Re: [Trisquel-users] Today it's Romania's National Day: Interview with Technoethical and 10% discount for the whole weekend
Last day to benefit from a 10% discount on all Technoethical products. Coupon code: ROMANIADAY. :-) P.S. Some of you might have tried the coupon yesterday and it couldn't be applied. It was a technical glitch, which is now fixed.
Re: [Trisquel-users] how to upgrade to belenos from 6.0
Do it the old fashioned way. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list... deb http://us.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos main deb-src http://us.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos main deb http://us.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos-updates main deb-src http://us.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos-updates main deb http://us.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos-security main deb-src http://us.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos-security main sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude full-upgrade
Re: [Trisquel-users] Using VPN and Trisquel
Same here. I'm using nordvpn + networkmanager + openvpn as described in the tutorial link given by davidgil. It works flawlessly. If you want to make sure if everything is tunneled and there are no leaks, you can use this little bash script that has the name "firewall.sh" on my computer. I don't know much about ufw but it seems to do the job: - #!/bin/bash sudo ufw reset sudo ufw default deny incoming sudo ufw default deny outgoing sudo ufw allow out on tun0 from any to any sudo ufw enable - If you want to undo the firewall rules, I use a script called "unfirewall.sh": - #!/bin/bash sudo ufw reset sudo ufw default allow incoming sudo ufw default allow outgoing sudo ufw enable
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 8
I agree with you on all but the hyperbola... I just installed it, although, there is a warning I will give if anyone chooses this path, no gui so you need an extra computer to do this also, you must be between intermediate and expert at gnu/linux. Also, they do have 32 bit. so yeah... But i will add one another reason to add though why no one should use debian or fedora... I will spell it out quickly S Y S T E M D !! seriously... its forced down people's throats on those two distros and you cannot do much about it... devuan from my perspective is inferior to hyperbola, no offense to any devs who read this :/ FREE SOFTWARE > OPEN SOURCE > PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE This is basically it... if you have no problem with systemd though, I suggest freedora or trisquel 8
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems creating USB installed using Trisquel 7
I remember always having this same issue with trisquel 7 and resorting to dd to create a live USB.
[Trisquel-users] Upgrading to Trisquel 8
So ... what's the best way for me to upgrade to Trisquel 8? On my laptop, I am currently running Trisquel 7, although I installed the full version and then changed to LXDE from Gnome, rather than installing the 'Mini' version. Do I just change the repository paths to the Trisquel 8 ones and then run: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade ?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems creating USB installed using Trisquel 7
I only had this problem with Trisquel. Uruk Beta 2 worked fine on my x60 with Startup Disk Creator.
Re: [Trisquel-users] raptor talos will make a lower priced mainboard, if you buy 10000
Did you ask the FSF what they recommend as a currently-existing alternative?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Using VPN and Trisquel
You are in luck! Just today, I setup Trisquel 8 with my VPN, NordVPN. The installation for GNU/Linux doesn't use a proprietary app so I believe its using all Libre tools. Have a look at how it's done: https://nordvpn.com/tutorials/linux/openvpn/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems creating USB installed using Trisquel 7
Good to hear. But whatever the problem is with both Uruk 2 and Trisquel 8 betas, it needs to be fixed before the final releases. Uruk and Trisquel are both supposed to be noob-friendly distros, and official release that can't be installed without command line wizardry is just embarrassing ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk 2.0 Last Touches
If I log into the beta (in a second partition on my PC), and download and install all updates, will that result in an installed system equivalent to a release candidate? If so, I will do that and post any notes here in the next couple of days.
Re: [Trisquel-users] how to upgrade to belenos from 6.0
I know this doesn't help you right now, but I strongly recommend have separate partitions for / (root - your OS) and /home (your user files). That way you can install a new OS without needing an external drive, although when you're making any major changes to your OS (including version upgrades), it's a good idea to back up anything really essential somehow anyway. 15-20GB is plenty for your / partition (unless you install a lot of games and other large programs). The rest of the drive can be /home.
