Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap
On 11/26/2019 01:15 AM, xliang9...@live.cn wrote: > Then what about gnome-software? I see that gnome-software has least > issues to fix. Just disable snap integration I need to use Flatpak for Polari and Gajim. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap
On 11/26/2019 02:04 AM, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: > (1) It is a buggy piece of crap. On every distro I have tried it on > (Trisquel, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora), I have run into serious problems. It works just fine on Fedora 31. Just Start Typing! > (2) It prioritizes being fancy and Apple-like over being useful. From > the "Let's go shopping" message on startup (Trisquel users are not > "shopping" for products, but are installing free software from their > distro's repository) to the App-Store-like organization of information, > gnome-software treats its users like customers to be sold to. Marketing is a powerful thing. We need more of it for free/libre software. A nice, shiny GNOME desktop entices users and gets them thinking about free software. A foreign, technical-looking i3 rice makes people reassert that GNU+Linux is not for them, it's for nerds. Video: Why I don’t Use GNOME but Everyone Else Should, a keynote by Bradley M. Kuhn at GUADEC 2016 https://invidio.us/watch?v=eTIH-vgJTsw <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap
On 11/26/2019 11:12 PM, xliang9...@live.cn wrote: > the term "market" is tightly associated with capitalism, which is > inherently incompatible with freedom/liberation. This is but an opinion. > We once succeeded in > Soviet Union (1922~1953) and China (1949~1976), and we shall win again. China and the Soviet Union are/were at least just as surveilled and oppressed as we are today in the U.S. If you want to give a good example of communism, use Burkina Faso or the kibbutzim in the land of Israel. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] best player
What? VLC is free/libre/swatantra software. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] xmpp client recommendations
Could someone port Gajim to ncurses? <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap
On 11/27/2019 12:19 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > And, it is all completely unrelated to the Trisquel operating system, > and, to the topic of the thread. Indeed. It was perhaps unwise of me to humor Mr. Liang. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] My experience using Trisquel so far
On 10/29/2019 07:55 PM, commodore...@gmail.com wrote: > Reminds me of this short made in the 90's on an Amiga. > https://invidio.us/watch?v=Sj9Lxu-pO6g Wow, that's really impressive! Thanks for sharing this. <>
[Trisquel-users] youtube-dl
How do I keep youtube-dl up to date? I need to download a channel for offline viewing.. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT 816-892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] mind map software absent from the repo
I miss freemind. Is its fork active? <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Why does Trisquel take to much time to release a new version?
On 12/18/2019 01:16 AM, detlef-j...@gmx.de wrote: > [I ask for your understanding for a perhaps bad English - this is a > machine translation from German] I hope you're not using Google Translate. It is a proprietary web program. Please use Apertium or learn the language you insist on using. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why does Trisquel take to much time to release a new version?
On 12/19/2019 12:03 PM, svh...@gmail.com wrote: > DO you know a free software translator to install > on your computer? One which does not send your > text to a server for translation? apt install apertium <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot install python-pip, python-typing
On 12/23/2019 12:53 AM, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: > Everything in > Debian's main repository (including pip) is under a free license. Since Pip is used to install proprietary software, it's odd that Debian has not put Pip into contrib. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser 72.0.1 won't load after update.
Palemoon is proprietary.
Re: [Trisquel-users] LibreOffice Alternative
On 2/25/20 4:50 AM, vas19...@ya.ru wrote: > Do you replace smartphone with something else? > I can't imagine my life without a smartphone. People lived excellent lives in the modern world without them, just a decade or so ago. We have a guide on LibrePlanet wiki on how to navigate back to that type of life, but in style, and with fewer drawbacks than when it was common to not have a mobile phone. https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Going_NoPhone -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Touchpad sensitiviy on Trisquel 9
On 3/1/20 4:55 PM, Robert Andrew wrote: > Does anyone have similar experience of oversensitive touchpad settings with > T9? Cursor speed has been increased regardless of input device. It feels like I am using Fedora. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] I have to use non free software. Would that make Trisquel redundant?
