Re: [Trisquel-users] Changed repository mirror, but old address remains
Thank you, I didn't know that the src refers to source code. I followed your advise and everything seems alright.
[Trisquel-users] Changed repository mirror, but old address remains
Hi, I changed the repository mirror from the main mirror (https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/) to the Swedish mirror. However, the old address is still present in sources.list I know that the last two lines are commented out and therefore aren't used, but line four is not commented out. It looks like this: # Trisquel repositories for supported software and updates deb https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/trisquel/packages/ flidas main deb-src https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/trisquel/packages/ flidas main deb https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ flidas-security main deb-src https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/trisquel/packages/ flidas-security main deb https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/trisquel/packages/ flidas-updates main deb-src https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/trisquel/packages/ flidas-updates main # deb https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ flidas-backports main # deb-src https://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ flidas-backports main Can I just remove the line with the old address? I suppose the flidas-security repository in the following line is just the same, isn't it? (even if it's named "deb-src") Please help me with this. Thank you
[Trisquel-users] Can I use Electrum from the repositories or should I install the latest version?
Hi, the Electrum version from the Trisquel repositories is pretty outdated (2.7.9-1). Can I use it without security concerns? Or would it be better to download and install the latest version from Electrum's website? Of course I would verify it (signature and public key), but is there anything else I should be aware of? Are there any dependencies that could break or any other problems that could occur when I install Electrum's latest version (or software not from the official repositories in general)? Thanks
Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot - are there any simple guides?
There are several videos on Youtube where people have filmed their monitors while installing Libreboot on Thinkpads (X60 and others). You should, of course, get familiar with the documentation on Libreboot's website as well. One thing to consider is that it's possible that a X60 with Libreboot installed won't boot distros that don't have the libre kernel. So you should either - start flashing Libreboot with Trisquel or Parabola installed - have a USB drive with Trisquel available Because if you start flashing Libreboot with e.g. Debian installed, you could run into a problem at the point where you have to restart the machine to finish the Libreboot flashing (if you're unlucky, Debian won't start anymore and you're not able to finish the Libreboot flashing, unless you can start a Trisquel live session). I'm not saying that this will happen, but there are some reports.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Intel wifi
My post may come too late for BarFly, but maybe other users with the same problem could find it helpful. A temporary solution for this can be using a smartphone that supports USB-Tethering. Establish a mobile data connection on the phone and connect it to the laptop (over USB port). On the phone display, a menu should appear that lets you enable USB-Tethering. After that, a wired connection should be established inside Trisquel automatically.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installation with FDE leads to unencrypted file system
Okay, thanks for making this clear. I thought the graphical installer's default was to encrypt everything except boot relevant data. Is there a reason why by default only /home is encrypted? So let's say I also encrypt swap and there is an attacker with physical access to the machine - wouldn't it be easier for him to mess with the OS or even break the encryption than it would be with "classic" full disk encryption (unencrypted boot partition with no more files than necessary for booting)?
[Trisquel-users] Installation with FDE leads to unencrypted file system
Hi, it seems that if I use the graphical installer and choose to erase the disk and install Trisquel along with encryption of the new installation (with all the partition defaults given by the installer later, no manual partitioning), the unencrypted partition doesn't only contain the data relevant for the boot process (which would be normal). Instead, the unencrypted partition created is huge (ca. 15 GB) and contains the boot relevant data as well as many - if not all - parts of the filesystem, including folders like bin, etc, usr and others. All these are unencrypted and can be accessed in a live session without the passphrase. Has anybody experienced this as well? Or have I done something wrong? As said, I have chosen all the defaults offered by the graphical installer, so there wasn't a big chance to set something wrong. This happened on Belenos as well as on Flidas. Hope someone can help me with this. Thanks
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 codename "Flidas" Release Candidate is ready for testing
Is there a way to download images, checksums, etc of Trisquel 8 over https? For now, all the links are plain, unencrypted http
Re: [Trisquel-users] uruk gnu/linux 2.0
I'm a bit concerned about the fact that all one can do to verify the download of Uruk is checking MD5/SHA256 sums. Apparently, no GPG-signature or public key is offered. Maybe Uruk developers can offer this in the future. Nevertheless, I think I'm gonna give it a try - at least start a live session to get an impression.
