Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
You wouldn't want to just say "GNU" like "Trisquel GNU", because that doesn't give the Linux kernel the credit it deserves. "GNU/Linux" is the best we can do, for now. The best option is to get the Hurd running well so we can damn this naming problem forever. :p
Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
MagicYou are so right...arrgghhh, one of these days, I will get that Linux habit out of my head and only say GNU/Linuxor better yet just GNU.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
Well this might be good news for the Crunchbang communityIt appears Blag 21K (http://blagblagblag.org/) will use Openbox as their default WM. Various DE's will be available during install (XFCE, LXDE, Mate, Gnome), however, if the DE is left unchecked then it will install an optimized Openbox session by default. This could be a good replacement for Crunchbang.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Youtube Ditches Flash, and it Hardly Matters: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
So EME's a de facto standard and nothing's stopping that? Bloody hell.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What do you see as the improvement here?
> What do you consider to be the one net step forward? The EFF > describes the situation as substituting one non-Free (not their > framing, mine) program for another -- the proprietary software used > to implement W3C-endorsed DRM instead of Adobe Flash. This instead of > Google using their own WebM in an HTML5 video element. Because at least JavaScript can be run reliably with free software, whereas ActionScript cannot (Gnash is somewhat unreliable). But you are correct that the JavaScript is still proprietary just as the SWF-embedded ActionScript is. Andrew
Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
Thank you MB
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
How can that be set?
[Trisquel-users] What do you see as the improvement here?
jabj...@fastmail.com.au wrote: Two steps forward, one step back. I can see why people celebrated this move but it was only a big victory if you ignored the fact that DRM is still present. What do you consider to be the one net step forward? The EFF describes the situation as substituting one non-Free (not their framing, mine) program for another -- the proprietary software used to implement W3C-endorsed DRM instead of Adobe Flash. This instead of Google using their own WebM in an HTML5 video element.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I am looking to build my first computer.
I hope not. But I will hang around a little longer to be sure on the forums to be sure.
[Trisquel-users] Re : I am looking to build my first computer.
I do not think there is any compatibility issues with motherboards.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Youtube Ditches Flash, and it Hardly Matters: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Two steps forward, one step back. I can see why people celebrated this move but it was only a big victory if you ignored the fact that DRM is still present.
[Trisquel-users] I am looking to build my first computer.
I am looking to build my first computer. I am concerned about freedom and I want to run trisquel on it. I want to use an Intel i7 processer and I want 32 gb of ram (will have some virtual machines). I am concerned about the motherboard and whether it is compatible with Trisquel or not. The motherboard I am looking at is here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132132&cm_re=asus_motherboard-_-13-132-132-_-Product. Anybody know anything about this motherboard? If not can anyone recommend one. On the asus website it says this motherboard only supports windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
I have no major issues with Java script but it is a case of - if a simple task like an up vote can be done server side then it might as well be done like that. It is not a case of freedom here just a case of simplifying the technology.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
It's hard to tell what the problem is. What I have experienced is some software looping and creating tremendous amounts of logs, but it could be a script gone wild, for example. You should really tells us what your partition scheme is like or include the output of df -h so we can target where all that disk space is going to. You should follow Magic Banana's advice and clean the unnecessary ".deb" files so you can have a bit more room without the system going unstable.
[Trisquel-users] Youtube Ditches Flash, and it Hardly Matters: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/new-drm-boss-same-old-boss
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
> bookmark HTML anchor
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
I find it MUCH easier to use the corner of the touchpad as middle button rather than the simultaneous buttons click. And I agree real mice for the win. (Except when table top space is very limited or when it's important to be as silent as possible...)
Re: [Trisquel-users] What circumstances suggest the need for a BIOS update ?
My continuing troubles with 5-1/4 inch floppies prompted me to see if an updated BIOS would activate another floppy driver on the motherboard ... which was in vain ... but Intel's website does provide a reasonable if non-free method of creating a 3-1/2 inch bootable floppy with all the wherewithall to upload that BIOS. I actually did that with two identical Intel D865GLC motherboards, which still work fine afterwards.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
I sometimes press my laptop mouse buttons at slightly different times, so it registers as a left click (opening in the same window instead of a new one,) so I gave that sequence out of habit. Yes, that works too, though more reliably with a real mouse.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
This is possible without javascript. each post could have a bookmark and the up/downvote could redirect to that after reloading the page.
