Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread dadix
1. The first time when you have happened this you should clear the cache memory and the all history (from the beginning and all cookies) for your internet browser. 2. You may remove and reinstall again the browser to see if the errors are there.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Midori now supports managing JavaScript execution policy per site

2013-08-16 Thread dadix
cool

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) released.

2013-08-16 Thread holger . beetz
Thanks for replying ! I will not quote since the forum screws up any quotation (= hiding them by default). Unfortunately I do not remember the exact names of the maps I tried. Some were original Xonotic, some from Nexuiz I guess and some of yours. The idea to add more realism is cool.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel free, but based on Ubutu ??

2013-08-16 Thread magicbanana
Oh, I now see the Show All button. gNewSense and Parabola are indeed recommendable even if less recommendable than Trisquel for the reasons you give. Now, with the Show All, I see that openSUSE is listed! Not only this distribution is full of proprietary software (the Non-OSS repository is

[Trisquel-users] Re : Can't Install/Boot Trisquel

2013-08-16 Thread magicbanana
Well, that is weird. Adding acpi=off to the variable GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX should add this option when booting a Linux kernel. This is what you told us you manually do to get the kernel booting.

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread tegskywalker
If its a vulnerability in Abrowser that is fixed in a newer version, then we have a problem. Generally when a new Firefox comes out, it takes weeks for Ruben to clean the browser and release the changed Firefox version as Abrowser. What he needs to understand is that a web browser is the

Re: [Trisquel-users] A libre Courier font saved my rush

2013-08-16 Thread tegskywalker
Yup, and it was released this year so many people could have missed it if they weren't seeking a quality Courier alternative in the past. Especially under a free license so I can embed in PDFs. I'm very thankful as well for this font since the guidelines for scripts usually state must be

[Trisquel-users] Re : TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread magicbanana
So we have GNUser that pretends that Trisquel has been compromised because of a weird behavior when he browses the Web (I would bet on a misbehaving add-on or conjunction of add-ons) and t3g that claims, from those vague symptoms, that this is due to a vulnerability of Firefox 22 that was

[Trisquel-users] Libre Guitar Tuner

2013-08-16 Thread atilio . baroni
A favor from the musicians in the community, could you recommend a good libre guitar tuner? :) Thanks a lot!

[Trisquel-users] Re : TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread mtlben
+1 MagicBanana jxself. Let's be careful and not jump to conclusions when weird things happen on our computers. A few months ago I experienced some very weird behaviors in my browser. Turns out it was a user script that I had installed (and forgotten about) that was misbehaving.

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread icarolongo
Why one GNUuser uses Hotmail?

[Trisquel-users] How to set compose key.

2013-08-16 Thread ewlabonte
The normal gnome 3 method doesn't seem to work or I can't seem to follow the directions I find on the internet because the related configuration tools don't correspond.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to set compose key.

2013-08-16 Thread ewlabonte
To be more specific, there is not compose key setting in the System Settings Layout Settings window.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre Guitar Tuner

2013-08-16 Thread moranmorales
I haven't played guitar in a while, so thanks for reminding me! I did a search and found this: 6 Essential Free Linux Guitar Tools. I hope it helps. All of those packages are available in Trisquel's application installer, so you should be set with just a few clicks.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't Install/Boot Trisquel

2013-08-16 Thread ken
Went back and checked to make sure it was there, and it was. Still can't get into Trisquel without hitting e and manually adding acpi=off to the second-to-last line provided. Still can't get the kernel to update either. Everything connected to 3.10.7 is installed in synaptic (but there's

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) released.

2013-08-16 Thread zatroch
Definitely going to give a shot this MOD. So generous of you to share with us! (=

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to set compose key.

2013-08-16 Thread mikko . viinamaki
To be more specific, there is not compose key setting in the System Settings Keyboard Layout Settings window. Dig deeper. Go there and then the layouts tab options.

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
No problem man =) I wanted to let people know so they could check if their systems were also acting in unusual ways. And of course, since you are going to connect to the internet, you should be careful with your security (activate firewall, disable ssh if you don't need it, etc). As for

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is adding or subtracting easier?

2013-08-16 Thread mikko . viinamaki
I think this is a really good question. In the future the amount of stuff to remove probably grows. On the other hand there are the 40,000 deb packages in the repos and the wonderful package management system in place.

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
Hey there, no problem man =) Just wanted to let people know that there was a possibility of something going on. That's the weird thing, I was using Noscript and https everywhere too! But at the point I noticed that strange behavior, I also noticed that https everywhere seemed to be only in

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
1. I already had my browser set to never remember history. So, no cookies, no nothing... And I use Bleachbit regularly to clean cache and all of that. So... I don't think it was a matter of that. I am not saying it couldn't have been, but given the circumstances I don't think it was that. 2.

