Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum action needed (and temporary measures taken)
discourse dose look good!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum action needed (and temporary measures taken)
I think its safe to say it's the appropriate place for any discussion on Trisquel and/or free software. They're extremely difficult to separate when the goal of the distribution is freedom.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
If you like Doom, there is a completely libre remake of the art files, which runs on top of the GPL engine, called Freedoom: https://freedoom.github.io/ I quite enjoy the libre remakes of some games I used to enjoy in the 80s on Commodore 64 and Amiga, including FreedDroid (classic not RPG, based on Paradroid), Epiphany (based on Balderdash), and Pingus (based on Lemmings). Defendguin is fun for a few minutes every now and then. Sadly my laptop doesn't have powerful enough graphics chips for anything more than these proof-of-concept toys. All the really juicy games like 0AD won't run.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
http://xiphmont.livejournal.com/67752.html "As of today, just after Microsoft announced its membership in the Open Media Alliance, they also quietly changed the internal development status of Vorbis, Opus, WebM and VP9 to indicate they intend to ship all of the above in the new Windows Edge browser." I think I just cried.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
It's not common for Windows to use symbolic links at all (and the capability didn't even exist until Windows Vista, IIRC). Are you sure? As far as I remember (I have not touched Windows in years), you could create shortcuts for any file. The icon had a curvy arrow to symbolize the shortcut, hence not a hard link (that would be indistinguishable from the original file) if that concept even exists in Windows.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
If you are looking to throw up some audio on a site as a link or through an HTML5 player, it may be best to use a .weba file which is the WebM format just for audio. There you can use Vorbis or Opus for the container and potentially reach a broader audience than just an .ogg or .opus file.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
I wouldn't worry much about MP3 right now. All of the remaining patents related to MP3 are going to be expired in 2017, and it's widely recognized that Ogg Vorbis is better; MP3 is used only for compatibility. The audio format which can cause problems in the future is AAC, and as far as I can tell, it hasn't seen particularly widespread adoption on its own (the only adoption I've seen of AAC is in video containers). Right now, the formats most likely to cause problems are video formats.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!
If you're going to hell it'd be because of how half-ars*d your attempt was at actually making it convincing (I mean, flat-coloured panel and XP-logo-only Start button?) :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
I guess, looking at it, you can create a "shortcut" on Windows which points to a document. Nonetheless, this is not a common activity in my experience, and in a technical sense, shortcuts (with the extension ".lnk") are more similar to launchers than symbolic links. They operate through Windows Explorer, and do not have any effect in any other context. The typical use-case of shortcuts on Windows is to launch applications more conveniently. A key point about this usage is that a shortcut includes an icon; symbolic links do not.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
Well, if he's coming from Windows, what he's thinking of is much more like a launcher. Windows "shortcuts" work almost exactly like launchers, and no, you can't use them to link to documents. They're just files describing what should be executed when they're double-clicked. It's not common for Windows to use symbolic links at all (and the capability didn't even exist until Windows Vista, IIRC).
Re: [Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
for me , we need one standred - this is the big dogs doing it so im expect a very bad .ogg Experiance- dont take ne wrong .ogg is ok but last face it we need something that opensource like this to get rid of MP3-
Re: [Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
Hi people On the Alliance for Open Media's web site (http://aomedia.org/press-release/alliance-to-deliver-next-generation-open-media-formats/) it says: "This initial project will create a new, open royalty-free video codec specification based on the contributions of members, along with binding specifications for media format, CONTENT ENCRYPTION and adaptive streaming, thereby creating opportunities for next-generation media experiences." Content encryption? Is it a new and soft way to call DRM? I don't know, but from an organization where Apple, Microsoft and Netflix are present, nothing good I'll expect. What do you think?
