Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread J.B. Nicholson
will.hillno...@gmail.com wrote: That's a good point, but surely you would prefer and recommend a search engine that used and shared free software, perhaps something that could be used cooperatively? If all other things were equal, we should alway prefer free software. In the context of a

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread onpon4
> I trust the community to solve systemd issues That won't happen. Trisquel uses what Ubuntu uses. There is no reason to expend extra effort to use a worse init system that isn't fully supported upstream. > and will be watching what Richard Stallman does. RMS doesn't care about systemd.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread will . hillnotes
That's a good point, but surely you would prefer and recommend a search engine that used and shared free software, perhaps something that could be used cooperatively? If all other things were equal, we should alway prefer free software.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread will . hillnotes
Running off users is a curious goal for a free software project, onpon4, but you won't get rid of me that easily. I trust the community to solve systemd issues and will be watching what Richard Stallman does. If you succeed in driving him off, you will probably run off most people. At

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread will . hillnotes
Well, yes, that's what I do because I want good free software results. There may not be much difference in the privacy, but DDG has hidden important free software projects from users the same way Microsoft's search engine does. DDG is foolish enough to use Bing in some kind of secret

Re: [Trisquel-users] Use this bash init script snippet to get an improved prompt. Also can you donate to help us to get a friend out of jail?

2017-02-23 Thread marioxcc . MT
"In 2016, Alina Davis was abusively and unfairly accused of drugs possession. [...] We are confident that we can prove Alina's innocence. The obstacle is that her legal defense will cost 40,000 Russian rubles (690 United States dollars)." The page is very clear and there is no lack of

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
Simple answwer: There are some bugs that need work. Like the fact that when you go type in the search engine the first time, sometimes it just erases what you wrote and then doesn't go anywhere. that's my experience with searx.me and I would have to reload to see if it happens with yours.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
Yeah, I just wish she would stop going after the gnu/fsf organizations that's all. Other than those two things, I will consider still supporting libreboot. Besides, libreboot is still a good bios. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread greatgnu
>If Leah figured out how to do it for the x220 maybe other intel second and third generation processors will be figured out as well. Leah kicks ass and rocks hard. I'm absolutely 100% positive she'll libreboot the s... out of that lappy in no time. (This is great news)

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread greatgnu
>searx though somewhat limited now How is searx limited?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Use this bash init script snippet to get an improved prompt. Also can you donate to help us to get a friend out of jail?

2017-02-23 Thread greatgnu
Apparently they are in prison for driving with a fake license and will undergo another trial for drug possession. As much as I like the OP I like transparency too. Good luck with the donations. cheers

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread g . smyli
https://libreboot.org/faq/#intel kind of ruined my day. Maybe my January 2010 desktop may not be too bad as it seems not to have the ME installed at least. Probably one of the last to not get that technology. MSI and Intel H57 Express Chipset.

Re: [Trisquel-users] editing multiple photos in the same way

2017-02-23 Thread g . smyli
Thanks Magic for the clarification, I understand the < now I also did find gmic and the gimp-gmic plugin in Flidas repository and installed them. Will try that out also. The http://gmic.eu/ website looks very cool. Gracias :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Doubts about libreboot flashing and configuration

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
dunno, but I shall bump in case anyone has an answer.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you play games with a libre engine but proprietary data? Any advice? What are some of the ethical pitfall?

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
If it is reverse engineered then, how is it illegal and also how is not free?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
IT does at this time. but there is a link I remember hardenedlinux or something which has some kind of like information I think to disable the ME in even third generation processors. I dunno when it will be perfected for the purpose of libreboot, but give it a few years and I am sure

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
Duckduckgo may be fine, but I think that searx though somewhat limited now, has the best potential. and since it is free software, we should support searx.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread jbahn
Doesn't that information contradict with the option to install libreboot on an quad-core Core i5-2410M CPU? Wasn't that released in 2011? The LB faq says: "It is extremely unlikely that any post-2008 Intel hardware will ever be supported in libreboot"

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you play games with a libre engine but proprietary data? Any advice? What are some of the ethical pitfall?

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
That logic is sound to me.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Use this bash init script snippet to get an improved prompt. Also can you donate to help us to get a friend out of jail?