[Trisquel-users] Re : An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
I right-click-->Open link in new tab A middle click does that.
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
e702...@trbvm.com wrote: this is a list of the non-free programs i use: mircrosoft office: You can use LibreOffice as recommended by others. If you need more powerful publishing options, try Scribus or learn TeX. email: internet: You can use Thunderbird or any Thunderbird derivative such as IceDove. You'll probably also want to learn about encryption and perhaps your son can help you with hosting your own email so your email provider isn't indexing your email server-side and distributing information about you based on your email. adobe flash: This is too vague -- what do you use Flash to do? If you browse YouTube, try using the "youtube-dl" program instead. youtube-dl will let you download videos from a variety of video sites (not just YouTube) and then you can use a Free Software video player (like VideoLAN Client) to play them. There are also Free Software browser plugins that work with Firefox or Free Software derivatives (such as Abrowser and IceCat) which do this same job -- "unplug", for instance. If you need gratis file hosting (including audio/video hosting) where everyone on the Internet can download what you upload, use archive.org instead of Google. Playing media inline on a website (where the user gets a simple play button to begin playing the media) is easily accomplished by using WebM and HTML5. imessage(iphone): i need acsess to takeing and saving photos and videos on my phone(iphone): I'm sure there are digital cameras you can get that will take photos and videos and let you save them without tracking your movements or reporting your presence to cell towers, Apple, Google, Microsoft, or their world government friends. Regardless of what digital camera you use, it would be worth your while to look into the metadata stored with photos and videos to see if they reveal the time and location the photo/video was taken. There are important privacy implications to consider in carrying a tracker (a more accurate name for the device also known as a cell phone or mobile phone) everywhere you go and the convenience of being able to make a call is not worth losing your privacy. numbers a spreadsheet app(iphone): Try Calc (part of LibreOffice) or Gnumeric. weather app: There are plenty of websites from which one can get weather forecasts. No need to let some weather forecaster know what's on your tracker just so you can find out the weather. tesco app: I don't really know what Tesco is or what this app does but from what I gather Tesco is a grocery store. Thus this suggests to me that this Tesco program lets you know what's on sale at Tesco or lets you get a discount by allowing Tesco to more easily track your purchases and movements, and possibly snoop on other data stored on your tracker. Maybe you should do without this app. plus loads of other apps This is also too vague -- if we don't know what you need a computer to do we can't recommend specific approaches to doing that task in freedom. Perhaps you'd be better off describing the task to be completed rather than the specific program you currently use to do that task. That way we can recommend other approaches implementable with Free Software.
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
this one I tried 2 months ago - didn't work. voice stuttering (less then using hello but not good at all) and no video. will give it a try again - maybe they solved some bugs
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
I right-click-->Open link in new tab on the upvote/downvote button, then close the new tab after it loads. It's not ideal, but it works.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
get rid of that disgraceful, shameful, ghastly OS!
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
It didn't solved the problem with hplip Itself, but I can print and choose the correct driver from the gnome printer settings.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What is Trisquel 7 equivalent of libusb-0.1.12 ?
Wow, that's a pretty old floppy.
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
Will installing system-config-printer-gnome solve the problem you opened the thread with?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions about being a developer of Trisquel.
Thank you, I'm on it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What is Trisquel 7 equivalent of libusb-0.1.12 ?
Solved: Turns out it's usblib-dev; at least, that's what worked for me.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Questions about being a developer of Trisquel.
Thank you a lot for the info, you showed me that I must learn git. You can read http://git-scm.com/book (under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license).
