Re: [Trisquel-users] Seek an alternative for "Lightning" Calender in Icedove..
Hi Trisquell Users, unfortunately i could not solve the Problem with Icedove and Lightning. In my opinion the resource in Trisquell is too old, and I could not get the old Version of Lightning. Also I tried without success, to install a newer Thunderbird.I'm not so fit, to help the Repository updating. I like Trisquel, but cause the Problem with the old Thunderbird or Icedove I decided to install a new Debian and leaved Trisquell. I have good wishes for Trisquel, and maybee, I try it a nother Time. friendlyGreetings Alan S
Re: [Trisquel-users] Considering change to Arch
I have never even heard of that happening in a very long time... Your hardware, must be fairly new and/or arch had some stupid update that screwed things up. Dunno which, or both... but yeah. I thought those errors never happened anymore since the early 2000s. ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Considering change to Arch
The PSU is burned and the battery almost blew up.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Considering change to Arch
Got to be careful with Arch. When they say bleeding edge, they mean it. Did you find out what went wrong?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Best choice for video card
I could to run fine an Nvidia card (gt740 with 2gb of gddr5) on that motherboard, but it won't work with Libreboot. I needed to Coreboot+seabios (without blobs obviously). If you run Libreboot, you can boot with integrated GPU chip, and then use dedicated video card for acceleration (I don't recommend it).
[Trisquel-users] Re : "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
I use GNOME Shell. I always open, full screen, the same applications on the same workspace: Emacs; Icedove; Liferea; Abrowser GNOME Terminal; Something else (usually Atril). By defining keyboard shortcuts to switch to each of those workspaces, the navigation cannot be faster. Also, Alt+[key above Tab] allows to navigate between the windows of a same application (typically between Icedove's main window and another one where you write an email). The Activities Overview is great to launch applications: press [System (Windows)]", the first letter(s) of the application and [Enter]. I do not think there exists a more efficient way to launch applications (well, beside defining and remembering a keyboard shortcut or each of them).
[Trisquel-users] Re : "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
The paragraph "Installation of the full GNOME desktop environment on Trisquel 8" of https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/installing-gnome-shell says: The package "gnome" provides the full GNOME desktop environment. You probably do not want it on top of a Regular/Mini/Sugar edition of Trisquel 8 because that would mean two programs for most tasks: the GNOME program and the program you got when you installed Trisquel. Executing 'sudo apt install gnome' or 'sudo apt install gnome-core' (for a more reduced set of applications) on a NetInstall makes sense. The rest of the manual explains how to easily get GNOME Shell, optionally a few utilities (less than ten additional MB), but not the full desktop environment.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Best choice for video card
You should search the Trisquel forums for "GA-G41M-ES2L", as there are several other discussions of the same topic - which video card to use with this board. Some of the best information comes from member vita_cell, who has experience with different libreboot and coreboot setups with different graphics cards with this motherboard: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/graphic-card-recomendation-libreboot-ga-g41m-es2l Also some other discussions: 2016 -- https://trisquel.info/en/forum/which-video-card-best-choice-today 2018 -- https://trisquel.info/en/forum/help-graphics-card-selection-desktop-build
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Install Unable to See Internal SSD
thanks so much for the mailing list as a resource -- I'll take a look. Thinking about just getting a new laptop anyway, however, so then I'll be sure to get one as compatible as possible with free software.
Re: [Trisquel-users] "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
I took a quick look at i3and it seems geared towards people who want to have multiple textual windows open at the same time. My situation is more like I have Godot, Blender, GIMP, ABrowser and Termoinal open at the same time. I need to switch between them and sometimes reference mtultiple simultaneously. Its not about finding windows it more like Alt_Tab is not the funcytionality I need. I don't want to use multiple desktops unless I absolutely have to. All of them basically do what I need, but to me the most integrated one is best. I'll try installing xfdashboard -- its good to know it will be available in the next Trisquel though, which is the concern that caused me to open a query. As always, thanks for the thoughtful assistance.
