Re: [Trisquel-users] Graphics Card and Windows gaming on Trisquel

2017-02-07 Thread caleb

Good advice and thanks for the engine recommendations! :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-26 Thread caleb
I'm okay with the downgraded performance. :) My philosophy on software has  
been changing recently and I'm really not into gaming that much any more. I  
don't like all of the DRM with AAA games coming out. My new geforce 8400gs  
has been fine for me so far. I plan on doing some more tinkering with  
graphics programming soon and I think it will suit my needs since I believe  
it supports the OpenGL 3.1 Spec.


I donated my gtx 970 to my brother who plays games a lot on steam. :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Does this spying effect ice cat?

2016-10-26 Thread caleb
It blows my mind still that I need javascript enabled just to see some text  
displayed on a web page :/


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-12 Thread caleb
Well I did some more digging and found this post  
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/upgraded-video-card. Looks like I need to get  
an older nvidia card and check h-node to see what card I should buy. I'll  
keep this thread updated with what I end up getting. :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-14 Thread caleb
Thanks for the info! :) I might have to look more into the Kepler cards. I  
actually just ordered a new desktop from ThinkPengiun with a Geforce 8400GS.  
Hoping that card works well and I get some 3D acceleration! It looks like  
h-node says that card works with nouveau drivers but it wasn't tested with  
Trisquel 7. If it works, I'll see if I can contribute to h-node.


Re: [Trisquel-users] An alternative to gmail

2016-11-14 Thread caleb
Thanks! :) Haha yeah good point. I'm sure my data will forever be in one of  
google's data-centers buried secretly within some mountain. At least I'm not  
giving them any more data (well i think lol)!


Re: [Trisquel-users] An alternative to gmail

2016-11-14 Thread caleb
I just deleted my whole google existence a few weeks ago and it has been  
nice. :) I've been using fastmail for a few years now with no problems and  
life without google has been completely fine!


Re: [Trisquel-users] http://in.archive.trisquel.info/ down?

2016-10-30 Thread caleb
Thank you! That solved my problem. I changed the 'Download From' drop down  
box in the Software & Updates window to 'Main Server' and it's working fine  
now. Not sure how I had an old url selected in there but good to know about  
this setting now. Thanks! :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Best free software friendly router

2016-11-03 Thread caleb
I just bought a Wireless-N Mini VPN Router from TP along with their VPN  
service. Really excited to try it out and have a free, open alternative. :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Your battery status is being used to track you online

2016-11-03 Thread caleb

Yeah me too. :/ My browser version is 49.0.2.


[Trisquel-users] http://in.archive.trisquel.info/ down?

2016-10-30 Thread caleb
Anyone else having trouble trying to resolve http://in.archive.trisquel.info?  
I was trying to install gparted but it can't contact the server to download  
the package. I tried running "sudo apt-get update" but I receive errors  
saying "Could not resolve 'in.archive.trisquel.info'." I attached the errors  
I'm receiving. Maybe it's just me?


Hit https://linux-libre.fsfla.org freesh InRelease
Hit https://linux-libre.fsfla.org freesh/main amd64 Packages
Hit https://linux-libre.fsfla.org freesh/main i386 Packages
Ign https://linux-libre.fsfla.org freesh/main Translation-en_US 
Ign https://linux-libre.fsfla.org freesh/main Translation-en
Err http://in.archive.trisquel.info belenos InRelease
  
Err http://in.archive.trisquel.info belenos-security InRelease
  
Err http://in.archive.trisquel.info belenos-updates InRelease
  
Err http://in.archive.trisquel.info belenos Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'in.archive.trisquel.info'
Err http://in.archive.trisquel.info belenos-security Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'in.archive.trisquel.info'
Err http://in.archive.trisquel.info belenos-updates Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'in.archive.trisquel.info'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch 
http://in.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/belenos/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch 
http://in.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/belenos-security/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch 
http://in.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/belenos-updates/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch 
http://in.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/belenos/Release.gpg  Could not 
resolve 'in.archive.trisquel.info'

W: Failed to fetch 
http://in.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/belenos-security/Release.gpg  
Could not resolve 'in.archive.trisquel.info'

W: Failed to fetch 
http://in.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/belenos-updates/Release.gpg  
Could not resolve 'in.archive.trisquel.info'

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones 
used instead.



[Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-12 Thread caleb
Hello! I'm completely new to Trisquel and libre software. I just did a fresh  
install of Trisquel 7 64 bit and everything went fine except my computer  
keeps using the basic vesa drivers instead of the nouveau ones. I updated all  
of my packages to the latest and even installed the latest linux-libre64  
kernel. My Xorg.0.log shows that vesa is getting loaded. I went to the  
nouveau maintainer's website and looked at the trouble shooting section and  
tried their basic "4 line" x-server config but that didn't help me either. My  
graphics card is an nvidia gtx 970. I have attached my Xorg.0.log output in  
case anyone is interested in looking at it. Hopefully I'm just missing  
something obvious or my card won't work with the free software drivers. If  
so, I'll have to look into purchasing another graphics card since I don't  
want to run any proprietary drivers.


Thanks for your time! :)

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-15 Thread caleb

That sucks that they downgrade their performance and put limits on it. :/

It'd be nice if there was a completely open source software/hardware based  
graphics accelerator but I know that would be a huge undertaking to build!


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-15 Thread caleb

What are pstates? Something to do with a performance level?


