Re: [Trisquel-users] any FOSS alternatives to raspberry pi?
I attempted to liberate the CHIP (which is only $9) a while back. I got stuck due to my lack of knowledge of compiling a kernel, but maybe you can get further with that than I did. You’ll need - the CHIP https://nextthing.co/pages/chip - a USB WiFi adapter https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb - a paperclip (1) Replace the CHIP’s default OS with vanilla Debian. I can confirm that the Ubuntu instructions work for Trisquel 7, so you don’t need to use the evil Chrome thing they recommend. https://docs.getchip.com/chip.html#setup-ubuntu-for-flashing https://docs.getchip.com/chip.html#flash-chip-firmware (2) Build open-ath9k-htc-firmware so that your USB WiFi adapter will work. https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc/open_firmware (3) Replace NextThingCo’s kernel. I was able to deblob it using FSFLA’s linux-libre scripts https://github.com/mason-hock/CHIP-linux-libre but I could not figure out how to compile it for armhf and get it working on the CHIP. If you can manage that, all you’ll need to do next is (4) remove the non-free WiFi firmware, GPU firmware, and kernel via $ sudo apt-get remove chip-mali-modules-4.4.13-ntc-mlc chip-mali-userspace rtl8723bs-bt rtl8723bs-bt-mp-driver-common rtl8723bs-bt-mp-driver-modules-4.4.13-ntc-mlc rtl8723bs-mp-driver-modules-4.4.13-ntc-mlc linux-image-4.4.13-ntc-mlc The other packages from NTC’s repository that are installed by default are all GPL or another libre license. I didn’t investigate the ones that aren’t installed by default.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Guix on Trisquel
I think there is something missing in your profile --- generally
"${HOME}/.profile", although some people prefer to edit "/etc/profile"
or also "${HOME}/.bashrc".
Here is my recommendations, in this order:
1. Remove the symlinks;
2. Open a text editor;
3. Open a terminal;
4. In the terminal, type:
echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
5. Use the text editor to copy the result of the last command;
6. Make sure that your "profile" has at least some lines similar to these:
---cut here---start--
source "${HOME}/.guix-profile/etc/profile"
export GUIX_LOCPATH="${HOME}/.guix-profile/lib/locale"
export
GUIX_GTK3_PATH="${HOME}/.guix-profile/lib/gtk-3.0${GUIX_GTK3_PATH:+:}${GUIX_GTK3_PATH}"
export
PATH="${HOME}/.guix-profile/bin:${HOME}/.guix-profile/sbin${PATH:+:}${PATH}"
export SSL_CERT_DIR="${HOME}/.guix-profile/etc/ssl/certs"
export SSL_CERT_FILE="${HOME}/.guix-profile/ca-certificates.crt"
export GIT_SSL_CAINFO="${SSL_CERT_FILE}"
export
GUILE_LOAD_PATH="${HOME}/.guix-profile/share/guile/site/2.2${GUILE_LOAD_PATH:+:}${GUILE_LOAD_PATH}"
export
GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH="${HOME}/.guix-profile/lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache:${GUIX_PROFILE}/share/guile/site/2.2${GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH:+:}$GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH"
---cut here---end
7. Now, in the next line after "export GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH=...",
make sure to type something like this:
---cut here---start--
export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${HOME}/.guix-profile/share:[original $XDG_DATA_DIRS]"
---cut here---end
In my case, I have this:
---cut here---start--
export
XDG_DATA_DIRS="${HOME}/.guix-profile/share:/usr/share/trisquel-session:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/"
---cut here---end
8. Now log out and back in (no need to reboot). The applications should
be in the menus now, and the software installed through GNU Guix
should have icons if you already have at least "adwaita-icon-theme"
installed through GNU Guix. "hicolor-icon-theme" might also be
needed.
If for some reason, during a package upgrade/install/removal using GNU
Guix, the applications disappear from the menus, everything will still
work as usual (including the icons inside the software). If you do want
the applications to appear again in the menus, you can simply log out
and back in.
c...@bluehome.net writes:
> Packages installed with Guix still don't feel "native", and they look funny.
>
> The theme does not match the system theme.
>
> Programs do not show up in menus without some symlinking, and even
> then, the icons are blank.
>
> The desktop doesn't recognize Guix programs in "Open with..." and Alt+F2.
>
> Borders to some elements can be missing, so tooltips will be lone text
> with no border or background. Buttons in windows are similar.
>
> Some programs don't run at all, like youtube-dl and Gajim.
>
> Fcitx, the tool for typing foreign languages, does not change keyboard
> layouts and conflicts with already-running ibus.
