[Trisquel-users] Lemote Yeeloong 8101B available for sale
Hello, all. I noticed recent interest in the old Yeeloongs and thought I'd announce the availability of mine here. As I wrote on the auction: Purchased this from Tekmote.nl in 2013. Sadly I got too busy and with my ThinkPads and Chromebook filled my actual needs, so I never had much time to tinker around with this little collector's item. That means it's been serving as a glorified paperweight on one of my desks for the past few years. Includes charger -- Europlug with US adapter -- and original box. Testing battery, which may no longer be viable. Otherwise in top condition. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lemote-YeeLoong-8101B-10-Mini-Laptop-2F-MIPS-Free-Software-Pristine-NR/273411856192 The auction will no longer allow me to add international shipping, but in principle, I'd be happy to arrange to ship this internationally as well.
[Trisquel-users] Re : VS Code is free software?
Conspiracy theories aside, I don't know if systemd is a backdoor or not systemd is free software, the best defense we have against malware. Unless somebody points out the portion of the code implementing a backdoor, it is reasonable to believe there is none. but tell me, why has devuan succeeded in getting community support when fedora's and ubuntu's systemd-free forks failed? Most users sticked to their distributions when they switched to systemd. Those users have either seen no difference (almost all "simple" users), except maybe a faster boot, or improvements (mainly server administrators): no reason to switch to a fork.. That anti-systemd public is probably mostly composed of users who, like you, have no technical argument against sysyemd but who decided it was bad anyway. Maybe because they read articles such as http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608798/data-center/systemd--harbinger-of-the-linux-apocalypse.html that predicted "the Linux apocalypse" because "Red Hat has released RHEL 7 with systemd" or, by the same polemicist, https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608870/linux/you-have-your-windows-in-my-linux.html that predicted a "schism over systemd [that] could lead to a separation of desktop and server distros, or Linux server admins moving to FreeBSD". That was four years ago. Since then, all major GNU/Linux distributions have adopted systemd by default, there has been no "Linux apocalypse", no schism between desktop and server distros, FreeBSD has not suddenly become more popular (on DistroWatch.com, it was ranked 17th in 2014 and 30th in the last 12 months), and Red Hat has almost doubled its revenues: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1087423/00010874231810/rht-10kq4fy18.htm#sF656807914B25FDB96A1C024F2D288CB The prophecy failed. The well-studied mechanisms to cope with the cognitive dissonance are at work in the (small) anti-systemd community: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails
Re: [Trisquel-users] VS Code is free software?
> I never, have said you cannot make fun of anti-systemd inits, just don't do it in anger. No. Not inits. You. You do realize that the systemd developers are people, right? > I just don't get why at the drop of a coin I make a joke about it, and you guys go to town on me. If I may be frank, you didn't make a joke. All you did was link to a thread which had nothing whatsoever to do with the topic at hand, and made a statement about it. Is this a good joke in that same context? "They took that issue about as seriously as these vegans took my rebuttals!" Or is this a form of targeted harassment toward the vegans I've linked to? > I do the same thing with my president, donald trump, I make jokes about him for amusement purposes. Don't quit your day job.
Re: [Trisquel-users] VS Code is free software?
> why has devuan succeeded in getting community support when fedora's and ubuntu's systemd-free forks failed? I can't say I know what you're talking about. It's been a long time since I looked, but when I did, Devuan was lagging severely behind Debian. Meanwhile, Debian continues forward exactly as before, and Fedora has been using systemd for years with no apparent drop in "community support".
[Trisquel-users] Re : Weird output when trying to update
Probably running the software behind the button "Select Best Server" of the "Choose a Download Server" of "Software & Updates". Does the "Update Manager" displays an error message saying the download server is inaccessible? It may only pop up a 404 error though...
Re: [Trisquel-users] VS Code is free software?
Conspiracy theories aside, I don't know if systemd is a backdoor or not, I just prefer not use it, but tell me, why has devuan succeeded in getting community support when fedora's and ubuntu's systemd-free forks failed? Just wondering what your thoughts are.
Re: [Trisquel-users] VS Code is free software?
I don't understand how this is wrong, I never, have said you cannot make fun of anti-systemd inits, just don't do it in anger. If you like systemd, good for you, I just don't get why at the drop of a coin I make a joke about it, and you guys go to town on me. You can do the same thing, just don't flame me over it that's all. I was not flaming nor shaming, I wasn't intending to make this into a big issue, I merely was saying, it doesn't look good when you lock a thread from everyone but people who agree with you. Poettering just as easily could have locked it fully. That's all. I don't create drama intentionally, you greatly misunderstand my purpose with this, I do the same thing with my president, donald trump, I make jokes about him for amusement purposes. Not drama. PS, This goes for magic banana too, I don't say you have to do things my way or else... and I don't say both of you have to agree with me, just be respectful, not angry. If you disagree, fine but people will talk if they disagree. You have the right to think what you want and say what you want and so do I.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fresh install without erasing data of external drive
Thanks Magic Banana. Out of curiosity: 1. I've unplugged B (the important one) and kept A and C plugged (empty). 2. I've put C as ext4 and with a specific mount point. there's a file in it, to see if it's still there after the install. 3. I configured A as LVM, and made / and /swap as logical volumes. What scared me was the the message about formatting C. I selected only A for LVM anyway, but still. Anyway, I couldn't install GRUB for some reason (this machine is going to be the end of me...). Still, I finished the install without GRUB and started the live CD. And the drive is not encrypted anymore, plus the file disappeared... So for LVM, it seems to be much safer to unplug the drive with data, make the install and configure the mount point in fstab. Maybe the path was kept, since the drive is encrypted. Not sure if info about mount point is also kept on the drive.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird output when trying to update
> How was an ordinary person supposed to figure out No idea. I've submitted a bug report[1] and hope this gets addressed soon. [1] https://trisquel.info/en/issues/24749 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird output when trying to update
A more detailed solution for me to link back to next time someone has this issue: - From the main menu, launch System -> Administration -> Software & Updates - Click on the dropdown menu labeled "Download from:" - Select "Main Server" - Click "Close" - In the window that pops up, click "Reload" - If update is successful, click "Install now" signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird output when trying to update
I'll bump this thread to ask about something. I faced the same problem on one of my laptops which I haven't been using for a while. But I installed the same Trisquel from the same iso in a virtual machine and it automatically had a good sources.list file. So: 1. Is the proper mirror resolvation performed when the system is being installed? How does it detect the proper mirrors on its own? 2. How was an ordinary person supposed to figure out the links have changed without making a thread? Was there a message I missed or something like that? Please, keep in mind I was lucky enough to face this on a laptop for casual use, but if this was a server or a workstation where I needed to install software ASAP it would be much, much worse.
[Trisquel-users] Re : VS Code is free software?
in trisquel you are correct, no threads related to systemd problems, but in others you don't know for sure as they could have been immediately locked. We are back to conspiracy theories.
