Re: [Trisquel-users] GAPCOIN Math Crypto-Currency for TRISQUEL Users
32 bit vs 64 bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu2A4fpFzgs
Re: [Trisquel-users] GAPCOIN Math Crypto-Currency for TRISQUEL Users
If anyone is interested I will gift 100,000 Gapcoin to Trisquel project along with up to 400,000 Gapcoin to a group of people. It would be 100,000 per person. So if 3 people than 300,000. If 1 person can code it all it will be 250,000 Gapcoin. If 8 people than each would get 50,000. But if 2 can do it will be 150,000 each. Any dishonest moves will be judged based on their merit. But Final testing and validation through building the wallet with the new software to measure it's compatible with the old blockchain before final gift. If I die before completion the contract is voided. IF the coder dies before completion the contract is voided. There is no binding contract other than the work which is carried out freely without compulsion. This is an ALL or NOTHING contract. After completion the gifts will be transferred. The Requirements to receive the reward are as follows. Not Trisquel needs to do nothing outside of providing a Gapcoin Address to send the donation. 1) Clone Gapcoin Github Repository and Update from SHA256 to SHA512 2) Clone Gapcoin Github Repository and Upgrade Ripmed180 Private key to either SHA512 private key as an analog to Bitcoin or other suitable alternative. Thats it those are the only requirements as Gapcoin already builds using Trisquel and is the exclusive Operating System for update to date Gapcoin Wallets. But hopefully after this work is achieved than the regular work will come easier. Thanks LpSkywalker
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?
> First problem: it seems Lightdm is not installed, but > Synaptic says Lightdm is installed. Do you have the > same problem? Is lightdm-gtk-greeter installed? (Tip: you might find it faster to run $ apt policy lightdm-gtk-greeter than to open up and look through synaptic.) signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?
many thanks pal, I read on your link, to see Grub simply I can press ESC without modify anything. If I resolve some small problems maybe Etiona can be my daily driver. First problem: it seems Lightdm is not installed, but Synaptic says Lightdm is installed. Do you have the same problem?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring
> There is already a package helper for ring, so you'll be modifying > helpers/make-ring[2] with your preferred text editor. Sorry, link [2] is wrong. (Before I saw that there was already a package helper for ring I was going to suggest using the one for gutenprint as a template.) Here is the link to make-ring: https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/blob/flidas/helpers/make-ring signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring
> I understand that backporting adds a lot of work that I don't have the > skills to volunteer for (although I'm willing to learn with some > mentorship). It would probably take less time for me to do it myself, but if you are really willing to learn how to do it, I would much prefer to take the time to walk you through it, both so that you know how to do so for the future, and because I feel that there is an unfortunate disconnect between Trisquel development and the Trisquel community, and would like for more community members to feel comfortable contributing. There are so few contributors to Trisquel, that even minor contributions make a large difference. What follows might seem like a lot of information, but none of it requires any programming skills, and I'm happy to provide as much time and guidance as you need. I can do so through this thread, or if you would prefer more interactive help we can do so over IRC. I understand that you cannot make the Friday meetings, but we can arrange another time during which our waking hours overlap. My time zone is PST. First you'll need to set up the sbuild workflow to build and test the backported package. See the contributing guide to learn how.[1] If any steps are unclear, please say so. This is the first barrier to entry for getting involved in Trisquel development, so any feedback on how to make it more accessible would be very valuable. There is already a package helper for ring, so you'll be modifying helpers/make-ring[2] with your preferred text editor. (Note that although Ring has been renamed to Jami, the source package is still called "ring".[3] In case you're unaware of the distinction between source and binary debian packages, a binary (deb) package is what users actually install, and a source package is used to build binary packages. The name of a binary package might be different from the name of it's source package, and a source package might provide multiple binary packages. For example, the "ring" source package builds four binary packages: jami, jami-daemon, ring, and ring daemon. If you are ever unsure which source package provides a binary package, run "apt showsrc $PACKAGE", where $PACKAGE is the name of the binary package.) Here's a breakdown of this package helper: * The file name determines which source package gets built. Since the name of the ring source package has not changed, you don't need to change the filename. If you ever write a new package helper from scratch, the file name should be "make-$SOURCEPACKAGE". * You should update the license header. Immediately below the line containing Ruben's name and email address, add another line containing your own. * The commented lines between the license header and "VERSION" are listing build dependencies of ring. This is helpful to keep track of when backporting, because some times the target version of Trisquel does not meet the dependencies of the newer version of the package you are backporting, and so you need to backport one or more dependencies as well. * "VERSION=1" means that this is the first Trisquel revision of the package. It makes it so that the version string of the package will have +8.0trisquel1 appended. When you create a new revision, you should increase the revision number by 1. * "EXTERNAL=" determines which repository to grab the original source package. If this line is absent, then the target Trisquel version's upstream (xenial in the case of flidas) will be used, so this line is only needed for backporting or importing from another repository. The format of this line is the same as that in /etc/apt/sources.list. As you can see, ring *should* be backported from Ubuntu disco already. * "REPOKEY=" is the gpg key of the external repository. This line is only needed when "EXTERNAL=" is used. * ". ./config" runs a script which downloads and extracts the source package. * Everything in between ". ./config" and "changelog" modifies the source code. In this case, the only change to the upstream code is done by the "sed" line. I don't think you need to understand what it does at this point, so I'll gloss over it for now to avoid overwhelming you with too much information. * "changelog" summarizes Trisquel's changes to the package. This line reveals that ring was originally backported from cosmic, and should probably be updated to say "Disco". * "compile" builds a new source package from the modified source code. So what do you need to do? (1) Make a branch for your change, as per the contributing guide. (2) Add your copyright info below Ruben's. (3) Bump the version number from 1 to 2. (I'm actually not 100% sure that this is necessary for a backport, since the backported version should have a higher version number anyway, but let's do it to be safe.) (4) It would be nice to be able to use Jami's apt repository for Ubuntu 16.04, which should always have the latest version without us needed to keep updating the helper every time
[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel Unstable?