Re: [Trisquel-users] how to upgrade to belenos from 6.0
trisquel@thinkpad:~$ lsb_release -r Release:6.0 trisquel@thinkpad:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade [sudo] password for trisquel: Checking for a new Trisquel release No new release found trisquel@thinkpad:~$
Re: [Trisquel-users] System76. A step in the right direction.
For me it is amazing that in the blog of System76 it is not mentioned at all the me_cleaner tool that they will surely use to disable the ME. Simply amazing
[Trisquel-users] Re : Using VPN and Trisquel
As far as I can see that client is proprietary software. Here is a free software solution, which is cheaper moreover: https://nordvpn.com/tutorials/linux/openvpn/
[Trisquel-users] Using VPN and Trisquel
Dear Trisquel users, I've read it might be safer, privacy-wise, to use a VPN. 1 But which one? 2 Is the software you have to download Free Software? Example: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-support/, you have to download software for Ubuntu 12.04 or newer, I don't know if it would work with Trisquel. Do people use Trisquel with VPN? Thank you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] System76. A step in the right direction.
> More No argument there. Even so, this alone is enough to put System76 in first place when it comes to replacing my laptop in a few months. (Puri.sm is charging several hundred dollars more for a comparable IME-disabled machine.) Here's hoping ZAReason, ThinkPenguin, et. al. follow suit and widen the field of choices.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
For the nth time: the seller does not need the buyers name. Thanks to GNU Taler, the seller will get paid and the buyer can prove she is the one who paid (for instance at the nearby shop where the good was shipped) without ever revealing her identity. Except for sellers making additional money by selling the customer personal information (an unethical activity), sellers do not want to manage such sensitive information anyway. It is a cost (security audits and so on). So you can keep on writing about "*if* seller gets buyers name and address" but those are no argument against Taler. It would be like saying that the Tor browser does not make users anonymous because "*if* a Tor user writes 'hello, I am John Doe'" then he is not anonymous anymore: that is true but that user does not have to identity himself and the entailed loss of anonymity is in no way Tor's fault.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts about the impact and future direction of proprietary software and technologies of surveillance and control.
Hi Heather, Thanks for sharing; your post makes a lot of sense. I always read your posts with interest because you make matters resonate on a personal level and help to put things in perspective. This is the first time I hear the story of RMS having to say that someone he loved had just died in order to feel that he would be allowed to grieve. I can see that one of the most powerful antidotes for those feelings is to become proactive and do something constructive about it. I read it from SuperTramp's response and I read it in ADFENO's post as well. Being able to focus one's energies positively is a way to overcome the frustration and I suppose also to find people who think alike. Finally, I don't know how old you are or anything else about you, so take these as words thrown to the wind...as long as we're alive there's always time to turn life around. Like any big task, the most difficult bit is getting started and managing to keep focus long enough for things to start changing. I've seen it happen before. The worst fear about saying it's too late (or you're too old) is to find yourself saying it again 5, 10, 15 years later and realizing that it was in fact quite early. I don't mean to lecture you. You always sound intelligent and capable, please don't take the above as condescension.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
> Nor does my post say. In my post I claim a gnutaler payment system with no purchase protection is That's your problem. You're conflating e-cash with payment services. They are not the same. You physically cannot have "purchase protection" with e-cash. It's impossible. I'm not going to continue arguing with a brick wall at this point. If you want to reject GNU Taler because you don't understand what it is, go right ahead and keep using credit cards and PayPal. No one is stopping you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] raptor talos will make a lower priced mainboard, if you buy 10000
Stallman answered, fsf will endorse no crowd funding regarding a libre software microatx raptor mainboard and cpu. Because such mainboard is nothing special. That is an odd reason considering, there is no new libre software computer for sale, which equals an intel duo core cpu in performance and costs below 1000usd if a cpu is added. I stop further steps and have informed raptor so.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts about the impact and future direction of proprietary software and technologies of surveillance and control.