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-15 Thread caleb

Hi lembas! :)

I care about freedom as well but I also have a deep passion for programming  
3D graphics and would like to continue doing hobby projects on my GNU/Linux  
setup. The rest of my development stack works great on Trisquel and I'm happy  
to be moving over to the libre world. I sadly can't move completely over yet  
since I have clients that still require me to maintenance their  
Android/iPhone apps but someday I may be able to give that up. I'm just  
taking small steps at a time. :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-15 Thread caleb

Cool! Thanks for sharing the info :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert
Hm, that's odd.  Regexr runs in a new profile, but it does not run in
safe mode.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert
If I were going that route, I'd be using regex-builder in Emacs, but
sometimes even it isn't interactive enough.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Coreboot

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert
No.



Re: [Trisquel-users] QTerminal in Devuan 2 DEAD but apps working

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert

> I had some trouble with the Parabola install script last night 

Which script?



Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert
Does it have a regex key on the side or elsewhere?



Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert
I'm using Regexr because I want something like Daring Fireball's
Markdown Web Dingus, but for regular expressions.

https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/dingus



Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert
The '$' (end) of any line that matches '^x '.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Noscript installation

2017-11-28 Thread Caleb Herbert
Try uMatrix instead. It provides most, if not all, functions provided by
NoScript.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-28 Thread Caleb Herbert
I don't remember what it did, but I tried -n, and it gave a worse
result.



Re: [Trisquel-users] How to get most up-to-date abrowser for Trisquel 6.0

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert
You could do what I do to get up-to-date packages for Trisquel 7, which
has a few packages, like Mumble, that are deprecated.

Install GNU Guix:
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html

Then, install GNU IceCat:


guix package -i icecat




[Trisquel-users] Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-24 Thread Caleb Herbert
I'm having issues running Regexr in Abrowser.

http://bluehome.net/csh/screenshot/2017/11/24/regexr

What could be going wrong?

Regexr is a free software web app for interactively exploring regular
expressions.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Browsing and javascript

2017-11-24 Thread Caleb Herbert

> How dangerous is javascript when browsing?

JavaScript is how a lot of people lose protection on Tor.

Personally, JavaScript programs have put me in the following situations:

  * unable to highlight text in article with cursor
  * unable to copy text in article with Ctrl+C
  * pop-ups
  * fan acceleration
  * kernel panic (I'm looking at you, Twitch!)

> Does anyone in this forum browses the Internet with a javascript-disabled  
> browser?

I do most the time.

> Or maybe you just disable it when you are visiting a website you don't trust?

Even if I can assume a JavaScript program is not malicious, I still
refuse to run it because it is proprietary software.  My only exceptions
are free JavaScript, job applications, and Reddit.

Also, if I just installed a new system and haven't bothered setting up
AVideo (youtube-dl without DRM or background JS execution) I will
temporarily use YouTube's proprietary embedded player if I'm certain the
video won't be blocked by DRM when I go to download it with AVideo.

More info about AVideo: https://notabug.org/GPast/avideo

> What does the LibreJS add-on do?

LibreJS is pretty neat.  It tries to automatically detect if the scripts
embedded in a page are under a free license.

Unfortunately, this only works on a tiny amount of sites, and even GNU
projects like GNU Taler have issues getting their site to pass LibreJS.

However, the practices required by LibreJS aren't just stupid
requirements of LibreJS.  They're actually probably the only way you
could legally distribute embedded JavaScript if it is under the GNU
General Public License.

In addition, it's really the only polite thing to do.  Everything else
on a website has copyright information at the bottom of the page, so why
do people just neglect the copyright information on embedded scripts?
It's only logical that there is a page on the site disclosing ALL
copyright info to readers, incl. copyright on scripts.

People may hate LibreJS because it does not work at all and probably
never will, but everyone should be telling site owners to be transparent
about the copyright information of the programs embedded in their pages.
Composing an email to ask about copyright is a lot more work than just
going to the bottom of the page to see copyright notices.

> Does it make web browsing safer?

Yes.  It prevents crashing from heavy web apps, and it limits what
Facebook and other malicious sites can do when you type stuff in their
forms.  (They can't use JS to log keystrokes you never publish.)

> Once I get some answers here I may understand Zeronet dangers [1].
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> [1] https://trisquel.info/en/forum/zeronet-and-javascript
> 


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Browsing and javascript

2017-11-24 Thread Caleb Herbert

> first, it is executed in your webbrowser, which puts it in a sandbox. That  
> means that the webbrowser limits what javascript can actually do, and if your 
>  
> webbrowser is free software, everybody can check if it is really doing a  
> proper job.

Security is not the same as user freedom.  They are both important, but
treating them as though they are the same will lead to incorrect
conclusions.

> Second, most javascript code that you find on smaller websites is visible in  
> your console, that means everybody can read what it's doing and in principle, 
>  
> every user can find harmful features and inform others about it.

That's not source code.  Source code is the preferred form for modifying
the program, the same unmodified code that the author uses when they
write or edit the program.  Most JavaScript is minified and looks far
different from what the author has, and can require reverse engineering
skills to read.  

If that's source code, then a ready-to-run binary, assembled from
Assembly language, qualifies as source code, even though binaries lack
comments and variable names.

> However, it's true that bigger websites which rely more on javascript mostly  
> minify and uglify their code, so you get a compressed and non-human-readable  
> version.