>
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Re: [Trisquel-users] Guix on Trisquel
Packages installed with Guix still don't feel "native", and they look funny. The theme does not match the system theme. Programs do not show up in menus without some symlinking, and even then, the icons are blank. The desktop doesn't recognize Guix programs in "Open with..." and Alt+F2. Borders to some elements can be missing, so tooltips will be lone text with no border or background. Buttons in windows are similar. Some programs don't run at all, like youtube-dl and Gajim. Fcitx, the tool for typing foreign languages, does not change keyboard layouts and conflicts with already-running ibus.
Re: [Trisquel-users] any FOSS alternatives to raspberry pi?
What about olimex and banana pi?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Which browser should one use if one is after stability and support for existing features?
ALSA is part of Linux, the kernel, so it is probably more common than the optional sound server PulseAudio.
[Trisquel-users] Re : any FOSS alternatives to raspberry pi?
The Libre Tea Computer Card (65$) plus the Micro Desktop Housing (55$, which you will not have to pay again when updating the card) is more expensive that what you are looking for but it is more powerful too (in particular twice more RAM) and includes 8 GB NAND for storage: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop
[Trisquel-users] any FOSS alternatives to raspberry pi?
I am currently using a raspberry pi but it is non-free hardware and firmware(bootcode) the software has binary blobs and the RPI foundation seems to include licensed wolfram and java as default installed. Although there are projects on reverse engineering bootcode to make it FLOSS but it appears to take lonng. I bought it since it is the only thing available that can be easily bought at a low price ($48). I am looking for alternatives that is free open source software and hardware that is low cost too.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Which browser should one use if one is after stability and support for existing features?
As far as I understand, Mozilla's main point is how these technologies
prevent Firefox's core from easily evolving, especially performance-wise.
An exception was made for Flash but it is easier to maintain NPAPI working
for Flash than for any plugin. That said, I had rather see Flash support
dropped today (the same holds for EME, of course). Flash support will be
dropped soon since Adobe "will stop updating and distributing the Flash
Player at the end of 2020":
https://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2017/07/adobe-flash-update.html
As for "add-on developers who will switch to other browsers", they would
switch to Chrome/Chromium, which unfortunately dominates the market:
http://gs.statcounter.com
In fact, I believe most add-ons for Firefox exist for Chrome. Their
developers love the API change. Since it is that of Chrome, they have far
less porting work. For those only developing for Firefox or Chrome, they
will probably start supporting the other browser (again, it is little work)
and I see little reason to stop supporting the browser they come from.
Old unmaintained add-ons will indeed break. But it looks like a reasonable
price to pay for improved performance. After all, if nobody wants to
maintain the add-on, it is probably not that useful.
The reasons you report to drop sound support on GNU/Linux without PulseAudio
("requires more work to support than Pulseaudio", "focus on other features in
the browser"), combined with the overwhelming dominance of PulseAudio in
modern GNU/Linux distributions, make a good argument, don't they?
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I stop distro-hopping?
No need to be sorry, i do the same..;-) I presume it has to do that there is actually less people demanding for tecnical help due to the fact that most Trisquel user's have had their T7 system up and running for a while and have solved their issues, so we tend to have general discussions instead.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Guix on Trisquel
--> @Strypey This thread is very good, Doolio, Adfeno, made some interesting comments on Guix, (with the Uruk script the install is cared for by the script.) https://trisquel.info/en/forum/how-install-gcc-63-trisquel-7
Re: [Trisquel-users] Guix on Trisquel
I still dont understand *what* Guix is, or *why* I would want to use it. Until I understand these things, I have no motivation to struggle my way through technical manuals. Please. Explain. Like. I'm. 5.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I stop distro-hopping?
Sorry Mangy Dog, my bad. I'll do my best best to follow your suggestion.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Which browser should one use if one is after stability and support for existing features?