On 3/4/20 5:43 AM, mang...@mail.com wrote: > Do you think that its redundant to use Trisquel as my main desktop OS > and install non free software on it? Should I just have separate > laptops, one exclusively free and another non free out of necessity? I think this was asked just a few days ago. The answer is NO. When using Trisquel, you have to make a deliberate decision to install the software. The OS will not offer it to you. Polluting a free system is much better than using a proprietary system with even more proprietary packages installed. I once thought of getting a cheapo laptop with Windows 10 on it for "development purposes", to help build up-to-date Windows packages for free programs, and to curate a free software userspace for Windows that I could recommend to people and easily transfer over to Trisquel. Ultimately, I decided against it, because I realized small things in Windows might creep into my life and I would slowly find myself using Windows more and more. If possible, create another user account for the proprietary software, and only install it for that user. Do not install it across the system. This way, you have to step out of your normal desktop to use the software, and return back as soon as possible. Also, it has no access to your home directory. I am sorry you are in such a horrible situation, that would cause you to ask a question like this. What features are you missing? -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
[Trisquel-users] IceCat Addons for Abrowser
How can I get a list of all the addons that come with IceCat, so that I can install them in Abrowser? I often come across folded/hidden text in Reddit threads and have to open the link in Firefox (my browser for proprietary stuff) to see it. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] I have to use non free software. Would that make Trisquel redundant?
On 3/5/20 2:49 AM, beh...@protonmail.com wrote: > If you have any craptops laying around in your home, that no one is > using, my recommendation would be to install a version of GNU/Linux like > Manjaro. It will have non-free drivers, and also non-free applications. Manjaro sucks. Why not use something more standard like an official flavor of Ubuntu, or regular Arch? -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] ubuntu-gnome-desktop
On 2/2/20 1:37 AM, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: >> Trisquel's default setting really mess up GNOME. > > Can you be more specific? I can't describe everything. I haven't looked at everything. But window decorations show up small. I'd really just like everything to be set to stock GNOME defaults from upstream, no tampering. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
[Trisquel-users] ubuntu-gnome-desktop
What's going on here? cal@bender:~$ sudo apt install ubuntu-gnome-desktop [sudo] password for cal: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: ubuntu-gnome-desktop : Depends: ubuntu-drivers-common but it is not installable Recommends: app-install-data-partner but it is not installable Recommends: apport-gtk but it is not going to be installed Recommends: brltty but it is not going to be installed Recommends: deja-dup-backend-cloudfiles but it is not going to be installed Recommends: deja-dup-backend-s3 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: empathy but it is not going to be installed Recommends: evolution but it is not going to be installed Recommends: fwupd Recommends: fwupdate but it is not installable Recommends: fwupdate-signed but it is not installable Recommends: gnome-accessibility-profiles but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gnome-calendar but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gnome-getting-started-docs but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gnome-maps but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gnome-music but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gnome-photos but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gnome-software but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gnome-weather but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gvfs-fuse but it is not going to be installed Recommends: kerneloops-daemon but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libproxy1-plugin-gsettings but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libreoffice-ogltrans but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libwmf0.2-7-gtk but it is not going to be installed Recommends: mcp-account-manager-goa but it is not going to be installed Recommends: nautilus-share but it is not going to be installed Recommends: numix-gtk-theme but it is not going to be installed Recommends: plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-logo but it is not going to be installed Recommends: plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-text but it is not going to be installed Recommends: policykit-desktop-privileges but it is not going to be installed Recommends: printer-driver-brlaser but it is not going to be installed Recommends: printer-driver-c2esp but it is not going to be installed Recommends: printer-driver-ptouch but it is not going to be installed Recommends: printer-driver-sag-gdi but it is not going to be installed Recommends: rhythmbox-plugin-magnatune but it is not going to be installed Recommends: snapd but it is not installable Recommends: telepathy-idle but it is not going to be installed Recommends: ubuntu-gnome-wallpapers but it is not going to be installed Recommends: whoopsie but it is not going to be installed Recommends: xul-ext-ubufox but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] ubuntu-gnome-desktop
Can this package be fixed so that it installs? Trisquel's default setting really mess up GNOME. On 2/2/20 1:16 AM, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: >> ubuntu-gnome-desktop : Depends: ubuntu-drivers-common but it is not > installable > > Trisquel does not package ubuntu-drivers-common.[1] > > [1] > https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/ubuntu-purge/blob/master/purge-xenial#L125 > -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] ubuntu-gnome-desktop