When you process source code, it's no longer source code.

> My personal opinion is that the fuss about non-free javascript is way, way  
> too big and exaggerated.

It literally gave my machine a kernel panic.  You think that's not a big
deal?

JavaScript also prevents users from doing basic tings on their
computers, like highlighting text with their cursor while reading an
article.  A message popped up and told me "You can't do that!"  

We're not even talking about copying the text.  We're just talking about
selecting it with the cursor!  And if you turn JavaScript off, the whole
article is generated/pulled in with JavaScript and is not present in the
page source at all, so you can't read any of it.

That's not a world I want to live in, with DRM on simple web articles.

> Besides, javascript applications are most of the time deeply connected with  
> the layout of the webpage and the server as a backend api.

So?  That JavaScript is a client to their server software, and it should
be free software if it's going to run on my computer.

> Writing a modified version of the  
> javaschttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igDGkpTHuhkript of a website and  
> sharing it with your friends? Maybe but difficult and mostly unneccesary.

It is very necessary.  People modify JavaScript all the time to improve
user's lives.  Look at Reddit Enhancement Suite.

> Writing a modified version of the javascript code of a website and realising  
> a modified version?
> In most cases, that makes no sense since the website might change any day,  
> making your code useless.

What do you think youtube-dl does all the time?  And yet people still
benefit greatly from their work.  Do you think youtube-dl should be shut
down?

> Again, big single-page-webapps which are running soley on the client are a  
> different story.

Those are even worse.  Those especially should be free software or
avoided at all costs.  Google Drive is the new Microsoft Office.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin has a new laptop

2017-11-26 Thread Caleb Herbert
You should be fine on T7 if you just update your Linux.

https://jxself.org/linux-libre/



Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-26 Thread Caleb Herbert
That's the first thing I did.  It still didn't work.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Browsing and javascript

2017-11-24 Thread Caleb Herbert

>  > They're actually probably the only way you
>  > could legally distribute embedded JavaScript if it is under > the GNU
>  > General Public License.
> 
> Onpon4 makes some good points on this here:  
> https://onpon4.github.io/other/kill-js/

I agree with much of her article, but I think LibreJS still has a place.

Basically, people need to start working on extensions to operate
websites with the extension's JavaScript and not the site's JS, and
LibreJS can be used in emergencies when an extension hasn't been found.
The system's package manager (Guix) can manage extensions in the back
end.

The LibreJS standard, as I mentioned before, is mostly important to
HUMANS: so regular people can look at the copyright info and go "oh, ok,
looks good.  I'll run those."

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Browsing and javascript

2017-11-24 Thread Caleb Herbert
Hm, it seems we disagree on some basic points.  My work is done.



Re: [Trisquel-users] How to get most up-to-date abrowser for Trisquel 6.0

2017-11-29 Thread Caleb Herbert
If you were talking about Guix, earlier I linked the instructions for
doing it.

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html



Re: [Trisquel-users] Intel AMT and Free Software

2017-11-29 Thread Caleb Herbert
Using free software instead of proprietary software is always better.

It's good to use free programs on a proprietary OS, if the alternative
is using proprietary programs on a proprietary OS.

It's good to use a free OS on a proprietary BIOS, if the alternative is
using a proprietary OS on a proprietary BIOS.

It's good to ADD free software.  It's not good to ADD proprietary
software.



[Trisquel-users] Starting T7 GNOME Shell

2017-11-29 Thread Caleb Herbert
How do I start GNOME Shell in Trisquel 7?

I installed GNOME.

sudo apt install gnome

But, when I select "GNOME" in LightDM, I am immediately returned to the
display manager's login screen.  GNOME does not start.

How do I start GNOME?



Re: [Trisquel-users] Vim vs Emacs

2017-11-30 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Thu, 2017-11-30 at 17:49 +0100, aggeliszo...@prtonmail.com wrote:
> What is better and why?

Emacs.

> why emacs is not pre-installed ?

I don't know, but many people prefer to build Emacs from source.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Starting T7 GNOME Shell

2017-11-29 Thread Caleb Herbert
How do I check?



Re: [Trisquel-users] Vim vs Emacs

2017-11-30 Thread Caleb Herbert
I moved FROM Vim TO Emacs. 

That said, I still sometimes use Vim.  Check out my vimrc:
https://notabug.org/csh/dotfiles/src/master/.vimrc



Re: [Trisquel-users] Vim vs Emacs

2017-11-30 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Thu, 2017-11-30 at 22:11 +0100, shiret...@web.de wrote:
> Why did you make the change?

  * vi keys on Dvorak are weird
  * I wanted to explore Lisp
  * I wanted a challenge
  * I wanted to experience what Stallman uses all the time

> Are there any specific advantages?