Yes, I had not thought about it this way, but it is indeed like any other abusive relationship. Thanks a lot for your thoughtful answer. The capacity of RMS to continue his activism over such a long period is something worth learning about. I like his response. There's a book by Hillary Rettig (a friend of RMS I believe) called "Lifelong Activist." I've read parts of it and it is a recommended read.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
>So, I take it you never use a credit card, and especially never a debit card, right? You insist on paying only in cash, and only after receiving goods. This is >Could you please stop jumbling together ideas and hypotheticals >I wasn't talking about that Yes, you were. >So, I take it you never use a credit card, and especially never a debit card, right? You insist on paying only in cash, and only after receiving goods >So, since you have to trust Ebay anyway, all you have to do is send e-cash to Ebay and let them handle everything else Which ebay specifically does not support. Then why mention it? >"Purchase protection". has. NOTHING. to do with GNU Taler Nor does my post say. In my post I claim a gnutaler payment system with no purchase protection is such a drawback compared to payment systems, which provide a purchase protection, that I believe it will significantly limit how many will use gnutaler. None of us can determine if my claim is correct. It would require a marketing research. You engage in odd arguments, saying if you do not trust seller then you cannot trust paypal's purchase protection. You can get into a dispute with a big known company as well. If you have paypal purchase protection and you believe you rightfully have a claim against seller, two entities must fail before you have to file a complaint to a consumer authority. Seller and paypal. And I think paypal will have a more objective view on a dispute than seller, because paypal is not part of the dispute. You are welcome to have a list of sellers you trust and are prepared to buy items from with no purchase protection. I think a lot of buyers will not act like that. >it's completely irrelevant to GNU Taler In a gnutaler video they are asked if gnutaler provides a purchase protection. Gnutaler answers no and says if someone wants to, they can make a purchase protection service. I know of no such service and I think gnutaler would be better of, if a purchase protection would be integrated as an option in a gnutaler payment. If there is no purchase protection, preferable integrated in gnutaler, when gnutaler is introduced, then it will have a significantly negative impact on how many will use gnutaler. I think gnutaler wants to be widely used and wants to be prefered to other payment systems. That is why I think it is relevant for gnutaler. You are unable to react on my claim. People who demands purchase protection will select paypal over gnutaler. The number of people who demands purchase protection is big. Therefore it would be a mistake to introduce gnutaler, with no purchase protection ready. >there are equally good laws to protect you if you're using cash. So if you're OK with the trust required to use credit cards, it's logically inconsistent to not be OK with the trust required to use cash or e-cash
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 8
Hi Calher, * Parabola is available for i686, so you can use on your X60: https://www.parabola.nu/news/continuation-of-i686-support/ * Parabola's community is always very helpful (try #parabola on Freenode). Also, # of developers definitely > Trisquel (not that this should be a competition). * I find almost every package I need on parabola repos. Anything that is not there is usually available in AUR (just need to carefully check licenses and makepkg files). Never had a problem with "your-freedom" either. Can you give some examples? * I don't follow things closely, but it does not seem to me that Parabola devs are lazy at all. Quite the contrary. Take a look at https://labs.parabola.nu. All bugs I've encountered are quickly resolved. Respectfully, your comments about Parabola sound quite harsh. I wonder what the backstory is. As to the other distros, I have limited experience. I find Debian to be solid and can easily be configured to whatever my needs are. Trisquel is great and better for most gnu/linux newcomers. I enjoy Trisquel's community too, but that is unrelated to which other distros I play or work with, or whether I even use Trisquel. Cheers, fbit
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
>gnutaler cannot work as a tool against profiling I phrased it poorly. Paypal and credit cards likely do profiling of the buyer. If you use gnutaler, then their profiling stops. But the profiling the seller does if seller gets buyers name and address, gnutaler cannot stop.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel, Debian and Free Software
Yeah, as if trisquel is up-to-date and fast with releases...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Today it's Romania's National Day: Interview with Technoethical and 10% discount for the whole weekend
Hello everyone! The recording of the interview is here: https://tehnoetic.com/in-press @Vanecek: Thank you for the nice words and also for your X200s order!