On 2/2/20 6:38 AM, enduz...@riseup.net wrote: > Installing package 'gnome' yields this. This is Trisquel 9. I can't see the picture. When will the forum software put images as attachments in the mailing list? -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : ubuntu-gnome-desktop
Thanks!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Tutorials for switching from Windows 7
On 1/30/20 8:51 AM, xliang9...@live.cn wrote: > With this step done, then former Losedows users should re-install a copy > of Losedows 8.1/10 and learn to use it with mostly free/libre software. The issue of installing Windows aside, this will greatly decrease the amount of software available. That said, I purposely choose packages that can be run on Windows. Firefox Tor Browser Thunderbird Gajim HexChat qTox Mumble KeePassXC Telegram Desktop LibreOffice CHIRP -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
[Trisquel-users] Pip, HexChat Addons
I know the pip repo contains proprietary software, but why did you just rip it out instead of making a free repo? I want to easily upload images with HexChat, and found the Teknik plugin on GitHub, but the instructions say to use pip to install this free software... which I cannot do. https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat-addons/tree/master/python/teknik Why do you make it so hard to install free software? I just want to Ctrl+V my images into the message composition field and see an image host link insert itself. Polari has this feature, but HexChat is something I can use and recommend to everyone. Polari is not. For the sake of new users, I stick with HexChat. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Pip, HexChat Addons
On 2/18/20 12:45 PM, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: >> I know the pip repo contains proprietary software, but why did you just >> rip it out instead of making a free repo? > > Why don't you create a free pip repo? Is it because it would take time > and effort to learn how to do so and then do it? If so, there's your > answer. I actually looked into doing this a while back. It is > possible, but non-trivial. I decided to put it on the back burner and > focus on Trisquel 9. Lately I've been cutting back on the number of > hours I spend on Trisquel in general, and I think I might stop > contributing to Trisquel entirely and use my unpaid free time to work on > other projects, so unless someone else volunteers to create a free pip > repo I wouldn't count on it happening any time soon. Sorry. :-( -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser 72.0.1 won't load after update.
Proprietary.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser refusing to launch after a recent system upgrade
On 2/9/20 4:47 AM, liberp...@posteo.net wrote:
> chaosmonk suggested trying to set
> "network.captive-portal-service.enabled" to false in your
> ~/.mozilla/abrowser/[your profile]/{prefs.js,user.js} properties file.
Yes, this worked for me. I got all my bookmarks back! (Thank goodness,
because I have years worth of detailed bookmarks in my Firefox profile.
I can find anything in there.)
--
Caleb Herbert
KE0VVT
(816) 892-9669
https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Touch-pad doesn't work after resuming from hibernation.
On 2/9/20 9:23 AM, enduz...@riseup.net wrote: > It's all free software (libdvd-pkg is a script). In certain countries, > it's illegal to break digital handcuffs, artificial restrictions, even > for the sake of freedom. I will just listen to some Judas Priest while I do it. https://invidio.us/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Graphical ISO available for testing
On 2/16/20 2:07 AM, edwardtf...@protonmail.com wrote: > Trisquel GNU/Linux 9.0 [the name of PC] tty1 Your hostname is sensitive information? Perhaps you should have chosen a better hostname. It is usually broadcasted on whatever network you are connected to. Hostnames are intended to be known and seen by others. cal@bender -- Caleb Herbert cal@bender.local (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
[Trisquel-users] sdr-console
I was told sdr-console is free/libre software and available for Ubuntu, so I thought I would try finding and installing it on Trisquel 8 (Ubuntu 16.04 Long Term Support). I tried to find it online. Looking at what seems to be its website, it is only available to download through Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and Dropbox. Neither of these disservices allow me to download the file without getting into the JavaScript Trap. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html Maybe someone knows how I can get ahold of this program in the usual fashion, whether through a PPA, Flatpak, or source code archive. https://www.sdr-radio.com/download -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] I messed up trying to install Brave Browser, and now can't get any system updates
On 1/11/20 9:52 AM, xliang9...@live.cn wrote: > Chromium is still in Debian's main repository. Maybe Debian's guidelines > are looser than FSF's. They are.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I messed up trying to install Brave Browser, and now can't get any system updates
On 1/11/20 8:20 AM, Ignacio Agulló wrote: > I am also interested in Brave. Wikipedia says it is licensed under > the Mozilla Public License, which I understand qualifies as a Libre > Software License. Why do you say Brave is proprietary? Maybe I rejected it because it is based on Chromium and had not bothered to check its license since it's already disqualified as free. Chromium is banned from many FSDG distros.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I messed up trying to install Brave Browser, and now can't get any system updates
On 1/11/20 3:15 AM, luk...@protonmail.com wrote: > I was attempting to install Brave Browser on Trisquel using the first > set of instructions found here: Brave is proprietary. Though you as a free individual can install Microsoft Edge on Trisquel, it would be irresponsible of us and against the project rules to show you how to do it. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to make to able wifi?
