Re: [Trisquel-users] If Rubén harassed Libreboot's Leah Rowe, he should be fired and Trisquel shut down

2016-10-12 Thread onpon4
Why are you beating this dead horse, and why are you name-dropping me? This is old news, we all know that Leah's allegations have no merit, and nothing new has happened related to it. I lost interest in it forever ago.

Re: [Trisquel-users] LAMP stack on Trisquel

2016-10-12 Thread jbh . tech
You can also use LXD, Docker, Vagrant, virtual machines, and the like. Does anyone have a preferred container method they use routinely on Trisquel?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Scratch discussion: delete or not?

2016-10-12 Thread jbh . tech
I know this isn't directly related to this post, but is there an Free Software alternative to Scratch 1.0 in the repos or available for download from somewhere? When I looked in the past, I didn't seem much and Scratch 1.0 is relatively limited, especially in comparison to 2.0 (or the

Re: [Trisquel-users] If Rubén harassed Libreboot's Leah Rowe, he should be fired and Trisquel shut down

2016-10-12 Thread jbh . tech
"I don't think it fair to say that Leah is innocent. Even if she happens to be right about the reason, the way she deals with the situation and the way she communicates with people (her emails for example), that's not acceptable social behavior." @Mampir What about the way some of the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot leaves FSF. Says FSF shouldn't exist anymore.

2016-10-12 Thread jbh . tech
"I think part of the FSF missing something like "We believe in freedom and non-discrimination for that reason we will investigate the situation"" @Arder: Exactly! I'd add that it would also be comforting (yes onpon, I wrote comforting) for the Trisquel project to address this issue in some

Re: [Trisquel-users] wi-fi crash and available space

2016-10-12 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
The default install makes quite a small root partition. If you haven't done too much with your install yet, you might consider re-installing with either one partition or root+home with a large enough root. One partition is easier with regards to space management but on the other hand if you

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which partitions are safe to delete?

2016-10-12 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Congratulations!

[Trisquel-users] Re : Which partitions are safe to delete?

2016-10-12 Thread lcerf
GRUB's stage 1 must be stored in the MBR (the first sector, not a partition), GRUB's stage 1.5 still is before the first partition (that starts at sector 63) and GRUB's stage 2 is in /boot/grub, i.e., inside your partition number 6. So, you can only keep the partitions numbered 6, 7 (not

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-12 Thread vitacell
The bad is, that your GPU need signed Nvidia's firmware (more than non-free obviously). And deblobbed Linux won't give you that firmware, because is Nvidia's blob and it is missing. Your GPU can not to work properly without that signed firmware.

Re: [Trisquel-users] PayPal !!! ?

2016-10-12 Thread legimet . calc
Maybe stas730 wants to use Trisquel CD's as currency.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Browsers keep crashing

2016-10-12 Thread legimet . calc
Read my comment again. The comm-central repository (which openhub is looking at for Seamonkey) does not contain the Gecko code, which has to be fetched from the mozilla-central repository (the Firefox one). I don't doubt that Seamonkey is less bloated but it's not 20x less code.

Re: [Trisquel-users] wi-fi crash and available space

2016-10-12 Thread legimet . calc
For the WiFi problem, run: $ dmesg | grep -i firmware What is the output?

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo? Change to YaCy.

2016-10-12 Thread legimet . calc
The safest thing is to not use a computer at all.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo? Change to YaCy.

2016-10-12 Thread infinityfallen
Being offline doesn't protect you from exploitation of back-doors. If you've got any mission critical data, the only way to be safe is to ensure your no non-free software EVER handles it unencrypted.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-12 Thread caleb
Well I did some more digging and found this post https://trisquel.info/en/forum/upgraded-video-card. Looks like I need to get an older nvidia card and check h-node to see what card I should buy. I'll keep this thread updated with what I end up getting. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo? Change to YaCy.

2016-10-12 Thread stas . mihaylenko
The best idea is using offline computer. No network — no problem.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo? Change to YaCy.

2016-10-12 Thread infinityfallen
And that your storage medium is encrypted. Who knows what back-doors can be found in HDD/SSD firmware?

Re: [Trisquel-users] I installed librecmc on a new router, but the oddest thing happens

2016-10-12 Thread cryptobilly
Try connecting with an ethernet cable instead of connecting wirelessly.

[Trisquel-users] Re : wi-fi crash and available space

2016-10-12 Thread lcerf
You can start with the execution of this command in a terminal: $ sudo apt-get clean It removes the deb packages that were downloaded (and that would only be necessary in the future if they had to be reinstalled). Then, you can remove, e.g., with the "Synaptic Package Manager" (in the

[Trisquel-users] Which partitions are safe to delete?

2016-10-12 Thread marek
Hello, I need advice on deleting unnecessary partitions (and Windows, BTW). There is one 500 GB hard disk in my computer; on this disk I have Windows 10 which was installed first, and of course Trisquel :-) I was installing Trisquel to this disk on another computer. To boot Trisquel, I keep

[Trisquel-users] Re : PayPal !!! ?

2016-10-12 Thread lcerf
So, now the currency is software...

[Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970

2016-10-12 Thread caleb
Hello! I'm completely new to Trisquel and libre software. I just did a fresh install of Trisquel 7 64 bit and everything went fine except my computer keeps using the basic vesa drivers instead of the nouveau ones. I updated all of my packages to the latest and even installed the latest

[Trisquel-users] wi-fi crash and available space

2016-10-12 Thread julien bordes
Hi, First, i would want to fix a problem of free space in the root field. I get a message which said that 0ko are available in the main field (roots field) i guess. But my computer has 120GO and its a new installation. i just make the commons upgrades after the installation of the OS (i

Re: [Trisquel-users] PayPal !!! ?

2016-10-12 Thread stas . mihaylenko
We must accept only FREE as in freedom currency. The PayPal system admin can create money in PayPal or transfer it (money).

Re: [Trisquel-users] I installed librecmc on a new router, but the oddest thing happens

2016-10-12 Thread radiowavers
Probably you have installed librecmc build which does not contain luci web interface. If that is so, you can still connect via telnet/ssh and set up the wifi router by editing the config files in console through vi editor

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo? Change to YaCy.

2016-10-12 Thread dguthrie
Uh Banane? I think we should stop feeding the troll

[Trisquel-users] Re : DuckDuckGo? Change to YaCy.

2016-10-12 Thread lcerf
Almost all the content served by Wikipedia is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, which respects all four freedoms we insist for functional works (an encyclopedia is functional). Most text is dual-licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Media (pictures,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : [Fwd: GNU IceCat 45 beta now available in Guix]

2016-10-12 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
You're welcome! :) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[Trisquel-users] Re : [Fwd: GNU IceCat 45 beta now available in Guix]

2016-10-12 Thread pinmaritim
Thank you ADFENO ;-) + 1OO & yes fed up with this troll invasion

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unetbootin

2016-10-12 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
I **guess** it does, specially since GNU `dd` is specialized in copying things verbatim. Some years ago, I made an experiment comparing the behavior of Trisquel live USB when copying using "Disk Creator", and after tests, copying using GNU `dd`. Using the later results in more speed and **can**

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo? Change to YaCy.

2016-10-12 Thread stas . mihaylenko
Wikipedia? This site using non-free files. Fair use? DO NOT USE!

[Trisquel-users] [Fwd: GNU IceCat 45 beta now available in Guix]

2016-10-12 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
Just forwarding, for those who want to use Trisquel **and also** have updates to some packages. Thus, instead of "leaving Trisquel" or "recommending [Name of non-free distro] to [general public]", we can install the Guix package maanger in Trisquel and have user-friendliness, updates and freedom.

Re: [Trisquel-users] suggestion for the forum page

2016-10-12 Thread greatgnu
Hmm, I am having a different kind of issue lately: the page doesn't refresh correctly - I'll try to make my self clear: it used to be that when I read a thread marked with "new" and went back to the topic menu, that thread would no longer be marked with new. Now I need to F5.. Minor issue

Re: [Trisquel-users] Mirror problems

2016-10-12 Thread greatgnu
If I were you, I'd go on IRC - freenode - #trisquel and ping aklis. When I had issues with the Trisquel site in the past I always contacted aklis and usually he would solve it in a matter of minutes, very helpful and gentle guy. cheers

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo? Change to YaCy.

2016-10-12 Thread greatgnu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delirium

Re: [Trisquel-users] debian 8, can not installed non free software stop graphic to work?

2016-10-12 Thread greatgnu
contrib and non-free are, you guess it, repositories that contain non-free software. I think you know that as to have them enabled you had to manually edit the sources, but it is good to point out that once you install a non free package from these repos your freedom has gone out of the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unetbootin

2016-10-12 Thread jbahn
In the guide for installing Libreboot only the dd-way is mentioned. Would it make a difference to the success of the installation whether I use Unetbootin or dd?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unetbootin

2016-10-12 Thread jbahn
Unetbootin has three advantages from my point of view: 1) I'm familiar with it 2) Using it, one can create space in order to use the usb stick as a portable, i.e. I can save files on the stick for later use 3) It's quite straightforward and stable (not 100% though) It seems that the 'Startup

[Trisquel-users] suggestion for the forum page

2016-10-12 Thread jbahn
Whenever I get to the (temporary) end of a thread and want to return to the forum for other threads, I have to scroll to the top to click 'Trisquel users'. I suggest an identical link by the end of each thread?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Browsers keep crashing

2016-10-12 Thread greatgnu
14017563 / 693285 = 20 https://www.openhub.net/p/firefox https://www.openhub.net/p/seamonkey If the openhub website gets it, the math gets it. If you like functional and smooth, if you don't like bloat, the monkey will be very good to you :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Mirror problems

2016-10-12 Thread jbahn
I did, but I also think it should be fixed. Who can do that?

Re: [Trisquel-users] libreCMC Router

2016-10-12 Thread jbahn
Thanks. But I can't see, what makes it better than WNDR3800?

Re: [Trisquel-users] PayPal !!! ?

2016-10-12 Thread jbahn
I just tried to donate via bank transfer but the IBAN/account number seems to be not valid for EU payment. Is this a known issue?