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
I assume the top 4 are Desktop/Laptop programmes. mircrosoft office: LibreOffice http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ email: Thunderbird https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ (note: It's got a few issues freedom-wise but almost none of it is in the default programme itself. A freer version exists in the form of Icedove but it's almost identical to Thunderbird) internet: Firefox (similar note to Thunderbird, except that it supports a non-free mechanism removed in Libre copies like Trisquel's Abrowser or Debian's Iceweasel) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?scene=2#download-fx adobe flash: The only feasible option, sadly, for me, is to avoid it. One can actually live without it, though (and still browse YouTube, Vimeo, etc). It does work on GNU/Linux, but it's not free. I assume the bottom 4 are iPhone programmes... I think the iPhone needs to be replaced (I didn't say it's illegal to do so, mind:), so you should probably keep that in mind when you're looking for a new phone. A problem is that freeing the software used on smartpones is as of now more difficult that doing so with PCs. You can get a phone that's got Android (and only use iPhone for iMessege, and start phasing that out?) and only use free apps, and still have a phone that functions as a smart phone (you can browser the web, watch videos, take pictures, etc), but you'd still be left with non-free software on it needed for the camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, etc. One thing's for sure, though, an Android phone is freer than an iPhone, but I won't call it fully free. There's a fully free smartphone product, but it's out of stock (And ugly based on the pictures I've seen). P.S. I've said on a post above: (But I think it's best if you just Download the OS (which comes in an ISO file) and burn it to a CD, or follow http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-boot-a-linux-live-usb-stick-on-your-mac/ . You can then try it without removing anything from, or otherwise harming, your Mac. Having said that I don't think the OS should be called Linux - long story short it's like naming a Crown Victoria based on the tyres it's on)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
Very interesting! I'll give all of them a chance as soon as I can... thank you very much!
[Trisquel-users] Re : A one person Linux distro departs
I believe you are correct. My point is that there is more GNU than Linux in CrunchBang (as in most operating systems with the Linux kernel, Android being a significant exception); not that there is no proprietary software in CrunchBang. There is.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions about being a developer of Trisquel.
Thank you a lot for the info, you showed me that I must learn git. And the example was very helpful. Thank you everyone.
[Trisquel-users] Re : A one person Linux distro departs
The FSF does not fund Rúben's work. The donations the Trisquel project
receives come from us through the membership program (
https://trisquel.info/member ) and from one-time donations (
https://trisquel.info/donate ). Becoming a member is preferred because it
makes the funds far more predictable what looks essential if a salary is to
to paid. There are "alternative payment methods" to PayPal: wire transfer and
bitcoin. https://trisquel.info/donate describes both.
There currently are 135 members:
$ wget -qO - https://trisquel.info/about
https://trisquel.info/en/about?page=1 https://trisquel.info/en/about?page=2 |
sed -n '/Associate Members/,/Registered Users/p' | fgrep -c 'tr class'
135
Here are the total amounts given through one-time donations since that
possibility was offered for the first time (about four years ago):
$ wget https://trisquel.info/en/donate -qO - | tr 'donated/ { donations[$2]
+= $3 } END { for (currency in donations) print currency, donations[currency]
}'
CAD 351
SEK 490
€ 3359.51
NZD 50
MXN 1324
CZK 250
BRL 25
PLN 170
SGD 15
DKK 50
CHF 340
£ 384
AUD 167
$ 9973.93
NOK 100
Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
Magic Banana I believe you got ME a bit confuse, Please follow me on this, and If I'm wrong feel free to comment. crunchBang is a Debian GNU/Linux based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. Using the nimble Openbox window manager, it is highly customisable and provides a modern, full-featured GNU/Linux system without sacrificing performance. The primary aim of the CrunchBang project is to produce a stable distribution offering the best possible out-of-the-box Openbox experience. To achieve this goal, CrunchBang pulls many base packages directly from Debian's repositories, which are well-known for providing stable and secure software. Packages from CrunchBang's own repositories are then customised and pinned to the system to produce what is known as the CrunchBang distro. Crunchbang is a Debian GNU/Linux with proprietary drivers not sponsor by FSF Do I stand corrected.?