Ethernet is simple and efficient and always works on Trisquel. I always keep a Wi-Fi dongle stashed somewhere that I know works with free operating systems. It works. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Plasma Lacks Window Decorations
On 1/12/20 5:19 PM, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: >> I installed Plasma yesterday. All windows lack window decorations. > > I'm less familiar with Qt environments than Gtk environments, but it > sounds like you might be missing at least one package which should have > been installed along with the rest of the desktop environment. What is > the exact name of the package you installed? plasma-desktop plasma-nm dolphin sddm kde-spectacle > Can you move windows around if you hold Alt or Super and click/drag any > part of the window? If so, then you are probably just missing whatever > provides window decorations. No. > If not (and I suspect not, since you can't > even bring windows to the foreground), then you might not have a window > manager running at all. I think that Plasma's window manager is called > Kwin. What happens if you open a terminal and run > > $ kwin Yeah, this was the issue. Someone on IRC (joepublic) told me KWin might be missing. Everything worked fine after I installed kwin and rebooted my laptop. sudo apt install kwin-x11 To the folks on the mailing list: Pardon the strange "code" tags. I try to make my posts look decent for the forum users. <> signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Graphical ISO available for testing
On 1/14/20 6:00 PM, 985b07e1-d17e-4254-93a2-fb084a765...@anonaddy.me wrote: > I2P Browser is another firefox based browser Wow, I didn't know I2P had their own browser now, too. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] LibreOffice Alternative
On 1/18/20 5:48 PM, beh...@protonmail.com wrote: > Alternatively does anyone know how to make LibreOffice more compatible > where the receiving end is Microsoft Word? LibreOffice follows the DOCX definition more strictly than Word does, ironically. Microsoft diverges from its own standard on purpose. <>
[Trisquel-users] Cannot install Keyman
I'm trying to install Keyman from the directions on their website. https://keyman.com/linux/ cal@bender:~$ sudo apt install keyman onboard [sudo] password for cal: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: keyman : Depends: python3-keyman-config but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. cal@bender:~$ <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Graphical ISO available for testing
A Triskel ISO? Wow. Triskel is Trisquel with KDE Plasma. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] empty waste basket securely
If your hard drive is an SSD, there is no way to securely overwrite and delete the file. The only solution is to take a sledge hammer to it. If your hard drive is an old fashioned HDD, these 'secure delete' programs should work. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] LibreOffice Alternative
I really don't know what to say with regards to using OOXML for work, when I have to run a lot of proprietary JavaScript just to find and apply for a job. We're doomed. <>
[Trisquel-users] usrmerge
What's the point of this package? usrmerge/flidas,flidas 9 all Convert the system to everything-in-usr <>
[Trisquel-users] Plasma Lacks Window Decorations
I installed Plasma yesterday. All windows lack window decorations. I cannot move windows around or bring a window to the foreground. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] What the best environment on Trisquel for professional graphic designers?
I'm on the mailing list. I cannot see the artwork. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] What the best environment on Trisquel for professional graphic designers?
On 12/31/2019 01:33 AM, xliang9...@live.cn wrote: > Krita and Gimp are raster image editors, whereas Inkscape is a vector > image editor. So you expect to use Inkscape in such a way in which you > use a raster image editor? I don't expect Inkscape to work the same. I know fully well that it is designed to handle completely different types of images. That said, from a user's point of view, Inkscape is completely unintuitive for me. Krita and the GIMP make more sense. <> signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] What the best environment on Trisquel for professional graphic designers?
I have an X200 tablet with Trisquel and MATE. I can draw on it, and I've wanted to get into drawing with Krita, but I suck at it. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] What the best environment on Trisquel for professional graphic designers?
On 12/24/2019 06:48 AM, softwden...@disroot.org wrote: > Krita seems to be interesting. Some moderately popular furry artists use Krita for their work. I should make a collection of who uses it, so I can showcase it. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] What the best environment on Trisquel for professional graphic designers?
