Re: [Trisquel-users] Will Linux-libre 5.1 have support for ALC5651 audio chip?
Some quick searching on the internet brought up https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1816429 It may not be precisely the same problem but it can't hurt to try a newer kernel to see. It can always be removed. https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Will Linux-libre 5.1 have support for ALC5651 audio chip?
The processor is an Intel Atom x5 z8350 . https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/93361/intel-atom-x5-z8350-processor-2m-cache-up-to-1-92-ghz.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Ready For Development And Testing
> That would be awesome! Do you have link to this info? Duh. You did provide a link. Sorry for not reading. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Partitioning for average end user.
Some quick updates on my swap experiences. I reinstalled Flidas with no swap partition on Vision (the 4GB RAM laptop). I tried creating a swap file, but kept running into "invalid argument" errors when I tried to "swapon -a", following the instructions in the pages I linked in my previous comment. I had the same issue on Bishop, my older 32-bit laptop with 2GB RAM. I did an experiment on Vision, doing everything I could think of to use up RAM; two music websites playing songs, two PeerTube videos playing, another video playing on VLC, and other programs open including GIMP, LibreOffice, and Transmission. With all that running I was topping out the CPU and the second PeerTube video was getting choppy but I'd only used 75% of my RAM according to the Mate System Monitor. So it's pretty clear I don't need swap space reserved on Vision unless, as MagicBanana always says, I want to hibernate the system. It might be good to have a 2-4GB swap file on the root partition of Bishop. But when I checked the Mate System Monitor is seems the swap partition hadn't been activated during install, even though I had manually set it as swap space during the install. Maybe the installer detected my SSD and is configured not to use swap partitions on them? I deleted the swap partition using GParted and rebooted, and I haven't noticed any performance issues without it, so maybe I don't need swap on Bishop either?
Re: [Trisquel-users] A Design team for Trisquel and call for collaboration
Would updating the user help wiki pages come under the remit of the Trisquel Design Team? I just opened an issue about that here: https://trisquel.info/en/issues/25762
[Trisquel-users] Re : Help on Trisquelize
Thank you very much Chaosmonk, this solved the issue !
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Ready For Development And Testing
> ... which made me think that if and when Heads is added to the list, it > would be a replacement for Dyne:Bolic. Heads and Dyne:Bolic have very different purposes. I don't really see one as a replacement for the other. > But it looks like Dyne expressed > an intention to release a new version of Dyne:Bolic based off Devuan, That would be awesome! Do you have link to this info? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Ready For Development And Testing
It's only been a year or so since the beginning of development on Etiona was announced: https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-90-development-plans ... and already we have a testing release, this is great news! My testing and hacking time is now going to be split between figuring out if I can successfully install Libreboot on my x20, getting the librem.one services working on both my laptops and Android, and now testing Etiona as well! It's going to be a busy month :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Ready For Development And Testing
I agree with chaosmonk that Trisquel is intended as a common-or-garden desktop distro, not a multimedia studio. But I would love to see an up-to-date libre distro (or flavour) targeting the needs of the multimedia producers who use distros like UbuntuStudio, Artix, or AV Linux. Historically there were two FSF-endorsed distros that aimed to provide a multimedia studio out-of-the-box. One was Musix which was recently retired from the list, as it's no longer in active development. The other is Dyne:Bolic, which hasn't had a release since 2011. The Dyne folks have been working on Heads (a libre replacement for the Tails live distro), which last had a beta release a year ago. The release announcement said: > "probably the final release before heads is ready to apply for the GNU free distribution list" ... which made me think that if and when Heads is added to the list, it would be a replacement for Dyne:Bolic. But it looks like Dyne expressed an intention to release a new version of Dyne:Bolic based off Devuan, since it's listed under "upcoming distributions" here: https://devuan.org/os/partners/devuan-distros
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?
> I recently finally got a Linux setup that allows me to create music, > by using Ubuntu Studio. However, I would like to free the system as > much as I can. Would the Trisquelize script work? If you are using Ubuntu Studio 18.10 then you cannot trisquelize it at all. The script replaces Ubuntu's repository with the corresponding Trisquel repository, and in this case there is no corresponding Trisquel repository. If you are using Ubuntu Studio 18.04 then you technically *could* trisquelize it, because Trisquel 9 is based on 18.04. However, Trisquel 9 development just recently started and many packages are missing. I would wait until Trisquel 9 development is further along before using it for anything other than testing purposes. > I really wish Ubuntu Studio was used as the base system for Trisquel > because audio configurations are so sensitive. See my comment here.[1] > I am trying my best to stay Libre. If you want to keep running Ubuntu, here are some things you can do to address or at least be aware of some of its freedom issues. I can't guarantee this will address everything. It would be better to run a FSDG distro. - Add jxself's repo[2] and replace Ubuntu's blobby kernel with Linux-libre. - Install a free browser like Icecat. - Disable the Multiverse and Restricted repositories. - Use Synaptic Package manager and filter by origin to make sure that you don't have any packages from Multiverse or Restricted installed. - Remove any packages installed that are listed in ubuntu-purge[3] as non-free. (Note that this list is for Ubuntu 16.04, so it might not be 100% complete for your version of Ubuntu.) - Look at Trisquel's package helpers[4] to see which packages Trisquel modifies. Some of them are just modified for branding purposes, but others are modified for freedom reasons, so be wary that these packages might be problematic. (Again, this list might not be 100% complete for your version of Ubuntu. [1] https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-9-ready-development-and-testing#comment-140852 [2] https://jxself.org/linux-libre/ [3] https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/ubuntu-purge/blob/master/purge-xenial [4] https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/tree/flidas/helpers signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Partitioning for average end user.
Since I posted my last comment in this thread, I replaced the HDD in my laptop with an SSD and maxed out the RAM at 2GB. Just recently I bought a more powerful laptop which I also had an SSD installed into, and maxed out the RAM at 4GB. I've been doing some reading to see whether or not it's a good idea to use a swap partition on SSDs and opinions are mixed. Here's a good example of this debate: https://askubuntu.com/questions/404096/with-an-ssd-do-i-need-to-change-my-swappiness-to-increase-ssd-life Some comments suggest that less damage is done to the SSD if swapping is discouraged by reducing swapiness (see: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/linux-swappiness/ ) and that a swap partitions does more damage to the SSD than a partition with a file system because they can use TRIM. Others say that recent SSDs are much more durable than the early ones and none of this matters. Either way, with the newer laptop, 4-8GB seems like a lot of space to reserve entirely for a swap partition. So I've been reading about setting a swap file on the root partition instead. Here's some instructions I found: https://www.maketecheasier.com/create-swap-file-linux/ When following these, the command: # swapon -a ... threw an error about "insecure permissions 0644, 0600 suggested." A solution to this is described here: https://www.rootusers.com/managing-swap-space-in-linux/ If anyone knows of more reliable references for these topics, or even better, pages on the Trisquel wiki, please share links here.
[Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?
I recently finally got a Linux setup that allows me to create music, by using Ubuntu Studio. However, I would like to free the system as much as I can. Would the Trisquelize script work? I really wish Ubuntu Studio was used as the base system for Trisquel because audio configurations are so sensitive. I am trying my best to stay Libre. Any help would be appreciated.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Will Linux-libre 5.1 have support for ALC5651 audio chip?
I am using a DTLAPC14 laptop; audio does not work, I tried modifying alsamixer configuration and just got weird chirps and clicks from the speakers. The name of the chip on alsamixer is "bytcr-rt5651" not "ALC5651".
