Re: [Trisquel-users] The lights of the Ethernet port does not blink and connect to internet
I agree. There is an indescribable difference between having it and not having it. I wonder how in the olden days were when people only had the (cable) telephone. When they could not use telephone for one reason or another. They might have had a similar feeling. Actually I lived under the era though. I was a kid then.
Re: [Trisquel-users] mind map software absent from the repo
Thanks destinationunknown! I installed treesheets from the terminal. Strangely, I can't find the program in my Trisquel Mini menu. I opened Tree Sheets by entering "treesheets" in the terminal. I'm going to give this program a try and am optimistic about it! Do you know how to add a shortcut to the menu system?
Re: [Trisquel-users] fstab problem
> You can setup a swap partition at least the size of your RAM, to hibernate I did. Around x1.5 of my Ram to be sure. More is useless. > Keeping unpartitioned space on the disk does not make much sense. It's a quite big SSD card (around 450 Go) if we consider 32 GB is enough for most system. It increase the speed of the system. I did prefer a big home with a 2Go HD because I store a lot of things as I use a lot graphics like photos and videos (I use Scribus and my printable folders can be big). SSD drives are worst when you write and read all the time like I do. It is great for laptops as you move with them even switched on. I sometimes use Ubuntu for upgraded softwares with extra features and hardware that haven't already got free drivers. I had to use Jitsi which only works with Chromium. I need Ubuntu in some occasions. But I this allows me to test other OS. This is why I have a lot free space. On your second paragraph about other os, this is was I was talking about previously, but you told it better than me.
Re: [Trisquel-users] fstab problem
Thank you
Re: [Trisquel-users] 2530p laptop question
I find it difficult to pick a laptop which is has 1. Libre hardware (or no whitelist for wifis and no old unsupported ATI graphics, even a "B-gold" grade from h-node) 2. a CPU without spyware (like intel AMT, ME or AMD PSP) 3. good build quality As far as I know AMD processors are PSP free till year 2013, and intel iME free till 2008, except for some intel atoms. Unfortunately intel atom is considered a "low end" processor so is nowhere to be found on good build quality laptops. I find this issue very important, because I work with some cryptography / PGP and I believe that cryptographic keys can be stolen via those cpu "features". There are some laptops with 15-17 inch displays, but I'm looking for 12 inch and it is almost impossible to find a laptop meeting all these criteria. Also i do not need a "new" or "fast" laptop, I'm using an old acer (2006) with AMD turion 64, meeting all these criteria, which runs fine for me (except for ATI - no suspend), but the plastic parts are just falling apart because of very low build quality. Any recommendations?
Re: [Trisquel-users] yahoo mail broke current default claws-mail and evolution but...
Thanks for responding Magic Banana. The following versions in the Trisquel 9 repository do not fix the problem: claws-mail 3.16.0-1 evolution 3.28.5 So upgrading to Trisquel 9 etiona does not fix the problem. The snap, claws-mail-moon127 3.17.5 also does not fix the problem. I agree mixing Trisquel 9 and Debian testing repositories could be a disaster. I am trying it carefully: 1. disable trisquel repositories. 2. enable debian repo and update debian repo. 3. install claws-mail from debian repo. 4. immediately after claws-mail install, disable debian repo and keep it disabled. 5. enable trisquel repo's, update them and keep them enabled So far nothing has broken. Looks good.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why are we based on Ubuntu and not Debian?
I'm so happy to see you continue to dig into antiX's plumbing. Isn't it an absolutely wonderful conceptual approach? I did not know that Devuan was wasting time removing those references. That's an interesting point, I'm going to need to explore further. As far as waiting on Devuan, they do offer up a testing and an unstable branch, so you aren't forced to wait the extra year for them to release their stable version. And I do think their community will continue to grow. Beta 3 of Beowulf is quite impressive, and should attract a lot of attention when they announce Beowulf stable version in the next few weeks.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why are we based on Ubuntu and not Debian?
> Looking at https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html it sounds Debian is far better than Ubuntu in case of respecting freedom. This has been discussed over and over and over again, but I'll briefly explain. When it comes to the actual software in their repositories, which is what matters to a downstream distro trying to comply with the FSDG, Debian and Ubuntu are pretty much equally free. The difference between their distros is their attitude. Debian calls their non-free repositories "unofficial" and somewhat discourages their use, disabling them by default when users install Debian. Ubuntu does not make efforts to distance themselves from their non-free repositories and enables them by default after installation of Ubuntu. However, this is completely irrelevant to a downstream distro. There are other reasons I personally prefer Debian over Ubuntu, but they don't have anything to do with the FSDG.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why are we based on Ubuntu and not Debian?