On 12/30/2019 10:01 AM, softwden...@disroot.org wrote: > GIMP and Krita suck (IMO). Personally, they totally seem not to match my > intuition. Inkscape matched my intuition. Odd. I can easily use Krita and Gimp, but I can't draw anything with Inkscape. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT 816-892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Beta - Cannot Install Gnome Desktop
On 01/05/2020 06:01 PM, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: > However, other packages may depend on > ubuntu-wallpapers too, in which case it would be more efficient to edit > trisquel-wallpaper's control file[2] and add "Provides: > ubuntu-wallpapers". This would make it so that any package which depend > on ubuntu-wallpapers will accept trisquel-wallpapers as fulfilling the > dependency. That's awesome. I thought dependency on trisquel-wallpapers would have to be substituted and hard-coded EVERYWHERE. O_O <>
[Trisquel-users] Polari
I installed Polari (Nightly) from GNOME's Flatpak repository. Every time I start Polari, Remote Desktop Viewer comes up. Very odd. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel & OpenVPN Not Getting Along
On 01/05/2020 01:33 AM, beh...@protonmail.com wrote: > I am not a part of the Trisquel dev team, so I do not know why that old > kernel is being used. Because LTS. <>
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Beta - Multiple Monitor Support Seems to Be broken In Default Desktop
Like the panel stretches all the way across all three monitors? Eek. <>
[Trisquel-users] Spam
How do I report spam from forum PM? I use mailing list. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
[Trisquel-users] Syncplay
Cannot build Syncplay. Trisquel version of twisted too old. https://syncplay.pl/guide/install/ -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Syncplay
On 4/13/20 5:56 PM, lc...@dcc.ufmg.br wrote: > You can try to install Trisquel 9 Etiona first: > http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso-etiona/iso/ I cannot re-install right now. I am still saving up for more disks. > Only installing some Ubuntu 18.04 on top of Trisquel 8 would not let you > reach your goal, because "python3-twisted" depends on > "python3-twisted-bin", which depends on the version 3.6 of Python. Huh? -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Accessing workspaces
On 3/26/20 4:45 PM, jaisgoss...@gmail.com wrote: > How does one access workspaces on the Trisquel desktop? Ctrl+Alt+Right -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Folding for COVID using Trisquel
On 3/26/20 12:47 PM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote: > Had to share: > https://www.reddit.com/r/Folding/comments/fpdy3o/fold_with_100_free_software/ > > > :-) I thought Folding@Home was proprietary. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] VRMS
On 3/26/20 6:18 PM, william.lauritz...@bigpond.com wrote: > G'day Trisquel Forums. > > I have noticed that VRMS (Virtual Richard Stallman) is missing from the > Trisquel repository and would like it to be added in. It's removed because it is misleading and not useful for finding out what is free and what is proprietary. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Folding for COVID using Trisquel
On 3/27/20 8:19 AM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote: > Caleb, thanks for pointing that out: > https://foldingathome.org/faqs/project-details/dont-post-source-code/ You're welcome. I used Folding@Home on m PS3 when I was eleven, and I wanted to use it on my computers when I was idle, but I was disappointed to find out it was proprietary. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I purge orca from my system?
