[Trisquel-users] Re : How to wipe the flash drive

2014-01-10 Thread magicbanana
GNUser wrote: shred is not secure in EXT3 file system, or any system using journaling for that matter. When erasing normal files (not a whole partition, /dev/sda3 for example), it is true that a copy of the files can be present in the journal. However, and as far as I understand: if the

[Trisquel-users] Novena - The free notebook

2014-01-10 Thread holger . beetz
Interesting, a guy build his own notebook which runs completely on free software: http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page

Re: [Trisquel-users] Novena - The free notebook

2014-01-10 Thread LDrumbler
I think this was posted in the forums before, and it was found to require proprietary software for the Wi-Fi to work. And I'm pretty sure it won't use coreboot.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Novena - The free notebook

2014-01-10 Thread gromobir
@Armworm: Where does this information come from? @topic: I think this is a very good attempt and definitely a step in the right direction. I'm eagerly waiting for the crowdfunding phase, which is going to start between February and March.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to wipe the flash drive

2014-01-10 Thread gnuser
Actually is more a lack of reference. I have read a little about both (homepages of each, forums, wiki, etc) and while founding several references about shred being unsafe in journaling systems, I found none in the nautilus wipe. I am not deying that it might also not be 100% safe, but

Re: [Trisquel-users] Considering Trisquel. I Have Questions

2014-01-10 Thread arielxgbarton
If it is not a laptop, you can replace the wireless card. With laptops it is a lot harder, with desktops it is easy.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Simple guide to make happy a GNU user

2014-01-10 Thread arielxgbarton
Where does it say that the FSF does not recommend shopping malls? I thought they would definitly recommend that as it does not mean identifiying yourself.

Re: [Trisquel-users] BT backdoors

2014-01-10 Thread arielxgbarton
Is this a violation of the GPL? http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/35298/c/346/?s_cid=con_FURL_help_gplcode If you go to the Home Hub 3,4,5 option, the size seems very small, and when you down load it, it does not appear to be the source code for anything, just many lines of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Simple guide to make happy a GNU user

2014-01-10 Thread mikko . viinamaki
My reply about the malls was meant as a joke. You probably have a good point there.

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Novena - The free notebook

2014-01-10 Thread holger . beetz
@Armworm: My bad...please bare with me. Those who have read this information can simply ignore it, can't they ? In the end I do not share the extremism of many people here. Hardware and systems which are only a little bit more free than others are a step in the right direction. A 100% free

Re: [Trisquel-users] Simple guide to make happy a GNU user

2014-01-10 Thread nospamhere
And mind telling me how did Debian hurt the free software world? 1. At boot, Debian displays a message that my network card driver is missing proprietary firmware. Essentially, Debian is ADVERTISING proprietary firmware for my network card. What is so ridiculous about this is my network card

[Trisquel-users] usb modem?

2014-01-10 Thread cmhobbs
I suppose these days modems for phone lines are obsolete. Do any modems exist that function via USB? If so, are there any that work with Trisquel?

Re: [Trisquel-users] usb modem?

2014-01-10 Thread gaming4jc2
TRENDnet makes GNU/Linux friendly modems, I used to have their TFM-560X 56k modem with TU-S9 serial to usb adapter and it worked fine with wvdialconf and then gnome-ppp. I imagine their newer direct usb modems would work fine too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Novena - The free notebook

2014-01-10 Thread gaming4jc2
@Darksoul71: The recently endorsed gluglug x60 is about as close as their is at the moment. It boots free with coreboot, wifi, and they're actively working on VGA. The only nonfree part would be hard drive firmware, which imo is something people should be working on for a large number of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Rebranding libre audio software

2014-01-10 Thread gaming4jc2
Nice work! Could be useful to make a Trisquel Studio fork.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with File Browser

2014-01-10 Thread gaming4jc2
Has this bug been filed? I could not find it anywhere upstream. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=product%3A%22nautilus%22+opening

Re: [Trisquel-users] todo syncing with replicant

2014-01-10 Thread gaming4jc2
The best option currently would likely be OwnCloud: https://owncloud.com/blog/the-android-app-is-here For syncing just music files Rhythmbox should work. For Calendar related functions this GPL program can sync calendar information: http://dmfs.org/caldav/

[Trisquel-users] Can't upload stuff in gobblin.se

2014-01-10 Thread gnuser
I have tried to upload two different videos (both in ogg format) to gobblin.se They make the upload successfuly and the converting process too. But for both I got Copying to public storage failed. {u'keyname': u'thumb'} What ma I doing wrong? The videos are already in a free/open format,

Re: [Trisquel-users] how do I rename pages on the documentaion?

2014-01-10 Thread adel . afzal
Is there a solution for this? What if there were two books in the documentation. One English, and one Spanish. Each documentation page could have a link at the bottom to the corresponding page on the other book. I don't know much about the documentation so this may be a bad idea for a

Re: [Trisquel-users] how do I rename pages on the documentaion?

2014-01-10 Thread adel . afzal
Or link at the top to the corresponding Spanish/English page in the other book. Language link at the top makes more sense.

Re: [Trisquel-users] how do I rename pages on the documentaion?

2014-01-10 Thread adel . afzal
Sorry for the three responses. I just tried that link you mentioned. I see now that it's a problem only on the one page. The other pages seem to work fine in Spanish, French, Italian, Galician, German. Just the one page. Strange.

Re: [Trisquel-users] how do I rename pages on the documentaion?

2014-01-10 Thread antiesnob
Please! Stop replying to yoursefff!! LOL hahaha I'll check those pages but Language Translation Status should be renamed to Language Translation Status Concepts due to it does not provides information on how is a language going but concepts on whats each status means. So, a

Re: [Trisquel-users] usb modem?

2014-01-10 Thread tsduv1994
Thinkpenguin has one that you could buy. https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/56k-usb-dial-modem Remember to either use the link to the right or first access through libre.thinkpenguin.com so that Trisquel gets a donation!

[Trisquel-users] Dependecy Issue

2014-01-10 Thread ngawangtrinlay
I get this error when installing a package: Dependency is not satisfiable: libboost-filesystem1.49.0 (= 1.49.0-1) In the Trisquel repos the latest version of libboost-filesystem1.48.0. Is there a preferred way to get the latest version if its not in the repos? I found 1.49.0 in the Debian

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software-running e-book reader now made possible

2014-01-10 Thread sasraws
How do I get rid of the 100 free books installed on my new Kobo? Mobipocket eBook Reader is also best s/w for your Blackberry. Ref: best Customer care _ best Customer care