  * best for editing Lisp code
  * closest Synaptic-like GUI front-end to GNU Guix, so far
  * best for editing Info manuals
  * babel in Org Mode lets you edit code samples in your documents
as if they're their own files, with syntax highlighting
appropriate for the snippet's language.
  * babel in Org Mode facilitates literate programming and immediate
documentation/reformatting of a program's results into, for
example, an Org Mode table, which can export to an HTML/LaTeX
table
  * recursive grep in Emacs shell is VERY interactive, returning a
list of links that automatically open the file and place your
cursor on the exact point of the search result
  * narrowing (Control-x n n) lets you focus on sections of a large
file without distractions
  * Web Mode lets you have proper indentation and highlighting rules
for files that have a mix of languages - CSS, JavaScript and
HTML.
  * If you need to type weird characters not supported by your
system's input method system, you can quickly whip up an Emacs
Quail input method with a simple list key-value pairs.  I've
done it for Phoenecian and ancient Egyptian before.  I've also
done it for the Wikipedia phonetic spelling system for English.
  * You can use multiple cursors in the same buffer, allowing you to
reproduce a lot of work and make complex region selections
  * Every time I save my HTML files, the timestamp is updated.
  * Emacs has a command to convert CSV text to an org table, which
can be converted to HTML
  * you can make it behave exactly like Vim, but with even more
features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWD1Fpdd4Pc
  * ... (I'll stop here.)

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Starting T7 GNOME Shell

2017-11-30 Thread Caleb Herbert
gnome-shell is installed.

cal@leela:~$ apt search gnome-shell
...
gnome-shell/belenos-updates,now 3.10.4-0ubuntu5.2 amd64
[installed,automatic]
  graphical shell for the GNOME desktop

gnome-session is installed. 

cal@leela:~$ apt search gnome-session
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
gnome-session/belenos-updates,now 3.9.90-0ubuntu12.1+7.0trisquel2 all
[installed,automatic]
  GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 3 session




Re: [Trisquel-users] Browsing and javascript

2017-11-30 Thread Caleb Herbert
What?

LibreJS standards were DESIGNED to answer "What would true GPL
compliance look like with JavaScript?"



Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert

> If you instead want "^" to be considered as special in "^x ", this:
> 
> --8<---cut here---start->8---
> sed -n 's/^x .*\(.\)$/\1/gp' "file.txt"
> --8<---cut here---end--->8---

Your suggestion does not add to the lines.  It deletes them entirely.


cal@leela:~$ sed 's/^x .*\(.\)$/CHARIZARD/gp' "file.txt"
c ^x a1
y b2
z c3
b x d4
y e5
z f6
CHARIZARD
CHARIZARD
a ^x 
y 
z 
e ^x
x 
d qwerty ^x azerty aBc


Also, it matches incorrectly.

  * An extra CHARIZARD line was inserted
  * "x " at the beginning of the penultimate line was NOT matched

My intended result is to ADD text to the end of any lines that start
with "x ".


c ^x a1
y b2
z c3
b x d4
y e5
z f6
x abC W-CHARIZARD
a ^x 
y 
z 
e ^x
x CHARIZARD
d qwerty ^x azerty aBc





Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Abrowser won't run Regexr

2017-11-27 Thread Caleb Herbert
That's perfect!  Thanks!



Re: [Trisquel-users] raptor talos will make a lower priced mainboard, if you buy 10000

2017-11-25 Thread Caleb Herbert

> The kinds of laptops you should be looking at are the $300-$400 budget  
> laptops (sometimes as little as $200) found at Walmart and other similar  
> stores. Those also include Chromebooks. I already told you that the SoC being 
>  
> used for the next computer card (yes, the Rockchip one) is actually used in a 
>  
> fairly recent Chromebook, the C201 (released sometime in 2015, afaict). In  
> fact, this Chromebook is still easy to find new, so you could easily buy one, 
>  
> install Debian or Parabola on it, and see how well it works.

Is it hard to build GuixSD for ARM?  IIRC, the only thing I might have
to actually compile is Guile and Guix.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Starting T7 GNOME Shell

2017-11-29 Thread Caleb Herbert
How do I switch to GDM?  Can I get that tasksel menu or whatever it was
up again?



Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Starting T7 GNOME Shell

2017-11-30 Thread Caleb Herbert
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

This worked.

sudo stop lightdm

This crashed i3 and left me with a black screen on the X display.

sudo start gdm

I had to do Ctrl+Alt+F1 to do this command.

GDM started successfully.  GNOME does not start.  Entering login
information still returns me to the login screen.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel 8 release countdown clock

2017-11-30 Thread Caleb Herbert
Please don't top-post.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Quantum kicks ass

2017-11-30 Thread Caleb Herbert
Switching to WebExtensions is important.  It standardizes the format for
browser extensions so that you can write an extension once and it will
generally work in any browser that supports browser extensions.

You don't want Mozilla to keep changing the extension format, do you?
WebExtensions is the last time we'll ever have to change it, because
it's a standard supported by Chrome, Edge and Safari.



Re: [Trisquel-users] How does one respond to this statement?

2017-11-28 Thread Caleb Herbert

> Free software is the consequence of  
> many people working together voluntarily, as part of a community movement,  
> with no interaction at all with large firms. 

Red Hat tho.




Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel, Debian and Free Software

2017-12-03 Thread Caleb Herbert
Also, Debian includes stuff which might require some proprietary code,
like Chromium and Electron, which Parabola removed for this reason.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] how to upgrade to belenos from 6.0

2017-12-03 Thread Caleb Herbert
> I know this doesn't help you right now, but I strongly recommend have  
> separate partitions for / (root - your OS) and /home (your user files). 