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
the free game(with the exception of the media) OpenSpades has a server with a counterstrike gamemode with all the counterstrike maps
Re: [Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
They are referencing NetVC, which is being pushed to be an open standard that combines the efforts of Daala, Thor, and the VP9/VP10 codecs. The encryption is being pushed by Netflix of course since they want to offer streaming without plugins and not pay royalty fees. As for WebM, you should be able to watch it "as-is" in more software and hardware if this takes off. Even our boy, jxself, is behind Opus and VP9 and offers an upgraded version of VLC at https://jxself.org/vlc.shtml to help adoption. Having the Edge browser is a good thing as more and more Windows users are upgrading to Windows 10 and having an open format available on such a large platform is a major step forward. Even if Edge and Windows are non-free.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Updates?
the one thing that i do is apt get and run all the updates and double check apper or the update center
Re: [Trisquel-users] swaping ubuntu center ?-
i am currently design one yes but right now i am using a ubuntu base on my desktop and the center is a compelete ieyesore!
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
Simple: because high-end, modern video game development is expensive. Think millions of dollars. Almost all libre games are done by volunteers in their spare time, and the few commercial libre games out there are done by individuals (and not extremely rich individuals).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Updates?
welcome to my world greenman :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] swaping ubuntu center ?-
So are you trying to make your own GNU/Linux distribution (Good luck, mate. 'Tis a very, very long and pointless road ahead of you) or are you talking about your own install of Ubuntu? If you mean the latter, to remove Ubuntu Software Center, just run the command "sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-software-center"
Re: [Trisquel-users] Updates?
gksudo is for GUI programs running on gnome. There's no need of gksudo for an script except if it runs GUI programs that need privilegies. Also, u can use |y
Re: [Trisquel-users] Will You Help Us Save WiFi?
this the third time i have tried using that site...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
If I want an audio player that reminds me of winamp, which one do you guys recomend? QMMP or Audacious? Audacious, change the theme from GTK to Winamp.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!
What theme is this? :P
Re: [Trisquel-users] Will You Help Us Save WiFi?
Go to www.savewifi.org - it's cached. I think Slashdot linked to the libreplanet.org server! Errg which is causing problems again. Josh @ the FSF is going to get someone to setup something on FSF.org (which can handle the loads apparently) or another server... shortly... I hope.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!
I have that wallpaper. i love it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!
Some kid may fool his grandparents by letting them believe this is a Windows PC. With Wine installed he'll totally succeed.
[Trisquel-users] my own os spin idea
hey guys im designing my own os that probably going to happen as soon as i pick what to base it one but i cant decide of anything - i am stuck between arch and debian- debian has the better repo and but arch as the AUR - i now if i pick debian i cant use bungie DE that the only flaw- i been thinking of the deign and the awsome looking grub loader logo but i cant decide the repo :(
Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=165037 This, but I used the Noobslab themes and icons PPA. Anyway is the same.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
domintion (risk board game) five-or-more super tux
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
Why all these libre games above said the appearance seems so 90'-95s? we are in the 21 century.. even when i was a kid on 90 i didnt like so much these visuals.. not appealing much for me...i really enjoyed stunning games like Guild Wars 1 and 2 and others similar, of course they were not libre but proprietary but quality stunning. Why we dont have developers focusing on the same quality on livre games? Why so much retro games? For my taste the above games you spoke i can accept with easy is Pychess, GnuCHess, etc, because i enjoy chess. But other than this...meh Thanks for posting your games though :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] The FCC is asking for comments on a proposal to to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones)
After the article the other day on hackaday regarding the FCC story I contacted them about the Save Wifi campaign. As I'm sure many here read already they entirely missed the call to action. Today I read on Slashdot about a new article they did in response to my email. While they have a mistake or two still (like the date of the FCC comment period, I've sent an update) they've successfully written a new story. Yes! http://hackaday.com/2015/09/02/save-wifi-act-now-to-save-wifi-from-the-fcc/ I've also now now reached out to Wired and Ars Technica. I'm planning to also call into a radio show (Off the Hook) in the NYC area (though they have a worldwide base online due to the popular 'hacker' magazine 2600) tonight to bring up the issue. I believe anyway that they take calls last I recall. Though there phones might still be down (they were last week).