[Trisquel-users] Re : Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
Where is that partition mounted? At the root? If so, start with that command
to remove the .deb packages (not the installed programs):
$ sudo apt-get clean
Then, remove the older kernels. From the Synaptic package manager for
instance (assuming 'sudo apt-get clean' was enough to make it properly work),
you can search for the installed packages named "linux-" followed by a string
including some version number ("3.13.0-45" for instance) and remove all those
not having the highest version number.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
Whoever wrote the FAQ did a great job: I notice this website refers to Trisquel as a distribution of "GNU/Linux" and not "Linux". Why? There is a long-standing naming controversy. Most people who use the system today don't know that what they're actually using is the GNU system combined with the kernel Linux. For many years, the media and the user community itself has given undue weight to the contributions that come from Linus Torvalds' camp and fostered a skewed account of the operating system's history, while barely acknowledging the existence of the GNU project at all. The GNU project was started in 1984 by Richard Stallman to develop a complete free operating system, because none existed at the time. Its design closely followed that of Unix because Unix was highly machine-portable and (at that time) pervasive. Linus Torvalds did not write a whole operating system, he only wrote the last missing piece, a kernel, and he only did that in the first place because development of Hurd, the GNU project's own kernel, was lagging behind (and has not been completed to this day). Torvalds didn't write the kernel because of a belief in "open source", a term that wasn't even coined until 1998 and misses the point of free software, and he originally released it in 1991 under a proprietary license until he was persuaded to relicense it under the GPL the next year. Saying "GNU/Linux" instead of "Linux" is fairer and more accurate. Without the irreplaceable software contributed by the GNU project − and even more importantly, the founding ideas of freedom − the system most mistakenly call "Linux" would not exist. It's that simple. https://trisquel.info/en/faq
Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
I watched his recent interview. Does the FSF fund his work? He said that the donations are not enough to cover a salary ... that's not really fair. It's easy to say that it's because the proprietaries have locked potential users into formats and protocols, and therefore people cannot choose freely which software engineers they want to support financially. But that doesn't address the more immediate issue. Is there anything more that we can do? Also, is there a way to donate by cheque/mail? Or is that unsafe (or even not allowed in some places for tax/etc reasons?)
[Trisquel-users] Installation of floppy controller card runs into gtk-configure problem
Device Side Data makes a 5-1/4 inch floppy controller card (FC5025) that requires that I compile the driver from the supplied sourcecode, freely available here: http://www.deviceside.com/drivers.html I managed to proceed through several compiling stages OK until I got to GTK-1.2. When I tried to compile xdib (the graphical interface to the floppy) I got to this impasse: > george@george-DA237A-ABA-6430NX-NA910:/media/Data/FC5025Installation/Source_Code/dib/xdib$ sudo make > [sudo] password for george: > cc -o OBJ.linux/xdib.o `gtk-config --cflags` -I../backend -c xdib.c > /bin/sh: 1: gtk-config: not found > xdib.c:4:21: fatal error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory > #include > ^ > compilation terminated. > make: *** [OBJ.linux/xdib.o] Error 1 Is there a GTK-2.x application available ? That might work better. Otherwise, gtk-config is a mystery that stops me dead in the water. I'm running Trisquel 7 on an Intel D865GLC motherboard. The floppy drive is a TEAC FD-55GFR, 7193-U.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
With regards to the problem with synaptic,it doesn't load indefinitely it just starts loading and stops running by itself for some reason.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
Looks like you were right trisquelian,I ran 'df -h' as suggested and one of the partitions was 100% full,how can I fix this without deleting something important?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
My internal hard drive has two partitions:one running windows(which I hardly use).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't get 24-hour time in panel
I'm able to bring back the Date into indicator-datetime Trisquel 7.0 using dconf-editor. Set your own preference at com >> canonical >> indicator >> datetime. Command line: gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.datetime time-format "'custom'" gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.datetime custom-time-format "'%A, %d %B %Y, %I:%M:%S'"
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
07-02-2015 15:05:30 fabio.pit...@tiscali.it: > I agree, Fredoom is great! What's the "pratical" difference between Odamex > and Prboom? I think Odamex (odamex) has a console even in singleplayer, and also network support. PrBoom (prboom) doesn't have a console, and doesn't have multiplayer support. PrBoom+ (prboom-plus) doesn't have a console also, but has multiplayer support. There's also Vavoom (vavoom), but I couldn't get it to run. I also tried Doomsday Engine (doomsday-engine), it has improved OpenGL support, but yet uses less resources, but the latest stable version requires the original Doom 2 as IWAD (main game file) if you're trying to play Freedoom 2, and the majority of levels get normal players stuck (unless you use the noclip mode). If I recall correctly, the version in Trisquel's repositories works with Freedoom 2 as IWAD (main game), with no need for the original Doom 2, but you can't respawn in multiplayer matches. Respectfully, Adonay. Have a nice day. -- Assinatura automática – português brasileiro: – Site pessoal: http://adfeno.mooo.com/ – Favor não enviar-me documentos do Microsoft Office ou Apple iWork. Ao invés disso, envie documentos em OpenDocument! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ – Se eu não te desejar um bom dia em meus e-mails, minhas postagens, ou meus comentários; isto significa que estes foram enviados por terceiros. Automatic signature – North American English: – Personal website: http://adfeno.mooo.com/ – Please do not send me Microsoft Office or Apple iWork documents. Instead, send OpenDocument documents! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ – If I don't wish you a nice day in my emails, my posts, or my comments; this means that these were sent by third parties. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
Thanks! :-)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions about being a developer of Trisquel.
