Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
Update: qBitTorrent is now downloading files, on two separate torrents. So it does seem to be a problem specific with Transmission on Trisquel 8, not torrents on Trisquel 8 in general, nor Transmission in general (working fine on MacBook on the same net connection). I really like using Transmission and it would great to get it working again. Would it help to file a bug on the Trisquel bug tracker?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
FYI my wife is using Transmission on her MacBook and it's still working fine. I installed qBitTorrent on my T8 system. It has at least managed to download the metadata from the magnet link, but it's not downloading any of the actual files so far.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What's the status of the "Self-Destructing Cookies" addon that is being referred to at the "Tweak your browser..."-wiki page?
Any updates here? Has anyone recently installed this add-on? If so, how?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Start a Business Using Only Free and Open Source Tools!
I know, there exist beautifull designed free software. When I writed my reply, I was thinking more like: Microsoft Office vs LibreOffice(which came from OpenOffice) MacOs desktop vs mate (of course you can confugire it, but macos is already configured) Personally I switched to i3-gaps and adapta-nokto theme and papyrus icon set. Thanks to threads on this forum :) A little bit of "agressive" marketing can help :) Example, convincing a hardware producer to sell with Free os, instead of Windows. Adding ads on website(like youtube, facebook, twitter), so more people can see it and know about FreeSoftware. I know this is a little bit against the principles, but the more people know it, the more people will be interested. Try to convince family and friends in using FreeSoftware and Hardware. Try to convince non-profits to use freeSoftware(software can be free, so let them pay for the service), reusing refurbished hardware is more ecological(with libreboot) and cheaper then buying a new hardware to replace every 3-4 years, because we can't update the firmware. When deploying a service for a client, explain the license they apply for and whatever they can do with it, and what they can't do. While doing business with clients, try to convince them multiple times(give your personal experience with FreeSoftware).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing newest Python on Trisquel 8?
Python 3 is also available in Trisquel.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Atheros 9271 chipset "libre" but "non-free" in Debian - why ?
Try making a request to the Debian people about it through their bug tracker.
[Trisquel-users] Installing newest Python on Trisquel 8?
Hi fellow Trisquel users, In need of new Python, I downloaded the source tarball from [1] and read the readme. At the moment I still have the Python 2.7 from Trisquel installed. Before making a big mistake I would like to ask you what you would do next. Thank you. [1] https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-373/
[Trisquel-users] Re : Start a Business Using Only Free and Open Source Tools!
Locking down the source code is not the only way to make money from software, as I tried to explain in https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/start-business-using-only-free-and-open-source-tools#comment-141842
Re: [Trisquel-users] Setting up a server
Generally, if you search the web for instructions on installing / setting up things like this on Ubuntu 16.04 you will find a procedure that works on Trisquel 8.0 - as it is derived from Ubuntu 16.04. So a search for "wordpress install Ubuntu 16.04" should get you what you need. One caution though is to be careful reading through any guide that suggests adding a repository / downloading software, so that you do not inadvertently add anything non-free if your goal (since you are using Trisquel) is to keep a free/libre system.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Atheros 9271 chipset "libre" but "non-free" in Debian - why ?
It seems that you (initially) confused "firmware-atheros" with "firmware-ath9k-htc". The first is non-free firmware (mainly) for ath10k and Atheros bluetooth. The second is free/libre and is in the main repository of Debian, and provides free/libre firmware for ath9k-htc cards including AR9271. By installing the non-free package "firmware-atheros", you installed lots of non-free blobs, not only for your AR9271 but also for ath10k and bluetooth. You should remove this package and reinstall "firmware-ath9k-htc" (I'm glad to see that you've already done so.). Debian's non-official ISO images with non-free firmware are not good, either, so stay away from them. I have been Debian testing/unstable user for years. I routinely test the weekly builds of Debian (testing) installer. Strangely, although "firmware-ath9k-htc" is free/libre, it is not integrated into the installer image. If I insert an AR9271 during installation, the installer doesn't prompt me to provide the free/libre firmware package (firmware-ath9k-htc). I wonder whether it shall be integrated into new Debian testing (bullseye) installer image.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Ready For Development And Testing
Just a note that I've started updating a few package helpers so I could sbuild some things that are on my laptop. I've made some merge requests on the trisquel GitLab instance... they may not be perfect but I've been able to sbuild working debs for etiona with these changes. https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/merge_requests
Re: [Trisquel-users] Atheros 9271 chipset "libre" but "non-free" in Debian - why ?
No. The firmware was never added in the kernel to begin with; it's a separate package to install.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Atheros 9271 chipset "libre" but "non-free" in Debian - why ?
@jxself so, if I installed the 4.19 linux-libre kernel into Debian 10 it should work ? Thanks !
Re: [Trisquel-users] Atheros 9271 chipset "libre" but "non-free" in Debian - why ?
Thanks jxself ! very kind of you to explain, and most weird from Debian I must say ... Ok, away it goes, I'll try and see how to use the new firmware-ath9k-htc.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Start a Business Using Only Free and Open Source Tools!
I know of a few free software projects out there that are "beautiful" as you say and not "retro". The good thing about free software is that we can decide to make it beautiful or modern if we care to do so. non-free software is not always modern and beautiful and if you as a user wanted to make it beautiful, you couldn't. if free software was sold more often, we might be able to clear up the preconception that free software must be also low quality. part of the reason why i brought up this topic, was to discuss how we can make free software more immediately and obviously more valuable than proprietary software. is locking down the source code the only way to make money from software? This is important to reflect on.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Atheros 9271 chipset "libre" but "non-free" in Debian - why ?
That's because the firmware used to be non-free. And get this: Even though the free firmware appeared in March 2013 -- over 6 years ago -- the free version only appeared in a Debian release with version 10, Buster. So much for a distro that's supposed to care about matters such as software freedom, huh? Anyway, the package containing the free version of the firmware is firmware-ath9k-htc. If you have installed firmware-atheros then you really have installed non-free software -- please remove it. We don't have the source code or a free license for that version; only the newer one in firmware-ath9k-htc.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Setting up a server
Since the netinstall isos and text mode installation do not work I will just use a Trisquel mini installation. I suppose that will work fine? Now, I have installed apache2, mysql-server and php7.0-mysql which I believe to be the necessary software for the server part. For my first page I want to setup a wordpress blog. Wordpress in in the repository and I have installed it, but the terminal does not recognise 'wordpress' as a command. Q: How do I setup wordpress in/on (which is the right terminology?) Apache?
[Trisquel-users] Atheros 9271 chipset "libre" but "non-free" in Debian - why ?
Hi All ! I'm confused ! Decided to invest in a wifi usb dongle that has the Atheros AR9271 chipset, thinking if it's "libre" it should work with any distro... Decided to have a look at the newly released Debian 10, only to realise that Debian list the atheros-firmware (in this case ath9k) as "non-free" ! https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware-atheros I was wondering if someone could explain or has a link (from fsf ?) so that i can read up on why there are differences in what libre distro's vs Debian consider non-free. Thanks ! PS: The Debian 10 live+nonfree iso works (after network preference adjustment).