Re: [Trisquel-users] "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
The netinstaller on trisquel.info via the download link always produces an error for me, so I stopped trying to use it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
> I manged to gain significant productivity from using the "Misson > Control" that exists on MacOS. On Gnome this i called "Activities > Overview". Personally I prefer using a dynamic tiling window manager like i3 rather than deal with the annoyance of trying to figure out where all your windows are. With a stacking window manager I can see how the "Mission Control" and "Activities Overview" can help find windows when things get cluttered. Far from increasing productivity though, when I watch macOS and GNOME users work it seems that Misson Control and Activities Overview are in fact more of a bottleneck in their workflow than Alt+Tab would be. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
> Will Trisquel 9 have this functionality? If not is > there a way that perhaps we could include "xfDashboard" in the next > version of Trisquel? Even though Xfdashboard was written for Xfce, I'm pretty sure that it can work in any desktop environment. It is not in the Trisquel 8 repo, but it is in the Trisquel 9 repo. If you like the GNOME 3 interface but your computer is to old to run GNOME 3 then I could see Xfdashboard being a good alternative. Otherwise, if you like GNOME 3 then just use GNOME 3. It's true that with Debian-based distros it can be hard to fully remove a desktop environment, so you can end up with some redundant programs. However, DE-specific programs should generally be hidden when using a different DE. For example, open the file /usr/share/applications/caja.desktop and scroll to the bottom. You'll see a line near the end that says "OnlyShowIn=MATE;". While using another DE, Caja will be ignored. In GNOME, for example, you'll see Nautilus instead. So in terms of clutter it's really not too bad to have multiple DEs installed, which is nice if you have multiple users on the same machine who prefer different DEs. Again, though, if you only want GNOME installed the cleanest approach is to start with a netinstall with only the base system installed. After installing you'll start with no DE, just a command line. Then install a display manager (login screen), $ sudo apt install lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter # or slim, gdm, etc. install your preferred DE $ sudo apt install gnome # or xfce, cinnamon, etc. and reboot $ sudo reboot signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
On 05/22, davidp...@protonmail.com wrote: > Unavoidable? Start with a netinstall. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
After having done that, there's the issue of all the duplicate apps. Unavoidable?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Best choice for video card
Thanks for your reply, but as I said I want to build a libreboot/coreboot system based on the mentioned board, that can only rum core2 CPUs.
[Trisquel-users] Re : "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
Why not simply installing GNOME Shell? Here is how: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/installing-gnome-shell
[Trisquel-users] "Activities Overview" or "Dashboard" For Trisquel 9
At a job I worked at recently, I manged to gain significant productivity from using the "Misson Control" that exists on MacOS. On Gnome this i called "Activities Overview". Also, while I was using Ubuntu Studio I found that "xfdashboard" exists which imitates the Gnome "Activities Overview" and I found it quite uesful. In Trisquel 8, I can't seem to find an equivalent. Will Trisquel 9 have this functionality? If not is there a way that perhaps we could include "xfDashboard" in the next version of Trisquel? I have not check to see if it would just work in Trisquel 8 Mate desktop, but I based on my experience with using other desktops tools in Mate, I feel like it might not work well. In any case, if nothing else, as a creative who uses mutliple multi-window apps at the same time I found this "Dashboard" feature amazing for my productivity.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Best choice for video card
Intel's integrated graphical chipsets can show you "1080p videos in the web". At 60 frame per seconds. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Technology#Hardware-accelerated_algorithms it can do so, using hardware acceleration for H262 and H264 videos, since at least the Haswell family of processors, which is five years old. Taking a look at the same table, the video acceleration of the Skylake family, which is three years old, reads H264 and H265 videos at resolution 2160p and 60 frames per seconds. Does your screen support that much? Intel graphics is what Linux-libre supports best.