1. Clone this repo. https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers (Belenos is the default branch) 2. CREATE A NEW BRANCH in your cloned repo. 3. Do your modifications This is a file with commits of two: https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/blob/belenos/helpers/make-gnome-colors 4. Merge request.
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
"Email" and "Internet" aren't non-free programs. Do you mean your email client and Web browser? Flash doesn't have a good libre replacement. Even if it did, most Flash content requires embedded, typically proprietary ActionScript code, anyway. But depending on what you use Flash for, chances are you don't really need it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
Hi, You will be able to connect on the internet with a free operating system and send emails. If you want to check, Mac and Windows also have Thunderbird, a free version of an email client that is used on Trisquel. LibreOffice should cover the needs of most people (again, there's a Win/Mac version you can try before making the switch). Are you British? The British government switched to LibreOffice formats. Let's be honest, Flash is a bit tricky. You have some software like youtube-dl which can download videos from a lot of websites, livestreamer that deals very well with streams, etc. It's less convenient sometimes, but works really well nonetheless. As a former iPhone user (I feel like I have to say it was offered to me ;)), maybe I can advise you on this. I know use a samsung galaxy s22 using replicant (not totally free but I think it's the freest phone for my needs and my budget). iMessage is crap, personnally, I've always thought it was a Man-in-the-Middle attack. A private company shouldn't divert text messages to its servers without your explicit consent. You have free equivalents, but then your co-workers or the people you're texting must have Android/Replicant. Apple deliberately close their applications to their platform, and censor lots of apps, so it's always a bit complicated to communicate with Apple devices... Of course, texting works fine. Let me know if this helps On Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 04:39:54PM +0100, e702...@trbvm.com wrote: thank you for your replys this is a list of the non-free programs i use: mircrosoft office: email: internet: adobe flash: imessage(iphone): i need acsess to takeing and saving photos and videos on my phone(iphone): numbers a spreadsheet app(iphone): weather app: tesco app: plus loads of other apps -- Binh-Khoi NGUYEN k...@member.fsf.org b.nguye...@imperial.ac.uk GPG Key: https://bknguyen.be/gpg.html
[Trisquel-users] Re : A one person Linux distro departs
CrunchBang is not a "Linux distro". It is a "GNU/Linux distro": https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
I read in a TL;DR way, hopefully what I said made sense haha!
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
For video call on PC, I really recommend this one. Every time I use it, it always has been the best video call experience: https://tox.im/ The project's aim is to be free of cost forever too, AFAIK. You don't need to set up an account, every Tox user gets a Tox ID and that ID is what you give to the person you want to talk to do video call with (using Tox). Your choice how you'll give your ID to your chat mate, but of course avoid as much as possible nonfree programs, such as the one you already use. Tox itself by the way isn't the program, it is the core of the program. Clients are what you use to actually do the chatting. The first ones in the downloads section of Tox are the stable ones and they probably should work out of the box. Though, my experience with the uTox client (I use Trisquel 7) and my chate mate (Windows 7 Professional?) hasn't been so smooth. We have to use ear phones to cancel the echo, it's really annoying. I'm sure the folks her can tell you more about Tox. Seriously, use it! ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
thank you for your replys this is a list of the non-free programs i use: mircrosoft office: email: internet: adobe flash: imessage(iphone): i need acsess to takeing and saving photos and videos on my phone(iphone): numbers a spreadsheet app(iphone): weather app: tesco app: plus loads of other apps
Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
now that needs a little appreciation :D
Re: [Trisquel-users] A one person Linux distro departs
the first time I up voted something
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
I have not tried it because I don't video chat. I mentioned it because I saw a few people recommended it. Isn't the video quality adjustable?
