Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Cisco's royalty free video codec?

2015-08-12 Thread legimet . calc
From looking at the comments, it seems that he has a weird definition of proprietary :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 57 etc.

2015-08-12 Thread chaosesqueteam
New Release: V61: City Generation, Work on monsters (new model for fiend, hellknight), Better Quake1 Map compatibility. (Create Mutators Spawnmisc items SC Tiles) http://sourceforge.net/projects/chaosesqueanthology/files/latest/download No Java script direct link:

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread jason
Why do you start your threads with // ,?

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread davesamcdxv
Avoid Skylake (yes, avoid Skylake) and you should be fine graphics-wise. wi-Fi, on the other handwell, a USB adapter ain't that bad!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread greatgnu
onpon - you should post a link about it on the major decentralized social platforms like gnusocial, diaspora etc.. I know many people on diaspora love free software and free culture and some of them may help with donations I guess. Format it nice and put a couple of shiny pictures from the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread onpon4
Yeah, I'll be busting out my old Diaspora account as well. First I'm making a big level showing off most of the features of reTux and some possibilities of things that can be done with them; hopefully that'll make it look more interesting to people.

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread greatgnu
// , maybe..

Re: [Trisquel-users] libstdc++6 version 4.9 or newer needed in the repositories

2015-08-12 Thread legimet . calc
Which program?

[Trisquel-users] How many women there are on the Trisquel forum?

2015-08-12 Thread geomaticasocial
Greetings to everybody. A few days ago I wondered how many women are part of the Trisquel's community, what are their stories, experiences, what their main challenges and aspirations, both in the field of free software, of course, the struggle for gender equality too. So I decided to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
I should have been more careful, only 99% of what they sell is free software. The remaining 1% does spoil the broth. (How come this sounds so familiar?)

[Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread trisquel . info
// , I want to see whether I can install Trisquel 7.0 LTS Belenos on either of these, the L512X or the MJVE2LL/A. Has anyone had a go with these models, or models like them? I know TriSquel is based on Debian, and Debian works on the Dell XPS L512X, but I don't know whether anyone has

Re: [Trisquel-users] A mail provider based in Bulgaria, using 100% open source software, Tor-friendly and no javascript friendly.

2015-08-12 Thread lap4fsf
I have sent a mail to Ryan for including Tutanota.de in the list of approved free software webmail systems. Hopefully, he will get it from there.

[Trisquel-users] // , Viability

2015-08-12 Thread trisquel . info
// , Why is TriSquel's last release so old? The major Linux distributions use a rolling release cycle, every 6 months, 9 months, or a year. Does thinkpenguin.com still support Trisquel? I ask because I noticed that the libre subdomain from libre.thinkpenguin.com goes away once I visit

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Cisco's royalty free video codec?

2015-08-12 Thread trisquel . info
Wow. That warms my heart, it does.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread mcz
Wow that's awesome, you made the game engine?? That's a compelling reason indeed. As for the storyline/characters, as stated it could be much more interesting (to me). same for the graphics, they look amateurish (though most of the maps look quite good). For a first run, this is not so

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread onpon4
Exactly. :) It will be available gratis if enough is raised, however.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Cisco's royalty free video codec?

2015-08-12 Thread 166291
the Daala team was dragging their feet What? Daala is a brand new design different to almost all other modern video codecs and it aims to be a generation ahead of H.265 and VP9. These things take time!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the radeon kernel module work again

2015-08-12 Thread fredo
As i'm not very familiar with it, I'd like some help with the cvt command. Did I succeed in adding a new reso to xrandr ? Can I now use it ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread mcz
Ah, so it won't be freely available, BUT there won't be restrictions regarding redistribution, right?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread mcz
Thank you, didn't see that one. So it's distributing free software for a fee. But not limiting it for obvious reasons here. While proprietary software is limited in order to sell more. But there's the potential for abuse, and the limit to fully use it. What comes to mind is how to actually

[Trisquel-users] Oracle security chief wants you to stop trying to reverse engineer their code

2015-08-12 Thread tegskywalker
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2489435,00.asp Worth a laugh. I don't use their tech and if a gun was at my head to use Java, thankfully there is OpenJDK.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Cisco's royalty free video codec?

2015-08-12 Thread tegskywalker
Its a shame that VP9 hasn't caught on besides YouTube and even they try to push H.264 when I have the WebM codecs. The only way to get me to force YouTube to use VP9 instead of VP8 is to set media.mediasource.webm.enabled to true in about:config.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to connect to Wifi network

2015-08-12 Thread anizm
Thank you for the help. I ran the lspci command and I can see that my wireless card is Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01). Now what should I do to fix the issue?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to connect to Wifi network

2015-08-12 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Thanks to Broadcom for not playing ball you're going to have to acquire another wifi adapter. Here are a few excellent options https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to connect to Wifi network

2015-08-12 Thread legimet . calc
No free firmware for that wifi chip exists. I would recommend getting a supported ath9k_htc (AR9271 or AR7010+AR928x) USB adapter. Options include ThinkPenguin and Tehnoetic, which are guaranteed to work with free drivers/firmware. You can also buy one elsewhere if you are sure of the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Cisco's royalty free video codec?

2015-08-12 Thread jason
Its a shame that VP9 hasn't caught on +1 to that. There's a bit of chicken-and-egg with those making stuff and people being able to play stuff. Hence, that APT repo is intended to help change some of that by helping to increase the number of people that can play it. Here's hoping it helps.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Default C Compiler

2015-08-12 Thread tomlukeywood
...? a security measure to not have a c compiler?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Major Vulnerability Found In Firefox, Latest Browser Version Fixes It

2015-08-12 Thread gnula
Many thanks for your answers. Are you taking any steps, apart from upgrading, like revoking your keys, etc.?