This has caused problems for me.  Right now, I have only 595.6 MiB in /,
and my system keeps alerting me about it.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel, Debian and Free Software

2017-12-03 Thread Caleb Herbert
Yeah, I had a similar experience with Motif dependencies for a program I
wanted to use.  This is another reason why I won't use Debian; they
don't have my back, they don't even use the same definition of 'free'.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 8

2017-12-03 Thread Caleb Herbert

> * I find almost every package I need on parabola repos. Anything that is not  
> there is usually available in AUR (just need to carefully check licenses and  
> makepkg files). Never had a problem with "your-freedom" either. Can you give  
> some examples?

RetroArch is available.  Some emulators, in the form of addons, are
proprietary, and some are free software.  When I tried to install one of
the emulators that were free software according to Debian, it gave an
error.

I later looked in the Parabola PKGBUILD for RetroArch.  I saw that they
completely removed any connection to the addon repository on RetroArch's
website, and they provided no free replacement.  They just neutered the
software completely.  I could not run free ROMs in the emulator, and I
could not experimenting with writing my own free ROMs either.

If the addon repo for a program is not good, you should provide a free
replacement.  You shouldn't just rip it out.

I don't remember if there were other programs they did this with, but to
see what they did in the package build soured me.  They prevented me
from accessing a free program.

> * I don't follow things closely, but it does not seem to me that Parabola  
> devs are lazy at all. Quite the contrary. Take a look at  
> https://labs.parabola.nu. All bugs I've encountered are quickly resolved.

I never said they were lazy, I'm just afraid Parabola is going to go
into disrepair because some major devs left to start their own pet
project.

> As to the other distros, I have limited experience. I find Debian to be solid 
>  
> and can easily be configured to whatever my needs are.

I don't want Chromium code to creep in.  There is a controversy over
whether it is free.

> Trisquel is great and better for most gnu/linux newcomers. I enjoy Trisquel's 
>  
> community too, but that is  unrelated to which other distros I play or work  
> with, or whether I even use Trisquel.

Dogfood.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Any libre + uncensored 18+ tubes or forums?

2017-12-12 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Tue, 2017-12-12 at 15:42 +0100, great...@riseup.net wrote:
> Sir, I did not watch ur pr0n performance as I'm exclusively interested in  
> female body (so far, at least) but you are great! +1 for ur contribution. If  
> there is something we lack and never get enough is good material x_X

Oh!  I didn't mean to suggest that you watch my performance.  I'm just
saying that Freedom Porn is the only site I know of, and it needs more
contributors, especially women.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Wed, 2017-12-13 at 10:37 +0100, i...@technoethical.com wrote:
> It's also probably why you don't have reviews on your website,  
> nor accept payment by card. PayPal could confirm this, but not without a  
> court order.

It is not good to have PayPal on a web store.  It is a proprietary
program, and providing it to users would be distribution and endorsement
of proprietary software.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Thu, 2017-12-14 at 03:32 +0100, v...@protonmail.com wrote:
> When I read things like this from Leah, I just get amazed... Honestly I have  
> no words. Do you think you are Angela Channing in a Falcon Crest episode?

Can you provide clips/episodes of the reference you are making?


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Wed, 2017-12-13 at 11:46 +0100, i...@minifree.org wrote:
> This is why I try to get people to review  
> elsewhere.

Review of Minifree:

The laptop came in good condition, and replacement parts have always
been provided with technical support on installation.  Sometimes, I'd
get a bigger hard drive than ordered, which was a bonus.

I could never get my firmware of choice flashed, though.  I had to type
in QWERTY in GRUB, which confused me.  I thought I specified Dvorak UK.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
Free software requires free manuals.  There are no ifs, ands or buts
about it.

If you think the software that prepares GNU manuals for publication is
too inhumane, then I encourage you to write a more humane replacement.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Guix on Trisquel

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
I no longer struggle with making Qt or Adwaita look good on Trisquel.  I
see less of the Trisquel interface since I've started using i3 again, so
it's not a problem anymore.  Adwaita and my custom MetroMumble Solarized
Dark theme cover up all the "Windows 98" spots.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Wed, 2017-12-13 at 09:18 +0100, i...@minifree.org wrote:
> Indeed. As previously stated, Minifree offers a 2 year warranty on all  
> orders. 

The warranty is more than great.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Wed, 2017-12-13 at 22:02 +0100, enduz...@riseup.net wrote:
> And it's not  
> Leah whose doing the bullying. It's a man's world, after all.

Tiberiu is doing the bullying, but this is not gender-related.  

Please avoid saying that people always do things to a victim because of
their identity.

Someone stole my quarter the other day when I dropped it on the floor.
They must be one of those people who first spend all their time figuring
out who's gay and who's not before they pick up someone's lost coins.  A
lot of those people exist, you know.  They're called fag snags.

If you think anything I've said here is disrespectful to women, I dare
you to speak to all the women who've raised me.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
Haha, I want to frame this.  It's hilarious.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Any libre + uncensored 18+ tubes or forums?

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
Chu vi parolas Esperanton?

Mi petas, sed vi malbone parolas la anglan lingvon.

Esperanto bone sufichus kiel neutrala lingva fundamento, chu ne?




Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Tue, 2017-12-12 at 13:29 +0100, i...@minifree.org wrote:
> Minifree is also extremely generous in the cases where there are problems. 

As a customer, I can say that this is true.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Quantum kicks ass

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
No.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
Richard Stallman says he just gets extended battery packs.  It seems to
work for his long travels.

I use my boyfriend's adaptor and plug my laptop into the cigarette
lighter in the car.  This is how I'm responding to email and writing
this at the moment.