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
I Think he must be transgender but yeah... I will bump because the russian government should not be allowed to be that absurd or wicked and then succeed.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
Is it pre 4th gen or 4th gen and onwards, if it is before 4th gen then it may be a possibility in a few years. I imagine someone will figure a way out by then... Cannot say for sure. I didn't look it up yet, but I am assuming it is new. am I wrong?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread lcerf
Not librebootable: https://libreboot.org/faq/#intel

[Trisquel-users] Re : editing multiple photos in the same way

2017-02-23 Thread lcerf
A file listing the paths to the pictures should be written after the "

Re: [Trisquel-users] Use this bash init script snippet to get an improved prompt. Also can you donate to help us to get a friend out of jail?

2017-02-23 Thread marioxcc . MT
# Copyright (c) 2017 Mario Castelán Castro # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # #

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread g . smyli
So ThinkPads only work? A local PC recycling outfit has a bunch of impressive looking ThinkCentre units with i5 cpus and something like 3.2 GHz for $169. - Not librebootable?

Re: [Trisquel-users] editing multiple photos in the same way

2017-02-23 Thread g . smyli
Adfeno, Thanks for this, I adventured into ImageMagick for the first time. Fun. Re..."Note 3: Please replace the lines starting with "/home/adfeno" to the full/absolute path to the images that you want to edit. This can be done by selecting all of then in file manager (default for Trisquel is

[Trisquel-users] Use this bash init script snippet to get an improved prompt. Also can you donate to help us to get a friend out of jail?

2017-02-23 Thread marioxcc . MT
Hello fellow free software users!. I want to share with you a small snippet that I have in my .bashrc to make a custom prompt, as you can see in the attached image. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or any later and you will find it attached to this post. Note

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
I hope tehnoetic and libiquity know about this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lenovo thinkapds(LibreBoot )buying guide

2017-02-23 Thread noordinaryspider
I was checking out eBay today and found an inexpensive librebooted X200, but the fine print in the description set off some red flags. Flashing the BIOS is beyond my expertise but not so far beyond my intellectual capacity to be complete gobblydegook when I read the instructions. Even

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 is STILL not out yet?

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
Valid indeed, I will wait though. Trisquel currently is my choice. ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Favourite features of favourite DE

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
So basically LXDE? not sure if the third one is covered by lxde, but meh three out of four is pretty good right?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 is STILL not out yet?

2017-02-23 Thread calmstorm
Ah just checking hehe.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 is STILL not out yet?

2017-02-23 Thread legimet . calc
Trisquel doesn't accept contributions (OK, very rarely). That is a valid complaint, but I just moved to a different distribution.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Development of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas" Software proposal by category : Internet

2017-02-23 Thread thedanish
I wouldn't recommend Deluge. The proxy support is broken and has been left as such for years now, meaning you think you are safely redirecting traffic over proxy/vpn but actually aren't.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Development of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas" Software proposal by category : Internet

2017-02-23 Thread leoo
For the web, I advocate Abrowser simply on the basis of being a very straightforward, obvious name and logo without anything off-putting or requiring explanation.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Development of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas" Software proposal by category : Internet

2017-02-23 Thread leoo
For email clients, I would vote for Evolution. Since LibreOffice unfortunately lacks an Outlook equivalent, users have to look elsewhere for that. Evolution fits the bill nearly perfectly, handling email, but also contacts, calendar, tasks, and some basic note-taking functions, together

Re: [Trisquel-users] editing multiple photos in the same way

2017-02-23 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
As Magic Banana pointed out, G'MIC might be a good idea to try, also, ImageMagic is also a great tool for the job. Note 1: The example given in the end of this comment will replace the existing images, so make sure to have backups. I could make a more elaborated example, at the cost of losing

Re: [Trisquel-users] Development of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas" Software proposal by category : Internet

2017-02-23 Thread leoo
Elaborating further on my previous response, I think Claws Mail also has an unnecessarily strange and off-putting name and logo. Claws are sharp instruments of imposing harm. In everyday speech, the word when applied to people is harshly negative: "Get your claws off my such and such."

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 is STILL not out yet?

2017-02-23 Thread jason
"unless your talking about t3g." Yes I am. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] editing multiple photos in the same way

2017-02-23 Thread thedanish
I don't know what the "photocopy" filter actually does, but, you can resize the images with mogrify -resize. I don't know how to "nobump" here, sorry.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Icecat XML Error

2017-02-23 Thread thedanish
Yes, same here. As well as: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/icecat-abouthome-1 Firefox is dropping support for all XUL based addons. That affects a lot more in the repos than just the icecathome and torproxy addons.

[Trisquel-users] Re : DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-02-23 Thread lcerf
https://duckduckgo.com/html/ and https://duckduckgo.com/lite are not software. They are pure HTML. And accessing the results of a search query is not Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS): Services such as search engines collect data from around the web and let you examine it. Looking