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
Does it really work for you? I tried it with a couple of friends like a month ago and the video was horrible (static picture that would change to another static one every 10 secs) and the audio even worse. Barely audible and stuttering - didn't understand a word of what the dude on the other side was saying!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
you are right david. I saw he registered today so I assumed he's on a fresh install of Trikel :) Didn't pay much attention to that "no space left" :(
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
You can use firefox hello from Abrowser for video chat.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 42 etc.
for those wondering what is yugo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Koral
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
The no space left part looks a tad scarier than that, though
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
Actually, PrBoom+ supports looking up and down, though it doesn't support manual vertical aiming.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
reboot! no, seriously - this happened to me on afresh install (synaptic loading indefinitely) and I just rebooted and it was ok ever since..
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
--"get rid of the mac and buy a pc" I don't see any need for that, especially if it's a new enough Mac (I think a 6-year-old one will be enough by a year or two), though if you're on a Macbook and want to connect to Wi-Fi you'd probably need a USB adapter. A sure-fire one with libre software would be https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb , but anything with an Atheros chip (as SuperTramp98 said) will probably work.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
Odamex is more advanced and supports multiplayer.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
Basically compatibility with other wads: since doom engine got GPL, there where many forks with different features and developers decided to take advantage of the new functionalities provided. As a result, a some wads are compatible only with the engine it was designed for. For instance, Hacx is not compatible with odamex and does not work well with prboom but works very well with eternity engine. There are more differences like being able to look upwards in Odamex. I would recommend doomsday but I couldn't make the latest stable version work.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
i have just been playing it rely fun on nightmare mode
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
get rid of the mac and buy a pc with integrated intel graphics and an atheros wifi card. h-node website can give you a pretty good idea of what is compatible with a 100% free OS. Or simply scroll down on the page and buy one of the pc Chris sells (thinkpenguin). Keep your iphone and use it only for business. Get another more "libre" phone for all that is not business related. This is what I'm thinking of: http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_3330-239.php :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
Regarding video calls: A not-too-prefect way of going about this without having anybody else install anything would be to get a new enough version of Firefox or the ports (copies, if you will) faithful enough to it (Debian's Iceweasel, Trisquel's Abrowser, FSF's Icecat, etc.though I doubt you'll see such things on a Mac), the minimum version being 34 if memory serves me. iMessage is a tad more difficult, I think. More so on the iPhone than Android. Anyway, as Trisquellian said, it'd be great if we can see a list of what you use, at least on the Mac, and we can perhaps find alternatives that you can start trying, perhaps on the Mac to begin with to see if it serves you well. Anyway, since there's a pretty decent chance that you use an Office suite (i.e. MS Office): LibreOffice as Office suite: http://www.libreoffice.org/ (both "Fresh" and "Still" versions work. Fresh is fresher, and "Still" ain't old at all, but both versions are useable and stable).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
I agree, Fredoom is great! What's the "pratical" difference between Odamex and Prboom?
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
email is based on standard protocols, and phone and text messaging are also completely standard things. You don't need to worry about problems with those unless Google starts using "embrace, extend, extinguish" with Gmail, like it did with Google Talk and XMPP (but that's probably not going to happen anytime soon). Video calls are a little harder, because the popular proprietary VoIP program Skype deliberately doesn't support any open protocols in most circumstances. Similarly, as far as I'm aware, no libre IM client is able to work with iMessage. So you would have to deal with not being able to communicate with people using these methods. On the other hand, you might possibly be able to convince some of them to use libre replacements. There are several XMPP servers and client programs, which you can use for instant messaging. Video calling is a little tougher, but I think Jitsi is the one people usually recommend (I'm not quite sure, since I don't use this kind of thing myself). By the way, you might want to ease your transition by installing the libre replacements for proprietary programs on your Apple systems first, and then make a switch to a libre OS like Trisquel or Replicant when you're comfortable with them.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
I like that it works without JavaScript. Reddit, I can't stand, because nothing there works without gratuitous JavaScript. It's not as bad as Diaspora, but still. The only way I am going to accept JavaScript-based extensions that aren't being sent from a machine I have control over is if a libre browser exists which allows the user to specify exactly what scripts to install, and installs those scripts permanently. See my essay for more information (I updated it recently): https://onpon4.github.io/other/kill-js/
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
You have a smart son and you would do good listening to him! :) You can pretty easily try Trisquel to see what works, what might need some tinkering and what might not work at all. Probably most things will work just fine. You can make a live CD/DVD/USB to get an idea how things work. https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/installation-guide And should you not be entirely satisfied, there's a full money back guarantee!