> I would vote for basing off of Devuan. With Debian and Ubuntu you are locked into too many of RedHat's walled garden technologies going forward. I think Debian is a better choice than Devuan for an upstream distro, at least these days. Starting with Bullseye (and with Buster if you backport Bullseye's version of elogind) it is not very hard to base a systemd-free distro on Debian. I have looked through Devuan's VCS, and most of their modifications don't actually improve SysVinit compatibility, but rather are Stalinesque removals of any reference to systemd ever existing. Doing this isn't harmful, but it's a waste of time that could be and have been spent improving SysVinit compatibility and keeping up with Debian releases. Contrast with AntiX, who unlike Devuan does not spend time removing references to systemd, but has never depended on libsystemd0 and does a much better job keeping up with Debian releases. Trisquel already has trouble keeping up with Ubuntu releases. Imagine if after a Debian release, Trisquel users had to wait for Devuan to release their downstream version, and *then* wait for Trisquel to release theirs. Also, because Devuan does not (and does not have the resources to) maintain SysVinit support themselves, if Debian were ever to drop SysVinit support it would almost certainly mean the end of Devuan, so using Devuan as a base does not actually make you less dependent on Debian's decisions in the long run. If you are just a user who just wants a systemd-free Debian system working out of the box, Devuan is a fine choice, but as the base for a distro I think Debian is a better option. On most of my machines I currently run my own customized version of Debian, following AntiX's approach for SysVinit compatibility. Ubuntu on the other hand, is indeed a poor choice if you want to avoid using systemd. Whereas Debian simply does not prioritize SysVinit support, Ubuntu makes conscious decisions to make use of systemd's features in some of their own software.
[Trisquel-users] Re : 2530p laptop question
I have no experience with that laptop. That is why cannot confirm whether the BIOS will let another Wifi card run. I would trust h-node though. As for the processor, https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/36689/intel-core-2-duo-processor-sl9400-6m-cache-1-86-ghz-1066-mhz-fsb.html confirms it has Intel TXT DRM. That "trusted computing" technology means you cannot entirely trust your processor (newspeak...), which ultimately obeys Intel. Trisquel will run on it anyway.
Re: [Trisquel-users] yahoo mail broke current default claws-mail and evolution but...
No need to upgrade evolution on Hyperbola - just upgrade gnutls, nettle and libidn2, https://forums.hyperbola.info/viewtopic.php?id=369
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why are we based on Ubuntu and not Debian?
> I searched an information about this event and apparently it was an April fools joke by lead developer Ah, seems like some developer has a strange sense of humor. Thank you for the info. It does seem stable now. I was not trying it in April 2019.
[Trisquel-users] 2530p laptop question
Hello, My laptop is dying and I found a very cheap HP elitebook 2530p. I looked up here: https://h-node.org/notebooks/view/en/1496/Compaq-2530p/1/1/undef/undef/undef/undef/compatibility/undef/undef/2530p According to h-node, it should work with trisquel except for wireless card. But the most interesting thing on that page is that there is no BIOS whitelist for wifi chips, if I correctly understood. Does anybody has experience with this laptop? Can you really swap wifi cards? Because I have some which works with libre, but in other HP there was a BIOS whitelist, which did not allowed to change wifi cards. Also, is there any security concerns with this laptop, like IME or AMT? Does trisquel support that "Trusted Platform Module" (is this a good or bad thing for encryptions from security viewpoint)? Thanks for any advice I'm tired of laptops with low build quality, but I also heard that there is some issues with these elitebooks and libre software...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why are we based on Ubuntu and not Debian?
I remember visiting their site and it was all in green text saying about being hacked by some hacker group. I searched an information about this event and apparently it was an April fools joke by lead developer: https://lwn.net/Articles/786593/
[Trisquel-users] Fix TrisquelStudio-Controls
I decided to uninstall ubuntustudio-controls and try the new trisquelstudio-controls to handle JACK in Trisquel 9 and it appears to be broken. When I type: systemctl status studio-system.service ● studio-system.service - Studio System CPU Governor Setting Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/studio-system.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2020-05-17 09:45:36 EDT; 20s ago Process: 4653 ExecStart=/lib/systemd/ubuntustudio (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Main PID: 4653 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) May 17 09:45:36 thinkpadw541 systemd[1]: Starting Studio System CPU Governor Setting... May 17 09:45:36 thinkpadw541 systemd[4653]: studio-system.service: Failed to execute command: No such file or directory May 17 09:45:36 thinkpadw541 systemd[4653]: studio-system.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /lib/systemd/ubuntustudio: No such file or directory May 17 09:45:36 thinkpadw541 systemd[1]: studio-system.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC May 17 09:45:36 thinkpadw541 systemd[1]: studio-system.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. May 17 09:45:36 thinkpadw541 systemd[1]: Failed to start Studio System CPU Governor Setting. How can this be fixed? I see the reference to "/lib/systemd/ubuntustudio" which I suspect should instead say "trisquelstudio"?
