Don't forget Evolution!
On 22.11.2014 03:44, blade.vp2...@gmail.com wrote:
Is this fsf free hardware?
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/novena/
Short answer: NO.
Long answer:
Free hardware design devices != free software (or FSF-certified
freedom-respecting) device
The wifi internal card is (as of now) ath9k and
On 22.11.2014 10:33, Tiberiu C. Turbureanu wrote:
Free hardware design devices != free software (or FSF-certified
freedom-respecting) device
Also, completely open source is of course a big overstatement as
usually when people say something is open source. To have a completely
free hardware
If you want to disable compton without unisntall it do this:
$ sudo nano /etc/xdg/autostart/compton-autostart.desktop
Then, comment every line in that file:
#[Desktop Entry]
#Type=Application
#Name=Compton composition manager
#Exec=compton-launcher
#NoDisplay=true
#X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
On 22.11.2014 04:46, ja...@bluehome.net wrote:
Probably Debian GNU/Linux.
Confirmed:
All configurations will come with Debian (GNU/Linux) pre-installed
https://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop
In addition to the graphics they'd need to
swap out the distro for an FSF-approved
What a strange reply. We don't suggest proprietary software here, please
don't do it.
I really don't believe porting an FSF-endorsed distro to an ARM board
would be hard. The two main problems are: lack of appropriate boards
(no FSF-endorseable ones, the developers are not interested in porting
to something less free; I think also some high-performance ones are
needed for native
How could it be that, if it ships with Debian, it does'nt respect user's
freedom ?, If the user really wants freedom, then he or she won't enable the
non-free repo. It's as simple as that.
On 22.11.2014 12:00, shis...@riseup.net wrote:
How could it be that, if it ships with Debian, it does'nt respect user's
freedom ?, If the user really wants freedom, then he or she won't enable
the non-free repo. It's as simple as that.
3d acceleration is an important feature and if you can't
On 22.11.2014 12:08, Tiberiu C. Turbureanu wrote:
On 22.11.2014 12:00, shis...@riseup.net wrote:
How could it be that, if it ships with Debian, it does'nt respect user's
freedom ?, If the user really wants freedom, then he or she won't enable
the non-free repo. It's as simple as that.
3d
I can confirm, I have three of these things and they are amazing.
do a text install, which is net-installer. install e17 for GUI.
Where are you reading $44? I'm reading $24.97:
https://mediacru.sh/XHRkfMW0wYXG
I posted a topic about this recently. Now I've written an essay about it:
https://onpon4.github.io/other/kill-js/
I've come to the conclusion that making JavaScript code libre is the wrong
direction to take. I think automatically installed JavaScript should just be
rejected, and I have
if it cost $44 dollars, and they give 25% ($11) to trisquel, isn't better to
buy one for 5$ and donate $39 to trisquel? just asking.
25% of the profit - definitely less than $11.
Get a USB hard drive, tape (or otherwise stick) it onto the monitor.
you're right, even better :-)
You can add Toutatis' repo and add it from there..
What reccomendation? I think most of the post was about personal experiences
and opinions?
Except maybe debootstrap: https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap (the
subdirectory referred to in the page can be a lot of things, including a
directory to which another partition is mounted, which is
The problem is that 2GB is an awfully small amount (I've got that much RAM,
and in a $400 laptop of a decent size (it's anything but business quality,
though)) for an operating system plus files.
And having said that your 2nd sentence was the solution to what we both can
see, but only one
Can i use an SD card? it has a port for SD card, i could just use that as a
hard drive? if its the case how can i make the Eee PC to be able to install
it in that hard drive?
I think I've read something about how flash drives and SD cards will wear out
faster or something like that, while har drives won't (so I really suggest a
hard drive). Anyway, how many USB ports have you got?
Anyway, what version of Debian are you using?
Oh, and another (and unrelated) thing: Free Software as defined according to
the 4 freedoms isn't about how a project is governed.
I use an SD card to boot my eee PC 900A. It's a tad slower than the 4 gig
SSD, but it works fine. You can use the installer, just select other. You
should see something along the lines of sda 2048MB sdb 16384MB and you
select sdb, click on the defaults, and go get yourself a cup of coffee
Surely you meant Jaunty/Karmic/Lucid/Maverick/Natty/Oneiric/Precise/Quantal
(after which, or maybe after Precise? it became clear they were moving to
Debian)/Wheezy?
ok i have a 1 Tb external hard drive, a Trascended, i think i will just do
the tape the harddrive thing but how can i make the Eee to install
trisquel in this drive?
Use a flash drive with another USB port? Then install from the live session
to the hard drive (I think it's an option available in the installer).
And then (as I've nearly forgotten), pray that the laptop's capable of
booting from a USB hard drive. Otherwise I hope someone here can clarify
Reading an article about software freedom that is itself hosted by non-free
software seems ironic.
It is also good to support people like Chris Bob that help us to have
places to actually run our free software in freedom.
I was thinking the same thing.
Julian, I enjoyed reading this essay, but I would stay away from Github
whenever possible.
They're extremely corporate-minded.
the GPL is too restrictive and dogmatic to be usable in many cases. I want
everyone to benefit from my code. Everyone. That's what
javascript has always been turned off for me since I first understood how
many problems ,especially security wise, it can introduce..
always off..
When I last weighed my options, it was the best choice I could find. I was
only looking at gratis hosts at the time because I didn't have a stable
source of income, and the only other alternative I could find which didn't
require gratuitous JavaScript and didn't require me to run proprietary
Onpon, there is one big flaw in your argumentation: you portray the
installation and execution of a javascript program as equal to the
installation and execution of normal software.
It's just not the same thing. The capabilities of javascript are far, far (!)
more limited than this is the
I own a Snares Penguin notebook computer (with an SSD drive) from
thinkpenguin.com. I recently upgraded from Trisquel 6 to Trisquel 7, which
was extremely easy. The upgrade is fantastic. The computer and software are a
powerhouse combination. Thank you, Trisquel, and thank you, ThinkPenguin.
It is still software and, regardless of what it can do, still needs to be
free. The free software movement is about ethics, not about security or other
issues (although they do intersect but still, you know what I mean.) :)
The Eee PC is capable of doing so, at least from what other people said in
the comments on the page.
That makes sense. But there are other choices. You can search for SDF, or
devio.us. I would host your website if you want on my linode VPS.
All the services I've mentioned don't necessarily align with the goals of
GNU, but github in particular I have issues with because of their 'corporate
That may be so, but still the comparison drawn in the essay is not correct.
It basically reads like 'look how awefull it is that thousands of programs
get installed and executed on our pcs from random sources without our
permission' but it doesn't talk about the major differences here.
From: onp...@riseup.net
Subject: Re: [Trisquel-users] Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter Love it!
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:18:44 +0100 (CET)
Where are you reading $44? I'm reading $24.97:
https://mediacru.sh/XHRkfMW0wYXG
My tests show $24.97 via Tor, $40.59 from the UK, $44.00 from Sweden.
I
Here's what it looks like from here:
The prices are not that different. They're just being shown differently.
Taxes in the US are lower and the taxes are collected differently. In the US
the taxes are collected at the end of the purchasing process whereas in
Europe they are included in the price shown of the product.
As an
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