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
Sorry for my misleading reply, I got the impression from here, which link I should've included with my reply http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/color_laserjet.html (I though the blob was needed for any operation, not just scanning...) Glad you got it sorted with the help of these nice guys.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedoom is awesome
Some AAA games are complete crap. But honestly, if we're going to talk about high-quality games, I think I'd reference games like Xonotic, Armagetron Advanced, and Freeciv rather than Freedoom. Freedoom is really fun and a great project, but it's still in alpha and doesn't have an ending (it just starts repeating the same non-level fillers over and over again after a while).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions about being a developer of Trisquel.
I believe you can send a mensage here: http://trisquel.info/en/contact
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
Great! Changing the model allowed me to change even the driver used, hplip still not works, but I can print through gnome printers settings. Thank you all guys so much.
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
Do want advice on replacing the function of the software you are currently using? In that case it would probably help if you listed the software you use or be descriptive about what you use the software for and what you want it to do in the future.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update
Include the output of: df -h Probably /var is full if you made a separate partition. If not then it's the root partition or the whole system, which you should solve quickly as it can cause the system to be unstable.
Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
sorry for my typing i meant propperly not probbley at the end! also i meant our not are!
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
check the shots
[Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software
my son is very interested in libre software and keeps asking me why i dont get rid of my mac and iphone much as i like the idea of libre software in reailty its extreamly hard to make the change as i run a bussines use imesssage, video, email, text, phone constantly and many of are staff have iphones so i fear compatiblility issues? also i worry that certain programs will not run probbley without non-free software advice please?
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
Here is an update. I was discussing this issue with vixxio on IRC and we still have not figured out a solution. The printer is being connected by USB and it was listed when the command "lsusb" was used, both prior and post reboot. Initially, this was the method being followed to install the printer (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HPPrinterInstallation/PSC1210), We have gone through the relevant hplip troubleshooting steps on HPLIP's webstie (http://hplipopensource.com/node/332). Trisquel is not among the distributions supported by the HPLIP automatic installer (hp-setup), but it might not be an exhaustive listing (http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install.html). The printer is compatible with the current version of HPLIP from Trisquel's repository. HPLIP says that the printer requires non-free binaries for scanning according to this listing (http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin.html). Whether or not that would not allow the printer to be installed and used for printing only is unknown. The printer worked with GNOME's printing utility (uses CUPS as a backend), but printing would stop after each printed page. One of the utilities provided by HPLIP, hp-check, did not find any printers when the printer was configured with GNOME's printing utility (it did find the print queue). Here is the output (http://pastebin.com/MZGMRk0s). I recommended vixxo to remove the printer from GNOME's utility as it could be taking ownership of the printer making the HPLIP tool unable to see it. Upon reboot there was an error: "HPLIP STATUS SERVICE: "No system tray detected on this systemUnable to start, exiting."" Using hp-check again gave the same output (http://pastebin.com/yhHy4V4P) without the print queue that was removed. (http://pastebin.com/YS9PLtYC) Lastly, I recommended him to increase the logging, when running hp-setup with "--logging=debug". (http://pastebin.com/YS9PLtYC) There are few relevant lines in here: " hp-setup[5493]: debug: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 03f0:4f17 Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP (...) hp-setup[5493]: debug: Product['HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi MFP'],Interfaces[5],InterfaceClass[255] hp-setup[5493]: debug: No Smart Install Device found hp-setup[5493]: debug: Probing bus: usb error: No devices found on bus: usb "
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
i disagree even if the software is libre its run normally without the users permission automatically people should always be-able to use a website without java-script
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
There's nothing wrong with browser-based scripting if the software is free. If the appropriate tags can be added to allow LibreJS compatibility, then I agree that this should be switched to Javascript.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Using proprietary softwares through wine
Thanks for this - it answers a question lots of people have about what the difference is between Debian's kernel and linux-libre.