Orca is probably included as part of the trisquel meta-package, so removing it will remove everything else that's part of the system, like Network Manager. If there's an easier solution than manually installing each element the trisquel meta-package one-by-one, besides Orca, please let me know! -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami and Jitsi unreliable for video calls
6.5.2020 10:39, kwoj...@protonmail.com пишет: > Yet another situation, that reminds me of that "Free software is > pathetic" Hitler rant (Downfall parody) :/ Link? -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
[Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
There has been a lot of discussion about which video chat software to use instead of proprietary ones, but that is not the most important question in my mind. The biggest question is: Does it even make sense, as a mere student or other subordinate member of a group, to demand that the whole group change its habits? It seems futile and arrogant, and disrespectful to others. Even when a group does agree to switch to a new platform, the unity is never recovered. There are always outliers who remain on the old medium. This is a problem regardless of software license. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
On 3/21/20 7:32 PM, ewin...@u.rochester.edu wrote: > On the contrary I think it is arrogant to expect students especially to > be *required* to use proprietary software. > > As a teacher, it is really important that learning tools are > *accessible* and that means free and trustworthy. Unfortunately, these ideas are directly related to our political beliefs, which are totally alien to the general population. > Similarly it is really important that we have an alternative to "Zoom" > or "Skype" that doesn't require students to sign up for something or > even necessarily download a software at all (Jitsi for example). Zoom > which my university is using right now limits video conferences of more > than 3 students to 40 minutes or less unless you pay them. My class had three teachers and eight students and lasted for three hours on Zoom. > I don't understand why people go to great lengths to respect moral > concerns about religion, eating meat, etc but concerns, moral or > otherwise, about software freedom are not taken seriously. It is our pet political issue, like being environmentally friendly. People shrug these things off. > Also no one is demanding anything necessarily. Nonetheless as a > professor or TA running workshops, yes, it makes a lot of sense for me > to demand that the whole group use one platform. I would not use the > word demand, but the whole group absolutely needs to be using the same > platform in order for us to meet online, obviously. In light of that we > should choose the most accessible option possible. "But you can install Zoom on Ubuntu," one might say. To outsiders, we are just weirdos with tinfoil hats. > Also what do you even mean by "the unity is never recovered"? Unity is > needed on a case by case basis. Whenever a group migrates to another medium, there are always people who stay behind. You can never get people to agree on anything. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Firefox with Trisquel
On 3/21/20 10:03 PM, william_laurit...@icloud.com wrote: > What freedom issues am I facing by using these web browsers? Restrictions on redistribution of exact copies (Freedom 2). "Mozilla branded programs such as Firefox and Thunderbird are not free software unless their names are changed. This is due to Mozilla's trademark policy[2] that forbids selling copies of unmodified executables." [1] [1]: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:Windows [2]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/policy/ DRM via Encrypted Media Extensions (Freedom 0). Promoting proprietary software (GNU Free Software Distribution Guidelines: Documentation). -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
On 3/22/20 10:54 AM, ewin...@u.rochester.edu wrote: > A libre version of "Blackboard" where we can post people's grades > securely needs to be developed. Moodle, or a fork of Canvas LMS Community Edition. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
On 3/22/20 2:53 PM, aa...@posteo.net wrote: > The question who does that server really serve is more complicated even > if it is free. What does a student have a right to do with this freedom > other than studying the code and recommending changes? Canvas does not replace any applications one would normally run on their own workstation. It is a pure service, not a software substitute. The service runs on the organization's computer. Single individuals do not and should not change the whole organization's computing at a whim. However, the JavaScript sent to clients IS the user's concern. It runs on the user's computer and does nontrivial things. The benefit of the server software being free is that, usually, the JavaScript sent to users is (or can easily be) free. So, users can install and modify their own versions of the service's JavaScript, to make it better for themselves. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
On 3/22/20 10:45 AM, ewin...@u.rochester.edu wrote: > I don't see the need to for group cohesion actually. When the need > arises for everyone to meet on one platform, they usually do it and if > they don't that's a pretty good indication they didn't care about the > meeting very much. I care about my meetings very much, which is why I have Zoom installed on Trisquel right now. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
On 3/22/20 6:03 PM, beh...@protonmail.com wrote: > For real you could go to your school/work and claim this as a religion > as long as it is actually filed as a religion in the U.S (assuming where > you're from). The school/work would have no choice but to present you > with an alternative that would suit your freedom-loving religion. The Church of Emacs is not recognized in the U.S. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
