[Trisquel-users] Re : New to Trisquel :)

2015-04-27 Thread mattpub
oh they look so much alike, I thought it was unity. Thank you so much for the clarifications and the answers :) lol a Dash, ok it's registered :D I hope I will be able to find some nice extensions to suit my needs :) Will keep you updated :D

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread taiji_tao
It is part of their plan and Microsoft is not alone. Microsoft, Google and Apple all use the opensource community for their ideas, they take, take and take more, then contribute little to nothing back. Google contributes some back. The end game for all three is for the opensource world

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread nicolasmaia
Microsoft wants to steal the headlines and look cool with the kids. Nowadays embracing open-source is a PR stunt to make people see your company positively. Take Debian's newest release for example. Microsoft stole all the media attention by sending the Debian team a birthday cake.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread garsmith
I have now seen the program and the first Microsoft guy seemed to be a genuine good guy trying to do the best in the Microsoft world. What I am happy about this is that customers to Microsoft want Linux and Microsoft can no longer say no to them. Their customers isnt satisfied with

Re: [Trisquel-users] is Laptop Ibm X60 Mini Tablet supported by libreboot?

2015-04-27 Thread travis
Ah ok I understand, phew!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Language installation ?

2015-04-27 Thread nik0laus
Well, I did set the keyboard layout by System Settings - Region Language - Input Sources etc but this worked only once What I want to do is to be able to toggle between these two languages (Greek and English) I tried to define the shortcuts for changing languages in keyboard settings but

[Trisquel-users] Language installation ?

2015-04-27 Thread nik0laus
Hello guys, New to Trisquel and Gnu/Linux OSystems I've just replaced the Windows OS with Trisquel 7.0 but I can not write a document or a spreadsheet or in a search machine for example (I cannot anywhere) in Greek language despite the fact that the installation was made in Greek and all

Re: [Trisquel-users] Language installation ?

2015-04-27 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Hello, welcome and congratulations! A GNU/Linux distro is basically a collection of packages. You'll need to install some that contain Greek support. There are many ways to do so, probably the most intuitive being the Synaptic package manager. I guess these packages might be useful for

Re: [Trisquel-users] Language installation ?

2015-04-27 Thread Sachin
Hi Nikolas Some people also have trouble because of the ibus system so you could disable it run im-config on terminal and set the input method to none after clicking ok and yes Or you could do this if the problem still exists * for just one user you can set the keyboard layout System

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread tegskywalker
Oh and if you want the WebM file instead of Youtube, the direct link is http://201406.jb-dl.cdn.scaleengine.net/las/2015/linuxactionshowep362-432p.webm You will have to fast forward to the 24 minute and 13 second mark.

[Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread tegskywalker
Linux Fest Northwest, which is a yearly conference in Washington state, has grown a lot over the years. Not only in growth of attendees, but also corporate sponsors. This year, one of the biggest sponsors and presence there is Microsoft, which is giving off the impression that they heart

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread tegskywalker
1.) Most of their code is under the MIT license 2.) I used Linux since the conference was named Linux Fest and when GNU/Linux was referenced as a whole during the show and the interview, it was just Linux so I kept the naming.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
I guess a big part of it is fighting free software tooth and nail. They realized they can't win so they try to water the thing down to open source. What is implied are non-copyleft licenses or copyleft licenses that are incompatible with the GPL. And calling the operating system Linux.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Debian Jessie released

2015-04-27 Thread legimet . calc
I've been running it for a few months now :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] linuxFest

2015-04-27 Thread jason
I went and got to see you a few times. Good to meet you!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Language installation ?

2015-04-27 Thread nik0laus
@Magic Banana I tried this and didn't work then I reinstalled the distro using english environment and added greek language afterwards and worked So now everything is ok. Thank you guys for your help p.s Is there an option to have an indicator of which language is active ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread taiji_tao
Hey Magic, One is how quickly programs were tightly integrated into systemd, according to some developers the integration was required. In other words, many programs are so tightly integrated with systemd that if you remove systemd those new programs will no longer work. I would qualify

[Trisquel-users] Re : Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread lcerf
systemd is not a program. It is more of a software suite. systemd literally provides dozens of small binaries that rely on common libraries. Only one of them is PID 1.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread tegskywalker
Isn't there a rumor floating around that if Canonical was friendlier with their Upstart CLAs that systemd wouldn't have been created? At the time, it was considered to be better than SysV and even Red Hat adopted it for RHEL6 and CentOS 6. Canonical has a habit of being really bad with

Re: [Trisquel-users] Debian Jessie released

2015-04-27 Thread davesamcdxv
Same went for me when Belenos was released.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Language installation ?