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
@t3g: yes, exactly! Even the Tor team decided to use firefox esr to be able to keep up to date with the security issues, and even they have some trouble to deliver solutions on time (even if they do an amazing job, which I admire the most!). I wonder, what is the difference between Abrowser

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is adding or subtracting easier?

2013-08-16 Thread lloyd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hopefully, one day, Debian will be fully free and fsf-endorsed. They're pretty close now, imo. Then this will be moot. I wonder what that would mean for Trisquel. There would still be a demand, I think, for something that is based on Ubuntu

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
Look Banana, I am not pretending. As I have stated before, I am user who knows that if your browser one day starts turning https connections into http connections by itself, something is not right. Is it an attack? Is it a bug? Is it a addon malfunctioning? I don't know. BUT it makes you

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
You realise that your comment was like... TOTALLY OFF TOPIC?? Honestly, I am starting to think that people don't care about security... -.- You don't care about Abrowser droping secure connections without alerting you, you care about why I use hotmail??? -.- Well, to satisfy your curiosity

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is adding or subtracting easier?

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
I think there will always be room for every distro, because each person wants a different thing, and so, each distro will still call its own group of users. BUT, I agree, adding things to Dragora would probably be the right choice. I still would love to have a GNU distro that had like main

[Trisquel-users] paging Igor

2013-08-16 Thread adel . afzal
Hi Igor Could you private-message Adfeno or I, when you have the chance. The contact info we had for you doesn't seem to work now. We were thinking of posting the new user guide online, so that others can contribute if they like. We figure that you would be cool with it because it's the

[Trisquel-users] Re : TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread magicbanana
If any Trisquel user facing a malfunction she cannot explain would write in capital letters that Trisquel might have been compromised, then the forum would be full of such messages. If, every other user could simply state, without any justification, that this is due to a vulnerability in the

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
If any Trisquel user facing a malfunction she cannot explain would write in capital letters that Trisquel might have been compromised, then the forum would be full of such messages. If, every other user could simply state, without any justification, that this is due to a vulnerability in the

[Trisquel-users] Re : TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread magicbanana
First of all, you neither come here for advice nor to ask questions. You came here to write a post entitled TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED. Now, I really have to thank you to show me that vulnerabilities exist. I did not know that. I am also very happy to know that pointing to this

[Trisquel-users] Re : TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread magicbanana
*You* believe a system needs to be compromised for SSL stripping and *you* send me to do some reading on REAL WORLD examples of how security is broken. Lol. Since you ask me to do so, let me acknowledge that you asked two real questions at the end of your first post... and they have

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
*You* believe a system needs to be compromised for SSL stripping and *you* send me to do some reading on REAL WORLD examples of how security is broken. Lol. Well, I explained it to you twice, I won't do it again. You can't read plain english, too bad. Go back to school. You are just

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is adding or subtracting easier?

2013-08-16 Thread Andrew R .
On 17/08/13 05:44, lloyd wrote: I wonder what that would mean for Trisquel. There would still be a demand, I think, for something that is based on Ubuntu and updated more frequently than Debian, but imo it would spell doom for gNewSense. Karl Goetz, the former lead gNewSense developer is

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
First of all, thanks for your comment, you really raised some good points! However, I will not be able to answer all your questions, because, like I said, I already reinstalled Trisquel, deleting everything that I had in my HD. I would not have done it if I had another computer available,

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread Benjamin Rochefort
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 2013-08-16 20:34, gnu...@lavabit.com a écrit : The only thing I installed was Linterna Magica So you were using a script after all. I'm ready to bet that Linterna Magica is the culprit. I have already observed that kind of behavior. -BEGIN

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
The link you provided is in french, which I can't read. So, I won't be able to extract any information from there. I am sorry. HOWEVER, I had already tested (using the livecds) if adding the # symbol would cause it. It did not. And to be sure I just tried it right now with Tor Browser, and

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread gnuser
Thanks for the comment. However, read the one I wrote just above yours. It's hard for me to believe linterna magica was the culprit, because that would be like saying linterna magica will always break your https connections :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre Guitar Tuner

2013-08-16 Thread matt . ivie
I tuning fork maybe?

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to set compose key.

2013-08-16 Thread ewlabonte
Thank you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre Guitar Tuner

2013-08-16 Thread nospamhere
It depends on the license of the tuning fork.

[Trisquel-users] Re : TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread magicbanana
In the thread in French, shokin was reporting in his first post that the address of *almost* any page that his browser was loading would have, after 1-2 seconds, a # appended to it. The example he gave was a page accessed through HTTPS. He then added, in this message, that the problem was

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread jason
I am not a chicken little spreading fud! Yes, you are. You started a thread with an alarming subject -- that the distro itself may be compromised. Not that your own personal computer might have been, but the distro itself. That's a far bigger issue and nothing you've stated supports such

Re: [Trisquel-users] TRISQUEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

2013-08-16 Thread Andresmp
i agree with jxself at this point.