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Viability

2015-08-12 Thread tomlukeywood
Does thinkpenguin.com still support Trisquel? you can ask on irc: freenode #trisquel

[Trisquel-users] Re : // , Viability

2015-08-12 Thread calinou
Why is TriSquel's last release so old? Lack of manpower, ask quidam on IRC.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Cisco's royalty free video codec?

2015-08-12 Thread jason
These things take time! Indeed - I think t3g seriously underestimates the amount of work that is involved in making a codec. These things are usually done over the span of many years. Take a look at the NetVC schedule - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daala#Schedule This schedule is even

Re: [Trisquel-users] Default C Compiler

2015-08-12 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Basically not having anything you don't use is a security measure. And a compiler gives a pretty uniquely useful tool for an attacker.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the radeon kernel module work again

2015-08-12 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Have you read the manual page?man cvt Looks like the name of your display is default, you probably should use that instead of VGA1. I'm not very familiar with this stuff either but keep trying!

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Viability

2015-08-12 Thread onpon4
libre.thinkpenguin.com doesn't just redirect you to www.thinkpenguin.com, it also sets a cookie and adds an item to your shopping cart to facilitate the effects of it. It's a design simplification they have, and it does prevent you from using that domain to link to specific products

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Viability

2015-08-12 Thread jason
It is old as you put it because Trisquel follows the Ubuntu LTS releases. The latest one of those is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr.) This is what Trisquel is based on. So it is the latest one. The next one will be Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xantus) in April 2016. Because. It's. Every. Two.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Well, Red Hat is one giant example, a billion dollar free software company. However you can also download their product for free under the name CentOS. (Redhat does alot of business I understand with the us gov. And looks like Red Hat started sponsoring CentOS in 2014.)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread onpon4
I've extended the list explaining what distinguishes reTux from SuperTux. Does that help?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread tomlukeywood
I heard of Löve, and (probably easier) Gdevelop (but probably not as memory-friendly). What do you think of these? if your programming in lua i think luasdl2 is the best game library for making a game engine anyway

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread shiretoko
It indeed does help. Maybe you can get a volunteer artist to make a mockup (is this how it's called?) of a leveldesign that he would create if the goal is reached. Just one picture, really stunning; even better would be a whole level or maybe just a part of the level with this new design

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread onpon4
Thanks for the suggestions! Besides, how do you currently promote your campaign? Just the trisquel forum? So far I've posted a link here and on FreeGameDev.net. I'm planning on also posting a link on GameDev.net at some point.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
To my knowledge: RedHat doesn't sell free software. They sell non-free software which is open source, not free software. So, that doesn't qualify as selling free software. See: https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.en.html#RedHat Respectfully, Adonay. Have a nice day. -- Assinatura

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Cisco's royalty free video codec?

2015-08-12 Thread jason
There are actually several people from Mozilla working on it. Now there's help from Cisco too and others. So while there's an army of people working on it, it'll still take years. Opus had people from Mozilla, Microsoft, Broadcom, and etc. and despite that army of people it still took five

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

2015-08-12 Thread greatgnu
Ha! I bought two of those on ebay for 15 euros months ago. One is spare. :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread legimet . calc
Maybe they are. Who knows? :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread vita_cell
LOL //;

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread vita_cell
The next king will be PowerPC or MIPS, maybe.

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread jason
The forums are a programming language? :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] A mail provider based in Bulgaria, using 100% open source software, Tor-friendly and no javascript friendly.

2015-08-12 Thread tbates
Yes, it seems Tutanota is already under review. If you view the source code of the FSF page (https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems), you'll see a section that's commented out - lines 369-395. This is what they say about Tutanota: LibreJS blocks pretty much all scripts on the page -

Re: [Trisquel-users] A mail provider based in Bulgaria, using 100% open source software, Tor-friendly and no javascript friendly.

2015-08-12 Thread Dave Hunt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Let's hope tuta nota fixes their scripts soon, and can get the RYF seel of approval. Same for postio. On 08/12/2015 02:45 PM, tba...@openmailbox.org wrote: Yes, it seems Tutanota is already under review. If you view the source code of the FSF page

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread legimet . calc
I guess it's a comment :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Cisco's royalty free video codec?

2015-08-12 Thread jason
Ah, well I need to update what I've said. In browsing the NetVC stuff [0] in more depth I see they have a milestone goal to have a reference implementation of an encoder and decoder in a little under two years, in May 2017. Not bad. [0] https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/netvc/charter/

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread legimet . calc
Yes, now it's time to tell people to avoid Skylake and later, instead of just saying to go with Intel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] // , Does Trisquel work on the Dell XPS L512X or any of the 2015 MacBook Air Laptops?

2015-08-12 Thread Dave Hunt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 /* the forums are a programming language */ # and this is a comment. LOL -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVy4VeAAoJEPDWzxLwi2tAWxcH/2DJ1imTCwo1TX/BvjLnp0G5

[Trisquel-users] libstdc++6 version 4.9 or newer needed in the repositories

2015-08-12 Thread dr . shiva
After an update of a program it requires now the libstdc++6 packet in the version 4.9 or higher. But in the trisquel repositories is the highest version 4.8.2.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)

2015-08-12 Thread mcz
I see, so same should be about CentOS. It's the same source code, but it's not exactly the same team in charge. an FAQ about Free software/Free culture values would be a nice addition in Trisquel's documentation. It's funny how my main spontaneous objections to free software are about