Re: [Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
"we need one standred" [sic] Mandatory reference - https://xkcd.com/927/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Updates?
why not just make it into a script replacing sudo with gksudo and making it run on start up?
[Trisquel-users] Will You Help Us Save WiFi?
The libreCMC project wants to know if you will help them Save WiFi. Will you??? See https://librecmc.org/librecmc/wiki?name=Save_WiFi for more information.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
I think this leaves Apple as the last major browser vendor that won't have built-in support. I wonder if they'll eventually be forced into adding support. Fortunately there are workarounds for Safari in the form of plugins and JavaScript-based decoders.
Re: [Trisquel-users] book writing
i am not doing coactive man- write nw im just using Libre office
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
there are some graphically good libre games like: 0AD Stunt Rally openspades(well... it has good lighting effects) battle of wesnoth(had a good art-style ) M.A.R.S Xonotic and i am sure theres other i have not though of and ideally we will have loads of even more amazing games but we need people to make them first (Currently making a Pacman clone in Lua+SDL2 so bare with me!)
Re: [Trisquel-users] The FCC is asking for comments on a proposal to to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones)
As Jason said, they did, but we're working on moving the site to a server which can handle the traffic spikes from the likes of Slashdot, Reddit, and other media outlets. It's currently linked to a cached page on archive.is from www.savewifi.org. Hopefully we'll have a better looking site dedicated to it soon enough. Josh and the FSF is working on it... I mainly registered the domain as a short cut - particularly for radio though. Though it appears we'll end up with a real site on a server dedicated to www.savewifi.org shortly. Or maybe it'll just get pointed to fsf.org/savewifi depending... apparently the fsf.org server is equipped to handle significant traffic loads.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
None of these games are even close to modern proprietary games in terms of graphics, though. As I said, that's because it's expensive to get there. People can only volunteer so much. To be fair, I'd say Xonotic has at least the level of graphics that would have been expected in the "sixth generation", or early 2000s. That's a lot more recent than the early 1990s, but it's still a decade behind. Until we can figure out how to raise the millions of dollars necessary for a game with modern graphics, we're just going to have to accept that we're going to be behind in this department. Hand-waving this as "I think the graphics look great" or some other such thing isn't productive, and may alienate gamers.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The FCC is asking for comments on a proposal to to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones)
They haven't come out with a comment period or equivalent yet, so we're basically waiting at the moment... We're keeping an eye on it and will let everybody know when, where and how they can send in official complaints to the proposed rules. Here is a bit more info (probably above the heads of most to interpret, but none-the-less): > f harmonized standards have not yet been published for the Directive 2014/53/EU. I don't know who will be responsible to work out a standard for the Article 3.3i. I'll try to get some information about it. > > However, ETSI has recently announced a workshop covering the software defined radio topic. > > http://www.etsi.org/news-events/events/975-53-shades-of-re-d-how-to-place-compliant-radio-equipment-on-the-european-market?highlight=YTo2OntpOjA7aToyMDE0O2k6MTtpOjUzO2k6MjtzOjI6ImV1IjtpOjM7czo3OiIyMDE0IDUzIjtpOjQ7czoxMDoiMjAxNCA1MyBldSI7aTo1O3M6NToiNTMgZXUiO30= > > http://www.redca.eu [snip] The REDCA provides a forum for people concerned with the compliance of radio equipment with regulations and technical standards in the European Economic Area, as well as in the Countries that have a Mutual Recognition Agreement with the EU, such as the USA, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. Membership of REDCA is open to all Radio Equipment Directive Notified Bodies and any consulting, testing or manufacturing organisation, as well as authorities or any other organisation that is willing to follow the aims and objectives set out in the Associations Rules and Constitution. A guide on "How to apply for REDCA Membership", an application form and a copy of the Associations' Rules can be found following the "Documents" menu tab above. The annual fee for REDCA Membership is €500. [snip]
[Trisquel-users] swaping ubuntu center ?-
i want to add apper to my distro guys cause the ubuntu center is an eyesore... but can get rid the center after i install apper?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The FCC is asking for comments on a proposal to to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones)
so were did you hear this information? "The EU is going to have similar software security rules 2014/53/EU (June 2016)"
Re: [Trisquel-users] The FCC is asking for comments on a proposal to to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones)
I don’t see the Free Software Foundation Publicizing http://www.savewifi.org and that would get a lot for people to complain against it. am i correct in thinking the FSF haven’t commented on this?