(BTW, email > forums.  Offline > online.) :P



Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Thu, 2017-12-14 at 18:47 +0100, cont...@ikhider.com wrote:
> I am also a  
> ThinkPenguin client and really like their wifi dongles. When I started using  
> Trisquel for laptops, they really saved me.

It's too bad that most Wi-Fi hotspots require running proprietary
software to access.  You know, those annoying web portals that don't
work without JavaScript?

I'm working on taking my workflow offline.  The Internet cannot be
trusted.  I'm offline right now, and it's glorious.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
OK.  For once, I'm going to make an SJW rant rather than protest one.

On Thu, 2017-12-14 at 03:03 +0100, v...@protonmail.com wrote:
> I think it is better  
> just to create a whole thread for people for people being able to speaks  
> openly about their experiences with Minifree without them being called things 
>  
> by this lady.

Normally I don't buy into "they did this because they're $IDENTITY", but
this particular phrase looks oddly similar to something I heard when
some of my family members get mad at a black person on the highway:
"that ** cut me off!"

It's OK to be mad at somebody, but it's NOT okay to bring their identity
into it.

Being black has nothing to do with cutting people off on the highway.
It should not be mentioned when you insult the jerk who cut you off.




Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-14 Thread Caleb Herbert
I wonder if all this thread is just a game meant to distract and delay
Minifree. :(



Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
Boycott the British.  They're the ones who drew those stupid borders.

Jews bought land in Palestine, fair and square, and their neighbors
still used violence and boycotts against them just for living there.

Forget those people.

If people still want to live there, great.  Stay there, but under the
Israeli government.  There are Israelis who are Palestinian, and their
gay sons will be safer growing up in Israel.




Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Thu, 2017-12-14 at 23:23 +0100, gert.otten.1...@gmail.com wrote:
> I was joking about Spotify. And yes I'm new to the forums, but everyone has  
> got to start somewhere, right? I am using Windows 10 at the moment, only  
> because of the fact that Microsoft shoves it down my throat. 

Yeah, I get that.  It's definitely a process.

Out of curiosity, have you already installed free programs on top of
Windows 10 to do all the things you need to do?  

You could get used to your new programs in the mean time, until you can
switch operating systems.  This would make the operating system less of
an impact on your workflow.

> Once the Nouveau  
> driver is decent enough to work with my GTX 1050, I'll make the switch to  
> Trisquel (or Parabola). 

What do you mean by "decent enough"?  Will X11 not even show up on the
screen, or are you just trying to do luxurious stuff like playing games?

Sometimes it takes sacrifice to stop people from having unjust power
over you.

> You just tell me which company sells the best system and I'll buy one, okay? 

Both are perfectly fine.  Go ahead and get one.  Choose a seller at
random if you can't decide.  

I personally got mine from Minifree.  It's my only computing device, and
it works very well like any other laptop.




Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
Running Trisquel on a random machine is not hard.  My first Trisquel
laptop was a random laptop my mom got from Walmart, and it not only
worked with Trisquel, but even the Wi-Fi card inside the laptop was
working just fine.

Someone else I used to know got two random computers and put Trisquel on
them.  He said that both the Wi-Fi and the touch screen worked.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
Eh, it's not a waste of space.  No more than 1 MiB, surely.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Xubuntu Components in Trisquel 9

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
What do you mean by "cloud servers"?  Like your VPSes?



Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
I just saw this message at 13:02 Eastern Standard Time.  

OK, I won't send any more messages of that nature.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Fridays, development meetings, 2018 plans

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
YAY!! :D :D: :D :D


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
Vikings, do you offer VPSes yet?


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Fri, 2017-12-15 at 14:26 +0100, v...@protonmail.com wrote:
> I understand that you just meant what I said, but that you were trying just  
> to simmer down that cat ; )

As I'm sure the person from ikhider.com will agree, we probably
shouldn't simmer down a cat, because that would be non-vegan.  (I'm sure
the person from ikhider.com is vegan, since they're so ethical and
perfect.)




Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
I fixed it already a while ago, but thanks for the offer.  

I'll see if it comes with Dvorak on my next order.  I'll order by
encrypted email.  (Not any time soon, but whenever I need an additional
computer or this one is too much of a pain to repair.)

Wait.  How do I send encrypted mail if my computer is broken and my GPG
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Re: [Trisquel-users] uruk gnu/linux 2.0

2017-12-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
I'd like a copy of install-guix.sh.  I hate following the Guix manual
every time I install Trisquel.



Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree's Libreboot X200 laptop comes with Trisquel pre-installed. Now with other keyboard layouts available, and free stickers

2017-12-19 Thread Caleb Herbert
It's too bad that the keyboards are not like the keyboards on the
MacBooks.  You could just 3D print a new set of keys.



Re: [Trisquel-users] After installing Trisquel 7 dual boot with Ubuntu , Grub is asking for password to boot Ubuntu

2017-12-19 Thread Caleb Herbert
It's certainly good to test things out and know what your new workflow
is going to look like.  Good planning!




Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree's Libreboot X200 laptop comes with Trisquel pre-installed. Now with other keyboard layouts available, and free stickers

2017-12-19 Thread Caleb Herbert
That's old.  In 2015, he said that we need to make free hardware designs
in case free software won't run on conventional hardware anymore.