NPAPI "plugins are a source of performance problems, crashes, and security incidents": https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/ Mozilla didn't remove the entire NPAPI code base. They still support Adobe Flash. If the stability and security bothered them so much, they would have removed the entire NPAPI code base. You can watch videos in the browser using HTML5 and Flash alternatives like Gnash (if they work) but you cannot use VLC or mpv. The reason Mozilla supports HTML5 and Flash is not due to security but rather in order not to break websites which require these technologies so that users will not leave them. If they cared so much about NPAPI security, they could have improved the security of the relevant code in their browser (and worked with free software NPAPI add-ons as well so that they would be secure as well). They removed partial support for NPAPI because they didn't want to support it anymore (and because only a minority of users use NPAPI plugins which aren't Flash) and because other browsers did it as well. It's the same reason why they added H264 and DRM to the browser - other browsers did it and they were afraid users would leave them if these features weren't implemented. WebExtensions' API does not expose Firefox's internals as much as XUL/XPCOM, eases developers' life (almost no work to port from Chrome to Firefox) and, as a consequence, will get us more add-ons. Removing web extensions is more likely to alienate existing add-on developers who will switch to other browsers and not bother to create new addons (which might not even be possible). Mozilla doesn't lack add-ons, so it doesn't need add-on developers to port add-ons from other browsers. The chances are that for most users several existing add-ons will break, and they will simply switch to other browsers such as Google's browser, which will reduce Mozilla's browser's market share even further. I can imagine users refusing to install Mozilla's browser if they do not wish to use PulseAudio, since it is the only main browser not to support ALSA. GNU/Linux users already lost sound when they upgraded Mozilla's browser (you can read about it here: https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/03/17/1644211/firefox-goes-pulseaudio-only-leaves-alsa-users-with-no-sound ) and chances are they simply switched browsers if they couldn't be bothered to (or refused to) install PulseAudio. The reason Mozilla dropped support for ALSA was because it requires more work to support than Pulseaudio (and because much more work is required to support sound as Mozilla added support to new audio and video formats in recent years), so they preferred to drop support so they could focus on other features in the browser.
Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU Ada lamguage: A good reference for our GNU system commerce?
Hi GD_Scania, I'm guessing from this post, as well as your comments on other threads, that English is not your first language. Good on your for making the effort to learn it so you can communicate with more people. However, I really have no idea what this post is about. Can you repost with more context, links, and clearer explanations of what you want us to understand? >> I have proudly announced an GNU OS and build system project for commerce >... our GNU wiki has told that GNU Ada language is a beneficial free software commerce, they dnt sell sources or binaries but sell LTS contracts. > But my business model is, the only rolling system and build service are sources-based only and gratis, like the Ada language offering sources and binaries by gratis. > But 2 editions of LTS systems are, sources-based edition not needing payments and worries of hardware architectures, but needing knowledge to handle sources. > Finally there is a paid and binaries-based edition of my LTS system, specific for embedded hardware systems, like the Ada language selling LTS contracts. > For EVERY editions you dnt need to worry for licenses which every nonfreeware are needed to be excluded, for what we are required to be an GNU system.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum Moderation Idea
This has been discussed before, and I'm aware that the people maintaining this website and its forums probably have more pressing things to do with their time (eg work on Trisquel 8 ;). However, for the record, I think it would be good to have at least three forum areas: * Trisquel help: a place for people to seek help with installing and using Trisquel (eg GRUB problems), fixing common problems (eg replacing GEdit with a text editor that works properly like MousePad or Leafpad), and with using the default applications that come with any versions of Trisquel still being supported. * Free apps/ services help: a place for people to seek help with installing and using free code applications and web services that are not part of Trisquel, but fit with its software freedom mission. Eg discussions about what to use instead of Skype, federated social media apps, freedom respecting email hosts etc. * Community discussion: a place for any discussions relevant to the software freedom movement, that don't fit into either of the first two categories. Discussions about the pros and cons of other distros, free hardware designs and obtaining hardware built from them, business models that support software freedom etc etc.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Mint Cindy (LMDE 3) not yet removes nonfree
In my considerable experience installing GNU-Linux for beginners migrating off Windows, Mint is by far the best choice. It just works, on every piece of hardware I've thrown it at. When a newbie has that kind of first experience - a computer that works better when GNU-Linux is installed and not worse - they are more likely to make a successful transition to being a committed GNU-Linux user. Then, as they start to understand the deeper issues of software freedom, they can use the skills they've gained installing and using Mint to try out a FSF-endorsed distros like Trisquel, with the confidence to troubleshoot any issues that come up. If someone is already passionately committed to software freedom principles, but lacks install experience, then of course I'd recommend Trisquel from the get-go, because I know they wouldn't be put off by the inconveniences of non-working hardware, websites that behave strangely etc. I was that kind of user, and I wish someone had recommended Trisquel to me when it first came out, so I could have skipped all my frustrating years of Ubuntu with Unity.
Re: [Trisquel-users] [Poll] Should Trisquel 9 be Based on Debian?
Keep your hair on Calher. There may be good reasons someone wants to start a new project rather than join an existing one. A friendly suggestion to help with an existing distro is fine. But it's just mean to tell people their efforts to help free software are "harmful and helps nobody", or "a waste of labor", and nobody should ever, *ever*, be told to "be ashamed" for any kind of work on free software.