[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
GNOME's version of shortcuts is launchers. For applications. I assumed he wanted shortcuts for non executable files, such as office documents.
Re: [Trisquel-users] know about a tor mail server?
Are you sure about torbirdy? You do not think that creating an email account in thunderbird an entering the onionmail account data, provides a tor connections to the onionmail server?
[Trisquel-users] cyph encrypted softphone is saass?
https://www.cyph.com/ Is it saass https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html? Is it non free software?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
> You can close applications. I believe OP was asking whether there was a way to stop the window buttons in the panel from stacking (that is, one button on top of the other). I believe you can achieve that by reducing the number of rows in the panel, but I have no idea how to do that. I know it can be done, because I remember doing it, but haven't touched the options for months. Anyone?
[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
If you right-click on a file, you can choose in the contextual menu to create a link to it (a symbolic link as in 'ln -s' if you know that command). You can then move that link onto the desktop area. You can close applications. If an application is not responding you can "kill" it. One way to do so is to use the "System monitor" (in the "System settings"). A right-click on a process opens a contextual menu. You can choose to send a termination signal to the process (to close it "normally") or a kill signal (to close it brutally). Audacious relies on the GTK graphical toolkit that most of the default system uses. That means a better visual integration to the rest of the desktop, a lesser memory consumption (required libraries are shared with other running applications), a faster startup time (for the same reason). Those advantages are not significant though. They are small details. You may to try both players and choose by yourself.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
> How can I create Desktop shortcuts? Magic Banana suggested using symbolic links. But properly, GNOME's version of shortcuts is launchers. You can copy any of the launchers in the main menu either to a panel or to the desktop by dragging and dropping it. If you need a launcher not in the menu, you can add it there by right-clicking on the menu button and choosing "Edit Menus". > Is there asetting somewhere so I can I stop currently running programs from stacking on top of each other? I don't think there is, but whether or not that happens depends on the size of the panel. Make it shorter by a couple pixels, and it won't do that.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Updates?
I just made it a habit to always update everything manually from the terminal after logging in. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get clean is my daily ritual.
[Trisquel-users] Re : The FCC is asking for comments on a proposal to to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones)
Yesterday, I received the FSF "Free Software Supporter" email (I am a FSF member). One of the sections was: Every month on LibrePlanet, we highlight one resource that is interesting and useful -- often one that could use your help. For this month, we are highlighting Save WiFi, which provides information about the FCC considering a proposal to require manufacturers to lock down computing devices. You are invited to adopt, spread and improve this important resource. https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Save_WiFi/
[Trisquel-users] An open media alliance has formed in response to H.264 and H.265
http://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=Alliance-Open-Media Good to see this happening for the future of media on the web. Hopefully this means Apple and Microsoft add more open media support to their browsers.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
Free games I like to play: - FreeDroid - Supertux - Supertux Kart - Sauerbraten - Xonotic (& Chaosesque Xonotic) Non-free: - UT99 - DeusEx - Quake (with Darkplaces Engine & lots of mods) - plus all those oldie but goldie DOS ganes running fine inside DOSbox
Re: [Trisquel-users] What games do you play on your computers
I have a confession. I'm addicted to Counter-Strike, which is non-free: http://csgo-stats.com/t3g/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions
Oh, wait. That's in Xfce. I think just reducing the panel height should do the trick, even by just a few pixels.