Although we need not reject digital hardware made from
nonfree designs in today's circumstances, we need to develop
free designs and should use them when feasible. They provide
advantages today, and in the future they may be the only way to
use free software.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-17 Thread Caleb Herbert
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.  They are very honest and
understandable.

> I'm a poor college student who is forced to use nonfree  
> software by my work and college. I have a windows laptop that I use for these 
>  
> occasions. 

Yeah, this makes sense, although I would not go as far as owning a
Windows machine or bringing it into my private space.  If a job
application is only online, for example, I insist that the company
provide the computer to run their crappy job application software on.

I'm a poor college dropout who occasionally has to use the computer
terminals at work.  However, just like operating a cash register
computer terminal for work, it's not my computing.  

In fact, company policy dictates that an employee must never do their
computing anywhere in the building under any circumstances.  User
freedom is therefore not affected by proprietary software at my job.

> I also carry a cellphone, despite my general agreement with  
> Stallman's criticisms of them (I am not an important enough person for people 
>  
> to agree to make any special accommodations for).

I'm too poor to afford a cellphone.  The break room at work has a
landline I can use, and I carry a list of phone numbers in my pocket in
case I want to call someone.  There are also payphones available in case
the break room telephone is in use, and I keep quarters on hand, but I
never need to use them: When I go to the break room, everyone is glued
to the computing devices in their pockets.

> Anyways, enough rambling (I had some good tea!). 

What kind of tea?  It's cold here, and I have been drinking lots of red
tea.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-17 Thread Caleb Herbert

When people send stuff to my home computer, I reject Word attachments by
quoting Tim Berners-Lee and requesting PDFs.  At work, I always save
documents as OpenDocument Text.

Interestingly, ODT files are smaller, and it's easier to spot them in a
pile of Word documents because of the file type column.

Name  File Type
-
How to Send Email Word
notes OpenDocument Text

So, all I have to do is look for the file names that are all lowercase
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Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree's Libreboot X200 laptop comes with Trisquel pre-installed. Now with other keyboard layouts available, and free stickers

2017-12-17 Thread Caleb Herbert
25€ ($50 US?) is a lot just for UK Dvorak by default.  I'll most likely
just reflash.



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Re: [Trisquel-users] Binaries-free movements back-ending in RPM sources?

2017-12-17 Thread Caleb Herbert
GNU GuixSD is source based system distribution.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Any libre + uncensored 18+ tubes or forums?

2017-12-05 Thread Caleb Herbert
AVideo and youtube-dl support many adult sites.



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Re: [Trisquel-users] uruk gnu/linux 2.0

2017-12-05 Thread Caleb Herbert
Should I be worried about using an operating system from Iraq?  My mom
says not to install it.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot X200 returns on Minifree

2017-12-05 Thread Caleb Herbert
I notice that Debian was recently changed back to Trisquel on the
Minifree site.  What was the reason for that decision?

I actually went into the Wayback because I was confused when I saw
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Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 8

2017-12-05 Thread Caleb Herbert
I'm sorry.  To be honest, I just don't remember too well what happened.
All I remember is that something bad happened.

I don't keep good records of my changes in opinion, and don't know how,
so understanding and stabilizing my thoughts is difficult for me. 

Tracking and merging all these changes in opinion and perception, and
making sure they work, is not practical.  When a process of evaluating
something ends, I don't remember the details of it because that
information is too much to remember and hard to recall on demand with
complete accuracy.  To avoid all this overhead, everything is shortened
to "good, accept", "bad, reject", "not sure, reject in practice", or
"not sure, accept in practice".

Could you suggest to me a system I could use to track and understand my
own thought processes?


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Vim vs Emacs

2017-12-01 Thread Caleb Herbert

Yes, you're right!  DIRED is the best file manager ever.  If I could use
it as my one and only file manager, I would.  Unfortunately, when I plug
in a new flash drive, it doesn't open up an Emacs client with DIRED.

Emacs for email is quite useful as well, although I've only used the
Emacs mail programs directly on my mail server, because I don't know how
to configure it otherwise.  I'd like to have Stallman's email setup; the
simplicity of C-x m and RMAIL is nice.

And M-x woman is the most attractive /usr/bin/man.  Hyperlinks and
stuff.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] So.....I installed Trisquel 8.

2017-12-01 Thread Caleb Herbert
Nothing's wrong with VLC, it's just that hipsters and ricers like to use
MPV because it's considered cool.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] So.....I installed Trisquel 8.

2017-12-01 Thread Caleb Herbert
Ha, Haiku OS.  You're right!



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Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 8

2017-12-01 Thread Caleb Herbert
I have decided to stay on Trisquel 7 for the following reasons.

