I saw SMplayer in software center. It's 100% free? It contains build in codecs. I miss mednafen emulator in it, is it 100% free? I suppose your software center contains only 100% free stuff. Wish you had XFCE version of Trisquel. I like light distros, but LXDE is too lite in features and settings. I tried both GNOME and LXDE versions. LXDE won't let me enter monitor settings at all... It says display / monitor not found / detected. :/ So is it because of the blops removed from the kernel? I thought the blops were here only to offer install of proprietary drivers (like NVIDIA driver), in the non 100% free GNU/Linux distros. Guess I'm wrong though. Guess I will dual boot Trisquel for now. Btw, what's the best way to determine how much swap do I need in swap partition?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Resolution problem on laptop + some questions
Sadly ATI GPUs are the ones that actually require binary blobs - not in the form of drivers, but firmware (it's along story and I hope someone here with a better understanding of it can explain). Anything that's present in Trisquel's software centre is fully free, and if you find anything there that isn't then it's a mistake that should be reported. Also is 100% free software always open source? How can I know if software is 100% free and open source? I guess it must have GNU license? No, any of what is called free https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html should do. So is it because of the blops removed from the kernel? I thought the blops were here only to offer install of proprietary drivers (like NVIDIA driver), in the non 100% free GNU/Linux distros. Guess I'm wrong though. That's not what blobs are (it doesn't offer anything), maybe this page has a better explanation: So is it because of the blops removed from the kernel? I thought the blops were here only to offer install of proprietary drivers (like NVIDIA driver), in the non 100% free GNU/Linux distros. Guess I'm wrong though.
[Trisquel-users] So today I figured out a new way to brick my system
Simply, run the command chmod -R g-rwx,o-rwx /root as root. Of course, I few minutes later I booted back up in with a recovery USB stick and set the permissions back to normal but now I'm curious why would this brick my system?
Re: [Trisquel-users] So today I figured out a new way to brick my system
That's not what bricking is, I think. Removing the BIOS/UEFI encountered at startup, on the other hand