Re: [Trisquel-users] fstab problem
I often add or remove hard disks or SSDs. Below is what I always do (maybe insecure, but very easy). For your reference: 1. Connect to hard disk or SSD to your system. Create partition(s) and format them. Get the UUID. 2. Create mount points (sub-directories) under home directory (/home/username). I never mount 2nd disk under /media or /mnt, etc. 3. Modify /etc/fstab to add new mount point with the UUID. The parameters are same as /home partition. 4. Reboot the system. If the mounted directory (e.g. /home/username/harddisk) is read-only, change the ownership (for only once): ~$ sudo chown username:username harddisk Hint: try not to use sudo to run GUI programs like pluma. Use a command line editor like nano with sudo instead. Or else you can try the sudoedit command: ~$ SUDO_EDITOR=pluma sudoedit /etc/fstab Some GUI text editors (e.g. kate) can't be used with sudo at all. If you try to run "sudo kate", it won't start.
[Trisquel-users] Re : fstab problem
I am not sure what kind of advice you want. You can setup a swap partition (at least the size of your RAM, to hibernate), a partition for / (32 GB are enough for most systems) and a partition for /home that takes the rest of the disk capacity. Keeping unpartitioned space on the disk does not make much sense. Well, if you are using filesystems that cannot be shrunk, free space eases repartitioning. But since you chose ext4 (which can be shrunk) over XFS (which cannot), you will be able to shrink any partition(s) to create a new partition for another system. If we are talking about two GNU/Linux distributions on the same computer, they can share the same /home: indicate it during installation of the second system, or ask for only / and add a /home line to its /etc/fstab right after. Nevertheless, if a same user runs on both systems a same program but in different versions, one single /home for both systems can create troubles, if the personal configuration of the program changed between the two versions. From any GNU/Linux distribution, you can access any ext4 filesystem, including the /home of another system on the same computer. I am not sure whether any GNU/Linux system requires you to add a line to /etc/fstab for an easy access (or if some will treat the filesystem as on a removable disk, to be mounted in /media). If it does, you need the mount point to exist: create it with 'sudo mkdir'. You probably want it to be directly in /. The first field on the /etc/fstab line does not need to be a UUID. It can be a "block special device node", i.e., something like /dev/sda1. For "normal" computers, even with several disks, there is nothing to gain by specifying the UUID. For a start (you may then tweak the mount options), the rest of the line can be " /my_mount_point ext4 defaults 0 2", if the filesystem is of the type ext4.
Re: [Trisquel-users] fstab problem
I have done something else... Anyway this was a 3 day installation, I've saved before all the home directory and all selections in Synaptic. So, no real problems for recovering it all. Frist, I tried to modify the /etc/fstab with a live usb bu doing sudo mount /dev/system_partition /mnt then sudo pluma /mnt/etc/fstab which worked pretty well. But still no grub at all. Back in the USB live, i've lauched Gparted and saw exclamation marks in the lines of the system, swap, home partitions. In fact, not having any Grub at all when switch on the computer was a problem with... Bios ! The operation of modifying the fstab had changed the start of the SSD and HD drives in bios ! But I thought this was not the best way to use a computer an SSD and a HD drive on a computer. So I decided to reinstall it all, which allows me to have extra space on the SSD to install other OS (this is what it's made for) and I've formated the HD in Ext4 (more stable than XFS upon your advices in a previous talk) and choose a /home mount point. The whole HD drive is now dedicated to Trisquel. I know I will have to keep a little space for a /home partition in case I'll install other os' because it can cause problems with preferences' softwares I'll launch with them. I still can modify fstab partition in those future OS for having all privileges on them. Do you have any advices to give me (making a sudo mkdir /media/user/hard_drive ???) ? Thanks anyway
Re: [Trisquel-users] youtube download difference
The Win7 pro machine has been running the same copy of windows for 9 years. Since 2016 have been following Woodys group B security only updates. (woody on windows) Automatic updates are turned off. The only 3rd party prog running is netmeter. 160 GB 5400rpm HD on the win 7 X200. I swap the cable over from X200 to X60, using the same router for both. 60GB SSD on X60. thanks