Your need to edit, with administrative permissions, /etc/default/grub ('gksu
pluma /etc/default/grub', if you like Pluma) and then execute 'sudo
update-grub'. See
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html_node/Simple-configuration.html
for the meaning of /etc/default/grub's variables.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring
I did see the .deb downloads. But doesn't this mean I'll have to manually download and reinstall again every time there's a new release? Not having to micromanage app versions is one of the reasons GNU/Linux is such a pleasure to use compared to Windows ;) That's why I wanted to add their repo instead. But as I mentioned in the OP, I'm a bit confused about how to do that.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring
Chaosmonk: > I think it is only worth doing this for packages whose version in the repos has a specific problem. I understand that backporting adds a lot of work that I don't have the skills to volunteer for (although I'm willing to learn with some mentorship). But I think Jami is a strong candidates for backporting. 1) As you say, the name. Users looking to install Jami from the repos may not realize they need to install a package called "ring". 2) ensuring best possible first impressions of a GNU package that is on the FSF list of high priority projects. A number of improvements have been made to the Jami UX since the ring version in the repos. Eg in that version, a message sent to a user who is offline immediately fails. In the current version, the message instead goes into a queue, to be delivered next time the other user comes online at the same time as the sending user. 3) Similar reasons to Tor. Jami intends to deliver an end-to-end encrypted communications app. Supplying long out-of-date versions may lead to avoidable breaches of communications privacy for anyone who uses them. Given these reasons, I think it would be best not to have Jami in the repos at all, and direct users to the Jami site for downloads, than to include obsolete versions.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?
Solved! Now I have Trisquel Mini 9 up and running on my netbook :) I made a fresh install of Trisquel Mini 8 whitout encryption and with the access to Lxde without put the password in Lightdm. I follow the instructions to upgrade by MD. Shahidul Islam and now I have Trisquel Mini 9 Etiona! In the next days I made many text to use and configure. I have one question, the Grub is now "invisible" how can I configure to have it back?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting an old version of trisquel for archiving purposes
> because Wikipedia was completely taken down (censored/blocked) in my country. 真的假的？If true, it has been significantly lowering China's education level. I even think that if you have wikipedia, you don't need school education. Or at least we would be able to reduce school hours to half.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting an old version of trisquel for archiving purposes
Hi Victor, it's awesome you want to include Trisquel in your collection. I can't help you with the missing versions of Trisquel, but if you're looking for hosting to make your collection publicly available, I suggest contacting softwareheritage.org and Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/software Possibly also ArchiveTeam.org.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Volunteer to write more regular blog posts for trisquel.info
> Are you able to show up to the Freedom Fridays meeting on IRC Based on what Chaosmonk said in the Trisquel Studio thread, these usually start at 16:00 UTC and last a few hours. If my calculations are correct, 16:00 UTC is midnight on Saturday here (I'm in China, same time zone as HK): https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?year=2019=11=2=102=0 Not the ideal time to attend a meeting ;) Alternatively, would it be possible to bring up my offer to volunteer as an agenda item and make a decisions about it in my absence? If anyone likely to be involved in that decision-making has any questions, you could post them here, and I'll check in each day through the week and answer them.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Volunteer to write more regular blog posts for trisquel.info
I'll try to attend this Friday.
[Trisquel-users] Recovering old USB drive previously used with MacBook
I've got an old USB hard drive that was originally formatted as a backup drive for a MacBook. At some point, somebody carved off some space and made a second partition, accessible by default with GNU/Linux. The last time the owner used it, they tried to update the Time Machine backup located on it, but their MacBook file system was badly corrupted, the update didn't work, and in the end they replaced their MacBook drive with a larger SSD. I'm now trying to check the contents of both partitions from within Trisquel, but the system is having a lot of trouble mounting even the partition that's normally accessible. GParted is struggling to scan devices with the drive inserted. When I tried to shut down Trisquel with the drive still plugged in, it spat out a bunch of unhappy looking error messages, so I unplugged the drive, and it shut down fine. I did a web search looking for advice and found a bunch of articles about accessing Mac formatted drives from GNU/Linux: https://www.macworld.com/article/3003385/how-to-access-a-mac-drive-from-a-windows-or-linux-system.html https://askubuntu.com/questions/332315/how-to-read-and-write-hfs-journaled-external-hdd-in-ubuntu-without-access-to-os https://askubuntu.com/questions/100167/how-to-mount-hfs-drive-and-ignore-permissions But I suspect the drive itself is bricked. Is there any way to probe it and see what state it's in using command line tools?