  * easy for non-technical users
  * good community
  * FSF uses it
  * My email provider, more reliable than my laptop, uses T6
  * doesn't use a different, misleading definition of "free"
  * doesn't talk about how you can add nonfree software

About other distros --

Parabola

  * requires unnecessary work from non-technical users
  * worse community: no forum, and some developers left to make
Hyperbola
  * 64-bit only (I have an X60)
  * sometimes a free package will be removed because they're too
lazy to make a free version of its plugin repository, and
your-freedom won't let me add it back
  * they remove free software for other tiny reasons that could just
be corrected instead of removing the whole frickin package

Debian

  * they include Chromium-derived code, which is spyware, and might
not be fully free (Chromium-derived code is being used in LOTS
of programs, BTW, so it's hard to avoid)
  * they neuter Emacs because of the stupid FDL disagreement
  * they always talk about how to install nonfree software
  * their Firefox browser is loaded with ads, asks you about
installing DRM, and has Pocket, a free interface that runs a
nonfree JavaScript program inside itself, and a service I just
don't want
  * the community sucks, because they are always eager to suggest
Skype to you or help you install it, and I don't want to put new
users in that position
  * it uses a different definition of 'free', so I can't always
trust them to be compliant with what GNU considers free

gNewSense

  * small/no community

GuixSD

  * no GUI installer
  * disk encryption is harder than on Parabola
  * Missing packages: I can't reproduce my workflow on it yet

Gentoo

  * community not focused on free software
  * nonfree software can sometimes slip through the license
screening
  * compiling stuff stresses my old hardware
  * Chromium code
  * Ad-ridden Firefox

Fedora

  * nonfree kernel
  * Chromium code
  * community not focused on free software
  * their Firefox probably has Pocket and other junk

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Starting T7 GNOME Shell

2017-12-01 Thread Caleb Herbert
Attached as dfoutput.txt.  Not much was freed, even after 

guix gc

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Script started on Fri 01 Dec 2017 08:38:50 AM CST
cal@leela:~$ df
Filesystem1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev1876660 4   1876656   1% /dev
tmpfs378320  2176376144   1% /run
/dev/sda1  19091584  16873220   1225496  94% /
none  4 0 4   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
none   5120 0  5120   0% /run/lock
none1891584   404   1891180   1% /run/shm
none 10240048102352   1% /run/user
/dev/mapper/trisquel--vg-home 131044848 104450336  26594512  80% /home
/dev/loop185120 85120 0 100% /snap/core/3247
/dev/loop085760 85760 0 100% /snap/core/3440
/dev/loop2   131968131968 0 100% 
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/25
/dev/loop315360 15360 0 100% /snap/peek/601
/dev/loop4   131200131200 0 100% 
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/21
/dev/loop556704 56704 0 100% /snap/peek/257
/dev/loop6   132480132480 0 100% 
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/27
cal@leela:~$ 
cal@leela:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev   1.8G  4.0K  1.8G   1% /dev
tmpfs  370M  2.2M  368M   1% /run
/dev/sda1   19G   17G  1.2G  94% /
none   4.0K 0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
none   5.0M 0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
none   1.9G  404K  1.9G   1% /run/shm
none   100M   48K  100M   1% /run/user
/dev/mapper/trisquel--vg-home  125G  100G   26G  80% /home
/dev/loop1  84M   84M 0 100% /snap/core/3247
/dev/loop0  84M   84M 0 100% /snap/core/3440
/dev/loop2 129M  129M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/25
/dev/loop3  15M   15M 0 100% /snap/peek/601
/dev/loop4 129M  129M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/21
/dev/loop5  56M   56M 0 100% /snap/peek/257
/dev/loop6 130M  130M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/27
cal@leela:~$ guix gc
finding garbage collector roots...
deleting garbage...
deleting `/gnu/store/kcjqyn52w9ynk5ifmj0sxm72vhpj8pqw-glade-3.20.1'
deleting `/gnu/store/kyl4hw5347b1yq80n0ydh8vlbyph8aj1-gjs-1.48.6'
deleting `/gnu/store/b4ha0azsz28g53cfc2zyww77w4a5nj9z-gtk+-3.22.21'
deleting `/gnu/store/kh4jh6b36yffp44mbc1j1p8mf7lnffpz-feh-2.22.2'
deleting `/gnu/store/c3pi750qfpn2wmimzflcvm24rckb7b0k-terminology-1.1.1'
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deleting `/gnu/store/3rhfbxl4hgwb576p6nkx2xnpmfy0pd9l-openal-1.17.2'
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`/gnu/store/v64dw0wzw1lfb1bgb6zvyk60n7q4l9pi-libXfont2-2.0.1.tar.xz.drv'
deleting 
`/gnu/store/9f2a63vg4f42k6ijnqm3x902wlhw3jjy-libxfont-CVE-2017-13720.patch'
deleting `/gnu/store/hrjlladngnxs7l5l6jd1kjn7hhaz37sj-guile-2.0.14-debug'
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`/gnu/store/7x2drw405w5rkphvg1vzhdy48fx26wx3-ghostscript-with-cups-9.21'
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Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts about fully free computers

2017-12-01 Thread Caleb Herbert
It's easy to find a working X60/X200 in the garbage, flash it with
Libreboot, and use it.  For most things, they work.  I play Minetest and
watch movies in Kodi without issues.

My only problem is VMs, and this has made it hard if not impossible to
work on Trisquel 8.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Vim vs Emacs

2017-12-01 Thread Caleb Herbert
Gnus locks up my environment.  Why do you like it?


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Re: [Trisquel-users] little css snippet to make the trisquel forum somewhat responsive

2017-12-04 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Mon, 2017-12-04 at 13:28 +0100, da...@sognus.com wrote:
> I'll look further into it, although with the plan to migrate to a better  
> solution for the website & forum (which should take care of all these issues) 
>  

Will it still be a mailing list?  I love mailing lists!  I never have to
log in and go through the interface!

Will you use Markdown instead of the wiki syntax, which isn't even
complete/compliant wiki syntax?  (The code tag isn't usable
mid-sentence, for example, even though that's how it's used on wikis.)


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