Re: [Trisquel-users] how do I change the GRUB background image?
Hi, That's the one indeed. But why would you want to do such an crime ? That image is the 1st sign of freedom on your computer. :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 6
The problem is that my brain was used to getting things easy. Probably they wanted to keep things easy for the user, so that he doesn't ask questions about software that he install on his machine. This is I believe Windows, mac, Ubuntu's philosophy. Keep it simple for the user and as hidden as possible. I've tried to discuss these things with people around me and my conclusion was that they don't care about their freedom. They just want things to work and this is what others exploit. If the Free Software Foundation were able to produce an alternative that is easy to use and also 100% free then the impact would be different. I am trying to follow FSF's advice and try to contribute to existing projects but will be a long process for me because I lack a lot of knowledge at this point. Thanks again for all your pointers, time and explanations!
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 6
Thanks a lot SuperTramp83 and Mangy Dog. I've got your points. I didn't wanted to touch a sensible cord here. I think it was understood from my initial post that I'm asking for advice and points of reference so I can increase my knowledge on the subject. I used this forum for pointers because I personally think you cannot get better answers in any other place. I just wanted to see, from people with way more experience on what does it mean to be free, how is the sensation. How heavy is the burden ? What things I need to understand in order to be 100% free ? One of the things I've discovered as a freedom trainee was that it is not very easy to be free and I think this is also one of the main frustration of the community. If more people would be interested on this subject, then the dream to be 100% free and don't suffer from any restrictions, because you've chosen freedom, would be so much closer to becoming reality. I am switching back to Trisquel 7 and will follow the advice to install .deb packages. Thanks again for all of your help.
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 6
Thanks for the replies ! @SuperTramp83: I've noticed that sometimes in Trisquel 7 the key strokes are not identified. It's not because of the keyboard because it's not behaving similar in Trisquel 6 for example or any other OSes I've had on this machine. Also the feeling is like the system is not getting the IRQ. Beside that annoying thing that practically forces you to sometimes hit twice a key, the system also randomly freezez when performing some simple tasks. For example it froze when copying from a USB. All those combined with my nostalgic personality makes me stick with 6. I don't have data very very important it's just important for me. For example I always document a process when I'm doing it for the first time (exp. setting up SPF and DKIM), so the HDD it's full of these kind of howtos. The behaviours described might be due to the fact I've selected the generic kernel during installation. I didn't found documentation on that topic so I've went with that option. If Trisquel is not an option at this moment, what are your alternatives ? Thank you !
[Trisquel-users] trisquel 6
Hi, First of all this is my first post here and I would like to start with a huge THANK YOU to the entire community who made this possible. At first by showing me the way and then helping me down the line with documentation on how to become a free user. I'm not a programer (I work as a sys admin) but I want to learn C code better. Until I will work my way around I will have to rely on you guys helping me with this question: how safe it is to run trisquel 6 these days ? I understand I will never get updates and this is somehow disturbing in a sense that I know there are ways for others to access my data. Triesquel 7 is not working as better as trisquel 6 on this X200 and also 7 does not gives us updates, just that 7 is in a better shape. I simply love the freedom that I have and I will never go back from it, but I also don't want to don't sleep at night knowing that others might sneek in because there are holes in the applications that I use that will never get patched. What are you thoughts about this ? Thank you ! P.S. Sorry for the misspelling that I don't see and can't correct