On 3/22/20 6:50 PM, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: >>> I know a school that plans on changing ***to Canvas*** from Moodle. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
On 3/22/20 7:22 AM, beh...@protonmail.com wrote: > > Perhaps we need to make a religion out of this. Not even joking, if the > Spaghetti people can have one and Scientology too, why not Librism. I'm > sure someone can think of a better name. There is already the Emacsites who belong to the Church of Emacs. Using a free version of vi is permitted. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Group Cohesion
On 3/22/20 2:53 PM, aa...@posteo.net wrote: > I know a school that plans on changing to Canvas from Moodle. Please get involved with this IMMEDIATELY. The commercially-supported version which schools use is NOT under a free license, as the Community Edition is. Please convince them to use the Community Edition! Even then, the Community Edition may need some tweaks, like not demanding that users have Flash installed. Perhaps that has changed in the years since I used it. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Best file system for storing devices to be used with Trisquel Flidas
Yes, ext4 for hard disks and ext2 for flash. And usually encrypted. For cross-platform unencrypted storage, I would like to avoid exFAT or NTFS. I have been thinking of using UDF, Universal Disk Format. It preserves all the features in a Unix file system, but is usable by Windows and macOS. I plan to use this for public files, such as movies and music. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition
On 8.8.2020 6:30, beh...@protonmail.com wrote: > LOL I'm the type of person that tapes mine up, totally not a deal breaker. I'm the type of person that carries a point-and-shoot in my pocket each and every day. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] text-based browsers versus Icecat/Abrowser
On 12.8.2020 15:44, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: > In LibreWolf with JS blocked via NoScript, What’s LibreWolf? -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
[Trisquel-users] Enigmail: Cannot import key
I am having much trouble importing this guy's key. https://thomasholbrook.com/contact-me/ > > Enigmail Decrypted message; Unverified signature; click on the 'Import Key' > button to import the key Import Key > The attachment '0x32F71C3A0AE464DB.asc' you are opening appears to be an > OpenPGP key file. > > Click 'Import' to import the keys contained or 'View' to view the file > contents in a browser window Import > We could not find any key matching the specified search criteria. cal@bender:~$ echo "-BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- > > mDMEXve8hxYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAW56rSx0PCXjnmEnBdJsPW7pYJVp2TH2MmYok > jGoHePe0LlRob21hcyBIb2xicm9vayBJSSA8dGhvbWFzQHRob21hc2hvbGJyb29r > LmNvbT6IlgQTFggAPhYhBH437QLcZwLpivbcKzL3HDoK5GTbBQJe97yHAhsDBQkJ > ZgGABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEDL3HDoK5GTbB08A/iNpTG0o > E9z8OOpRKS6LxImq9zCDyxochaxg1LzYL6pKAQCcLJOyZLf7YVyKaPjB8cDlZKjY > xGM6w1I5uHtwQ/KJD7g4BF73vIcSCisGAQQBl1UBBQEBB0CGxw0wsFwUTbLC9mDr > /xojtYClzzxZZIV/dYU0NwsfeAMBCAeIfgQYFggAJhYhBH437QLcZwLpivbcKzL3 > HDoK5GTbBQJe97yHAhsMBQkJZgGAAAoJEDL3HDoK5GTbGEIA/0CxUhCal0+pt3gs > sTaChTxtzOVL8CtW/r2jfLGZk9/cAP9GLSQ/pEZ+X6HgzOXOFn2Q2X/d3pRqwRH/ > JYm2l47iCQ== > =svG7 > -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-" | gpg --import gpg: key 0AE464DB: no valid user IDs gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: w/o user IDs: 1 cal@bender:~$ -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] [Bug] Menuy
On 13.6.2020 17:41, x.wokl...@gmail.com wrote: > Trisquel 8.0 > MATE Desktop > > I found a bug: > 1) Left-click on your dropdown menu > 2) Expand some category (i.e. Games) > 3) Right-click on some item on this category > 4) Right-click on the dropdown menu again. > > And you're done. Whole menu bar is stucked. > > Could not reproduce. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] How about including 'Guest Login' session for Trisquel GNU/Linux 9.0?
Indeed.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Graphical ISO available for testing
On 21.6.2020 7:49, t.schie...@startmail.com wrote: > trisquel is dead Trisquel 7 BELANOS forever!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Etiona
It's beautiful! -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
[Trisquel-users] Optimizing Trisquel for Offline Computing
EndlessOS is designed to provide a good offline computing experience. What could be done to implement something similar on Trisquel? I'd like some things to update when internet is available, but for everything to generally work in offline mode, and for a good library of general information available on the computer's disk. Dictionary, encyclopedia, music, videos, etc.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Optimizing Trisquel for Offline Computing
On 24.7.2020 15:30, dh...@fastmail.com wrote: > That is changing: > https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/new_womens_prison_to_let_inmates_cook_use_internet/10954869 > That's great news, but I'd like to stay on topic. But really, I'd like some tips on turning everything on Trisquel into "offilne mode" and making certain things work without internet, like MATE Dictionary. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Optimizing Trisquel for Offline Computing
Thanks.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Optimizing Trisquel for Offline Computing
I just don't have internet. Not a prison or anything. O_O -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Optimizing Trisquel for Offline Computing
On 23.7.2020 12:24, enduz...@riseup.net wrote: > In Cuba, they use "paquetes semanales", that is, sneakernet. File > sharing on USB storage. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paquete_Semanal Yes, I was thinking of something like that. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Optimizing Trisquel for Offline Computing
Thanks. -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT (816) 892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh
