Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
Oh my! Searx is fast, very fast. I think I'll be using it as my default search engine and see if the results are as good. I've looked at preferences and they work similarly to ixquick's old days: you can select what search engines to use.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Mozilla - Deprecating Non-Secure HTTP
http://arstechnica.com/security/2009/12/20/how-to-get-set-with-a-secure-sertificate-for-free/ Am no expert but rather curious,the only solution is a self signed cert : quote: You can sign your own digital certificates, essentially acting as your own certificate authority, but that's a problem. Because a client and/or OS doesn't know that Tom the cat luckeywoodCA is a real authority, the client or OS has to prompt a user to accept an untrusted relationship. Depending on the process, the user may be able to trust a session or not, or to accept a CA's authority permanently. http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=0lang=en i tried loggin into CAcert and emmediatly had a browser non Certified connection Alert Cert! if you want to have a hosted Wordpress as exemple with OVH here with a SSL Cert it's 49Euros a year for just the Cert https://www.ovh.com/fr/ssl/ Furthermore most sites if not 98% are HTTP quote: However, the market for SSL certificates, a kind of certificate used for website security, is largely held by a small number of multinational companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority
Re: [Trisquel-users] Mozilla - Deprecating Non-Secure HTTP
cont...@gnuvideo.ro wrote: I know about Let's Encrypt and I believe it's a great idea. But helping people switch from HTTP to HTTPS is one thing and forcing people to switch is another. Censorious world governments, Comcast, ATT, and other organizations are forcing this switch when you consider this from the perspective of data integrity and authentication. Those organizations are inspecting what people upload and download, and/or injecting data into webpages users receive en route. The Mozilla FAQ[1] was quite clear about this: [...]as long as your site is not secure, it can be used as a weapon against your users and against other web sites. More nonsecure sites means more risk for the overall Web. One should place blame where it belongs, not with efforts making changes that should have been made long ago. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/files/2015/05/HTTPS-FAQ.pdf specifically But there's nothing secret on my site! Why should I bother with encryption?.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
from a user interface point of view this search engine is the best i ever used! and its libre software bye bye ixquick! but do you need a powerful web-server to run the search engine yourself?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
tiri...@openmailbox.org wrote: Looking at the paragraph right above that one, it says: It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs, nor your url history. Right, but that doesn't address anything substantively so it doesn't answer anything at all. That's just a description of what any service has to do (mixing your queries) with an unverifiable claim of privacy (without storing search data). All services have to keep some track of who made which query in order to get them the right results back (we don't want people asking for cat pictures to get non-cat pictures back). Either the user's computer does this on their computer alone (which isn't feasible given the size of the DB needed to do this search in a thoroughgoing way) or the user submits the query to another computer (which makes it SASS with the privacy-busting that goes with all SASS). As for other info, it doesn't seem to say. However, considering that it focuses on privacy, and unlike similar services (cough cough DuckDuckGo) it's free software, I'm going to trust it and most likely use it in close future. Startpage/Ixquick are not foreseeably worse metasearch engines, and being free software SASS doesn't mean anything for the end user because one doesn't do the entire job on one's own computer.
Re: [Trisquel-users] any 8400gs graphic card?
I know I should get the card from thinkpenguin. But I am too cheap and looking for other offers. That is why I want to know if any 8400gs chipset card goes.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Searx metasearch engine
lc...@dcc.ufmg.br wrote: Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code and run it yourself! I don't see how running a metasearch engine yourself helps you keep your privacy so long as queries are made from your computer to the search engines you depend on. Let's say I do not want to run it myself for ecological reasons. What does searx have in its logs? Did one of you take a look at the code? DockDuckGo, Ixquick and Startpage promise that they neither store the IP address of their users nor their user agents. We cannot verify because we do not have the source code... however nobody can know whether searx.me really runs the code it pretends to run. I would feel better if searx.me would do the same promise. You wouldn't know what any SASS runs regardless of whether that SASS is released as free software. That's why SASS software freedom concerns are a moot point for users (but not SASS providers) and why SASS is such a danger to users. This is also why people like Richard Stallman are clear to distinguish the freedom concerns of SASS from the freedom concerns of programs running on one's own computer.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
Looking at the paragraph right above that one, it says: It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs, nor your url history. As for other info, it doesn't seem to say. However, considering that it focuses on privacy, and unlike similar services (cough cough DuckDuckGo) it's free software, I'm going to trust it and most likely use it in close future.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
being free software SASS doesn't mean anything for the end user because one doesn't do the entire job on one's own computer. While this is true, usability-wise, I also appreciate the contribution to free software! :)
[Trisquel-users] Re : Searx metasearch engine
Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code and run it yourself! Let's say I do not want to run it myself for ecological reasons. What does searx have in its logs? Did one of you take a look at the code? DockDuckGo, Ixquick and Startpage promise that they neither store the IP address of their users nor their user agents. We cannot verify because we do not have the source code... however nobody can know whether searx.me really runs the code it pretends to run. I would feel better if searx.me would do the same promise.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
heres a list of sites running the software: https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
All services have to keep some track of who made which query in order to get them the right results back (we don't want people asking for cat pictures to get non-cat pictures back). Why should this be the case? It's perfectly possible to perform a search for some user and delete all data about the process afterwards.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Mozilla - Deprecating Non-Secure HTTP
quantum - exactly! :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
i compiled it sucsessfully run this command to save you some headaces! sudo apt-get install git build-essential libxslt-dev python-dev python-virtualenv python-pybabel zlib1g-dev heres a screenshot it runs rely rely rely fast btw but on thing to note is it only seems to work when i am connected to the internet so i am a bit confused as to were the search results are coming from...:
[Trisquel-users] What it would take to increase privacy in searching -- local database searching
shiret...@web.de wrote: Why should this be the case? It's perfectly possible to perform a search for some user and delete all data about the process afterwards. Which means while the search is going on (the queries have been issued to the dependent search engines but the replies have not yet been received) the metasearch engine keeps track of where the query came from so it knows where to send the aggregated response. This is in the nature of having another computer do one's computing instead of using one's own computer to do the job. With SASS there's no way to verify whether the server deletes data about the search, only the service owner really knows. With metasearch engines there's an additional problem if users are identifiable using search query data or a combination of query data and hosted resource logs (for those search engines organizations that also own hosting resources like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo each do) because it would be possible to correlate search queries and hits on hosted resources. We could increase privacy with a search service where the client could do searches against a copy of a database hosted on the user's computer. Thus the user could search that database without revealing those searches to anyone unless the user wants to reveal what they're searching for. The database files could contain a wide variety of data on indexed websites so even if someone knows what database files someone has it's not clear what a user is looking for. And the database files should be freely shared so one doesn't have to get updates from any one particular place. So long as each database file is signed with a trusted key, one should be able to get database files from anywhere. Research is needed to determine if most users searches could work well enough with a small database to make this a reasonably private search system that is sufficiently effective for providing good results. I expect new additions to search engines would take longer to get to some users, but that could be helped with increased database file sharing.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
i was trying to run searx and after installing all the dependency’s it wanted me to i get these errors: tom@trisquel7-gnu-linux:~/searx-master$ python searx/webapp.py Traceback (most recent call last): File searx/webapp.py, line 53, in from searx.engines import ( File /home/tom/searx-master/searx/engines/__init__.py, line 209, in engine = load_engine(engine_data) File /home/tom/searx-master/searx/engines/__init__.py, line 51, in load_engine engine = load_module(engine_name + '.py') File /home/tom/searx-master/searx/engines/__init__.py, line 44, in load_module module = load_source(modname, filepath) File /home/tom/searx-master/searx/engines/wikidata.py, line 3, in from searx.poolrequests import get File /home/tom/searx-master/searx/poolrequests.py, line 48, in http_adapters = cycle((HTTPAdapterWithConnParams(pool_connections=100), )) File /home/tom/searx-master/searx/poolrequests.py, line 14, in __init__ self.max_retries = requests.adapters.Retry(0, read=False) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Retry' anyone have any ideas?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
ugh what a tasteless awful radioactive green terminal color you got there ay ay ay!! :P
Re: [Trisquel-users] Searx metasearch engine
i cannot contain my computers radio active power it is too great! i;t;s l;i;s;ti;n;i;ng ;:(; all hail the AMT in all your ADVANCEDNESS WE HAIL YOU! YOU ARE A GREAT INNOVATION YES YOU ARE WE LOVE YOU!
[Trisquel-users] Weather Item in Panel in Trisquel 7
Hello. Is it possible to get the Weather item/indicator back in the panel in Trisquel 7 as it was in Trisquel 6?
[Trisquel-users] A gift for fans of free software
Hi A Gift for fans of free software I want to share my M.E.1 theme with all free software community especially in this free community , http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/M.E.1+theme+%28Beta%29?content=169814 have fun and be free :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Calling all Trisquel users in GNU Social
Dave_Hunt, did you accidentally send me a PM? I don't understand what you are referring to.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Calling all Trisquel users in GNU Social
Dave_Hunt now I use social.2mb.solutions but I cant find the join button located besides the trisquel logo.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A gift for fans of free software
I love how clean it looks. I'll try installing it tomorrow.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A gift for fans of free software
Never mind, I'll do it today. :-) I installed it in my ~/.themes/ directory, and was able to change the GTK theme, but not the window or icon themes. Is this theme supposed to include icons, or do I have to install them elsewhere to get the look in the preview image?
[Trisquel-users] Help with new install
Hi, I've come into possession of an old Intel Pentium 4 (HT) HP desktop machine - a colleague at work was upgrading some of our machines and this machine was destined for recycling and he was happy (and generous) for me to take it home. The previous OS which I believe was XP was completely wiped and all data removed before it came into my possession. I believe too that it was used as a server rather than a PC. It has an 80 GB HDD and 4 GB of RAM. I've created boot disks for Trisquel 7.0 32-bit and 64-bit versions. I booted the 64-bit version into a live session and what I've tested so far seems to work. Ethernet connection is working fine and I don't believe there is a wireless card - I may consider getting one separetly owing to the layout of my place. I have a wireless (microsoft branded) keyboard and mouse which I got from a friend who no longer needed them and I've connected it to my tv for a display. These peripherals work although I've found some keys aren't mapped correctly. For example, the pipe character results in the character and I haven't been able to locate it. It's not mapped to the key as you might suspect. I appreciate this is an old machine. I found opening applications not slow but a little sluggish. (1) Is this because it is the live cd? (2) Does the fact the 64-bit live cd is operating that the chipset supports a 64-bit OS? Is there a command that I can use to determine this to re-assure myself? (3) Can someone provide a checklist of tests I should perform through the live cd to see what works and what may not? I'm not new to GNU/Linux but this is my first install. My other machines I purchased pre-installed with Ubuntu (System76, stolen!) and Trisquel (Gluglug - Libreboot X60s). (4) What would you recommend in terms of partitioning the disk to have sufficient space for the OS and the applications I may install later? I intend this machine to only run distributions of GNU/Linux-libre. Initially, Trisquel but I may consider tinkering with gNewsense and Parabola at some point. I have an old 500 GB external HDD that I have been meaning to offload and I could remove its outer casing and slot into this machine as an additional drive. But if I'm limited to the 80 GB drive how should I partition it - root 20 GB, swap 5-6 GB, home 55 GB? I am thinking of perhaps experimenting to see if I can use this machine as my own email server, own'cloud' server, gnu social instance so any tips/advice on these subjects would be appreciated. For example should one run such things on the same server? Can one still use the machine as normal if its primary purpose is that of a server? Cheers. TIA.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Help with new install
re (2) I tried this from a terminal: $ getconf LONG_BIT 64 re (4) I'm new to Trisquel myself, I have only a / partition of 20 GB and a /home partition of about 108 GB plus about a 4 GB swap, about as simple as it can be done. I have installed apache2 web server, mariaDB database server and a few smaller packages and I have filled 6.5 GB on the 20 GB / partition. You can use your /home partition when you install another OS, just tell the partition manager to mount it as /home (don't format). That could save some room for the future.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Searx metasearch engine
This is also why people like Richard Stallman are clear to distinguish the freedom concerns of SASS from the freedom concerns of programs running on one's own computer. Stallman's definition of SaaSS excludes search engine. See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html : Services such as search engines collect data from around the web and let you examine it. Looking through their collection of data isn't your own computing in the usual sense—you didn't provide that collection—so using such a service to search the web is not SaaSS.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Help with new install
For example, the pipe character results in the character and I haven't been able to locate it. See https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/how-get-keys-thinkpad-t60-german-keyboard-layout#comment-60582 I found opening applications not slow but a little sluggish. It may be because you are using a Live CD (access to CDs are slow). If you feel the same way after the install, you may want to try Trisquel Mini. Does the fact the 64-bit live cd is operating that the chipset supports a 64-bit OS? Yes. Can someone provide a checklist of tests I should perform through the live cd to see what works and what may not? Besides graphics (3D acceleration, video decoding acceleration, etc.), everything should work. If you buy a Wifi card, go for the only vendors that guarantee Linux-libre can perfectly drive them: http://libre.thinkpenguin.com or http://tehnoetic.com root 20 GB, swap 5-6 GB, home 55 GB? 20 GB for / is a lot unless you plan to install several heavy games, you use applications that write a lot to /tmp (Popcorn Time for instance), etc. You can take a look at how much space you use in the root partition of your other systems (and maybe double the number to feel at ease): $ df -h 5-6 GB for a swap partition is a lot too. When the system swaps (because the main memory is all used), it becomes close to unusable and I doubt you will have the patience to run a desktop system that uses 5-6 GB of swap. That said, if you want to suspend your system (to save energy), then be aware that the whole memory that is used is dumped to the swap partition, which must therefore be sufficiently large.