2015-04-27 Thread lcerf
Is there an option to have an indicator of which language is active ? GNOME Shell has an indicator (and you can click on it to switch the layout).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread onpon4
I've seen a lot of applications which depend on the X Window System. Does this mean X is being forced on the community? I don't think so. Programmers choose what other programs their programs depend on for all kinds of reasons, but I don't think some sort of conspiracy to force the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread davesamcdxv
It was/is based on the principle that Unix and GNU/Linux programs are supposed to be designed to do one thing and do that one thing well. I really don't see how GNU was supposed to be designed around the do one thing and do it well thing. I don't think they care about anything other than

Re: [Trisquel-users] Calling all Trisquel users in GNU Social

2015-04-27 Thread blade . vp2020
its seme not good in orca

[Trisquel-users] Re : Language installation ?

2015-04-27 Thread lcerf
There is, in Country and language (itself in the System settings) a tab to add Input sources (use the + button). In this same tab, on the right-hand side of the window, the shortcut to switch layout is indicated and there is a link to change this keyboard shortcut. Notice that I am

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread taiji_tao
Interesting comparison, but not the same thing. Systemd complaints are not based on a language or X Window System functions. It was/is based on the principle that Unix and GNU/Linux programs are supposed to be designed to do one thing and do that one thing well. Systemd is a program that

Re: [Trisquel-users] New install for new Trisquel user

2015-04-27 Thread davesamcdxv
Trisquel will move to Systemd at its next release (which will be close to a carbon copy of of the corresponding Ubuntu version which should be 16.04 which should use systemd).

[Trisquel-users] Re : New install for new Trisquel user

2015-04-27 Thread lcerf
Have you tried lighttpd? It is supposed to be light and it is far more popular (hence more documentation) than the alternatives you tried.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread lcerf
Whether you like systemd or gnome3, you cannot deny they were forced on the larger community by RedHat. Unless you provide evidences (references) that RedHat forced systemd and GNOME 3 onto Debian, I would deny...

[Trisquel-users] Re : Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread lcerf
One is how quickly programs were tightly integrated into systemd, according to some developers the integration was required. What are those programs you are talking about? Maybe GNOME Session that now uses logind rather than ConsoleKit? Well, ConsoleKit is not maintained anymore. That is

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread tegskywalker
According to that video I linked, they wooed people with food, beer, and after parties to show how cool they are now. I'd be curious if jxself or anyone else who is a part of this community went to one of the Microsoft parties,

[Trisquel-users] GRUB issues

2015-04-27 Thread samy . melaine
Hello, I'm new to Trisquel, but not to GNU/Linux (I have basically some experiance with Ubuntu desktop, and a debian servers) :) So I just installed trisquel on my laptop where I have my Ubuntu 12.04 installed, and surprisingly, I find isseus accessing ubuntu. It asks me for my username

Re: [Trisquel-users] A repository for Free Javascript?

2015-04-27 Thread tegskywalker
I'm a fan of https://cdnjs.com

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread garsmith
If Microsoft release complete programs under GPL I have no problem. But if they release part of a program under GPL but that code is depended on proprietary software or service I have a problem. Microsoft is like a slimy boss or politician that tries to act like a buddy or friend but you

[Trisquel-users] Calling all Trisquel users in GNU Social

2015-04-27 Thread vinz
Hi, some time ago there was a trisquel user's group on identi.ca. Since they switched over to another social networking software (pump.io) this group sadly died. Luckily the successor of this group has been around in the GNU Social network for a while so I'd like to invite all GNU Social

Re: [Trisquel-users] Calling all Trisquel users in GNU Social

2015-04-27 Thread blade . vp2020
add me to this group

[Trisquel-users] Re : New to Trisquel :)

2015-04-27 Thread mattpub
Guys, How do we remove the Trisquel logo from the Gnome login screen ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread maestro
I prefer if they stay far far away..

[Trisquel-users] Quick question about the ThinkPenguin LibreCMC router

2015-04-27 Thread tegskywalker
Is this router based off of the Rosewill RNX-N300RT or RNX-N300RTv2 router? The LibreCMC page just says N300RT (http://librecmc.org/librecmc/wiki?name=TPE-NWIFIROUTER2), but the OpenWRT wiki (http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr841nd) says that the TPE-NWIFIROUTER2 is based off of v2.

Re: [Trisquel-users] New install for new Trisquel user

2015-04-27 Thread g . smyli
Thanks Lembas, It seems like lack of up to date, easy to read documentation is a condition that affects all of GnuLinux. So many lovers of free software are into hacking (not in that bad sense necessarily), programing and networking keeping the software moving along bridging obstacles,

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Calling all Trisquel users in GNU Social

2015-04-27 Thread vinz
You can only join by yourself. To do so click on the join button located besides the trisquel logo.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread legimet . calc
Embrace, extend, and extinguish.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Plasma 5

2015-04-27 Thread legimet . calc
But for Plasma, it will install the old dependencies (Qt4, KDE frameworks 4, etc) so that won't work.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?

2015-04-27 Thread cantor86
I totally agree with SuperTramp83, for me it's like trying to destroy the system from within... bad behavior/strategy

Re: [Trisquel-users] Librebooted Macbook 2,1

2015-04-27 Thread travis
That's awesome! Great entry I'll definitely be using it as a reference at some point in the future!