[Trisquel-users] Questions about being a developer of Trisquel.
Greetings ladies and gentlemen: I've been playing around with my system and I detected an error on one of Trisquel's programs: compton-launcher. When someone try to create a compton.conf in .config compton won't start because "parse_config(): Failed to read configuration file "~/.config/compton.conf".". The good part is that I know how to repair it and I would like to modify the script myself. I know that Ruben is the original writer of the script so if I modify his program is he who will decide if what I did should be summited? If it is summited, should I put my email address and my name at the header of the script alongside Ruben's? To be able to make changes in Trisquel's code (have an account in gitlab), do I have to subscribe to Trisquel-devel? It will be the first time I contribute in a free software project through code so I'm a little nervous; that is why I'm asking before doing. Thank you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
There has been a bit of dislike about the whole voting system in general but that is more about the concept rather than the technology. About the only reason I can think that it working the way that it does is due to a reduced need on browser based scripting. Every time you do a vote it will reload the entire page, not ideal but it works.
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
It's exatcly what I mean, It's just the scan part that requires proprietary binaries and there is the possibility on hplip NOT to install that scanning binaries, my problem is about make hplip find the printer.
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
It's exatcly what I mean, It's just the scan part that requires proprietary binaries and there is the possibility on hplip NOT to install that scanning binaries, my problem is about make hplip find the printer.
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
Device Plugin (Required/Optional) Min. Plugin Version Reason(s) HP Color LaserJet cm1312nfi Multifunction Printer Required 2.8.10 Scanning support. From http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin.html, this has the complete listing of printers that require binary non-free plugins. I wrote it up on the wiki here: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/printer-freedom .
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
The question is: if It requires proprietary drivers, why If I plug It on Gnome, It is correctly identified and configured ? Maybe It's just the scan part that requires proprietary drivers ?
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
HP Color LaserJet cm1312nfi Multifunction Printer HPLIP Support Here is the doccumentation: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/color_laserjet/hp_color_laserjet_cm1312nfi_mfp.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
According to the HP documentation it does. I don't quite understand the latter question.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 42 etc.
New version 50. Added AKS-74u and Tokarev pistol. Worked on LOD2 models alot. Now all the WW1 biplanes / triplanes have LOD2 models (ie the thrid level of detail model) aswell as the yugo. Also new option in advanced menu to switch teamspawns and switch team bases. This can be useful when using CTF maps from, say, UrbanTerror as the things seem to be switched. Those LOD2 models took along time to do, it seems to give improvement (alot) on my machine. Also worked on making them used more, only when you get right up close do the lod1 and then lod0 (normal) model are used. Enjoy! Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/chaosesqueanthology/files/latest/download Direct Download of version50: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/chaosesqueanthology/Rel_50/XonoticChaosEsqueAnthologyREL50.iso?r=http%3A%2F%2Fopengameart.org%2Fforumtopic%2Fchaosesque-anthology-opensourcefree-fps-standalone-mod-of-xonotic-released%3Fpage%3D2&ts=1423304735&use_mirror=liquidtelecom Info Page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/chaosesqueanthology/
Re: [Trisquel-users] What can I use to have a desktop background that plays a slide show of pictures?
Thanks!
Re: [Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
Please don't hate me, I'm just being honest. :D I'm not angry towards the Trisquel devs lol.
[Trisquel-users] An annoying thing that happens when upvoting a post here in the forums.
You know when you upvote a post here in the forums, you are being navigated to the top? It's annoying isn't it? I honestly think it should be like reddit, wherein when you upvote, it does not bring you to the top or the start of a thread. Please do something about it? The same should go for downvote. Thanks!
Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue
Are you sure that this model requires It ? Why so trisquel make It works by default with gnome printer utils ?
