Re: [Trisquel-users] Transferring Windows 10 backup files to Trisquel

2017-04-06 Thread infinityfallen
You're welcome- I've been chronically bored lately, so it was nice to have something do. Magic Banana covered most of what's worth noting, so I'll just note what else I can think of: *It definitely sounds as though the computer might be under a lot of stress, especially given the mouse.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transferring Windows 10 backup files to Trisquel

2017-04-06 Thread sublime4
I was unable to get that terminal to work. I did just as you said, and tried it both ways even but every time the terminal said permission denied. I have a main folder called the name of my computer where I have another folder that contains another set of 5 backup folders. I clicked in

Re: [Trisquel-users] Canonical is killing Unity 8, will ship GNOME as default

2017-04-06 Thread enduzzer
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[Trisquel-users] Re : Libre Game Development

2017-04-06 Thread lcerf
The Creative Commons licenses are modular licenses for immaterial works (but they are not really appropriate for software). Wikipedia uses CC-BY-SA, for instance. NC and ND are the two other modules that exist. CC means "Creative Commons", BY means "Attribution" (compulsory in some

[Trisquel-users] Re : Transferring Windows 10 backup files to Trisquel

2017-04-06 Thread lcerf
I am sorry to write that but you should learn to write clearly, if you want more help. Such a huge block of text is indigestible. Go to the point, be precise, structure you text in paragraphs, write short sentences, etc. Those are essential skills when what you write is code! Also, you

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transferring Windows 10 backup files to Trisquel

2017-04-06 Thread sublime4
Hi there, thanks for creating that script for me I really appreciate it! Under details in system settings I have 7.7 GiB of memory. I'm not sure if that is the RAM but I think so. Sounds like the right number. The processor is Intel® Core™ i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz × 4. The mouse is working

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre Game Development

2017-04-06 Thread davidpgil
Thanks Magic Banana. What are NC and ND? I eill read up on the GPL and AGPL. I am not expecting a specific amount of money but I do have the skill to develop something that I believe could make a lot of money. I have been working in the industry for about 17 years... Yikes. I plan to build

Re: [Trisquel-users] Fitting Custom Image As Wallpaper.

2017-04-06 Thread enduzzer
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[Trisquel-users] Re : Libre Game Development

2017-04-06 Thread lcerf
I was under the impression that in order for a game to be libre, you needed to make the source available. To your users, yes. Not necessarily to the whole world (although your users are free to redistribute it). Contrary to onpon4, I consider the NC and/or the ND components of some

Re: [Trisquel-users] Fitting Custom Image As Wallpaper.

2017-04-06 Thread infinityfallen
Hi! I presume you're using Trisquel 7. If you go into the 'Tweak Tools' section of the System Settings, and then to the 'Desktop' tab, there should be an option called Mode, which is probably set to Zoom. Change that to Stretch, and it should resize the background to fit the screen, albeit

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre Game Development

2017-04-06 Thread davidpgil
I was under the impression that in order for a game to be libre, you needed to make the source available. I believe it is still possible for tehcode to be libre and the art and music to not be libre. I think that is fine since the art or music doesnt take away any freedoms. I have a lot of

[Trisquel-users] Fitting Custom Image As Wallpaper.

2017-04-06 Thread john_harvey
Hello friends. I've been trying for a bit, but I'm not having success: how does one fit a custom image as desktop background? I try to select an image, but it is always cropped. Tried changing aspect ratios, etc. But no go. I would like the whole image be fitted to the desktop.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre Game Development

2017-04-06 Thread onpon4
> Onpon4 is developing a 100% libre game, and will likely be able to give a more informed opinion. Well, I don't think "libre software with proprietary culture" is the right way to go. It makes you have to worry about whether or not the game's "data" includes software, and it's just not as

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transferring Windows 10 backup files to Trisquel

2017-04-06 Thread infinityfallen
Hi again! Firstly, in regards to the fishing through the zips, I've almost got the script for that ready- I should have mentioned it, but I wasn't sure if you were still here. I'll post it as soon as I finish it. As for your computer woes, they are unfortunately common in switching OSes.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre Game Development

2017-04-06 Thread infinityfallen
Hi davidpgil! I'm giving my input here, with the caveat that I'm not a gamer, a developer, or an artist. Onpon4 is developing a 100% libre game, and will likely be able to give a more informed opinion. In regards to making money from your game, significant or not, making the art

Re: [Trisquel-users] Asus KFSN 4-DRE at the end of november 2016

2017-04-06 Thread greatgnu
>But I'd miss having the pictures/posters of what I might want to watch :( :D >Do you really see a lot of difference? Been running like that for like a year.. I really just need to know which movie I want to watch, I find the magnet and pop it, fast and nice :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Canonical is killing Unity 8, will ship GNOME as default

2017-04-06 Thread greatgnu
>Canonical is killing Unity 8 http://combineoverwiki.net/images/9/9e/Ba_buttugly.ogg

Re: [Trisquel-users] There is No Sound After I Installed Trisquel! How do I Restart the Sound Service?

2017-04-06 Thread greatgnu
Try also installing the package 'pavucontrol' and see if all is 'aight with 'ppulse..

Re: [Trisquel-users] Monitor turns green after 60 seconds on tty6

2017-04-06 Thread greatgnu
nice grep there!

[Trisquel-users] Libre Game Development

2017-04-06 Thread davidpgil
Hi, everyone. I have experience as a professional video games artist and have been spending the last several years learning coding and music and have finally come to a point where I will start creating my game. Something that comes to mind is making it Libre. I DO want to make significant

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot no longer opposes the Trisquel project

2017-04-06 Thread vitacell
Keep going Leah, you are great! Libreboot is the critical software that whole free software community always needed.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Transferring Windows 10 backup files to Trisquel

2017-04-06 Thread sublime4
Hello again, I installed the unarchiver you mentioned as well as aptitude since it was recommended to do so with unzip. I was able to extract many word files from the archive manager into my documents and I'm able to open them in LibreOffice now. However, it takes a long time to fish

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot no longer opposes the Trisquel project

2017-04-06 Thread svhaab
Thank you. I should have visited the libreboot website before asking here. I asked some questions on libreboot irc. I got some informative answers. And got further knowledge reading what other in general wrote on the irc. They say tje flashing software that flashes thinkpad x200 should be

Re: [Trisquel-users] owncloud forked by co creator

2017-04-06 Thread strypey
I've heard you can use Hubzilla for the same purpose, but haven't had a chance to try it. I've also been told via The Federation (I'm strypey[at]quitter[dot]se) about a couple of P2P alternatives including SyncThing. Haven't figured out how to install or test any of them yet. I need to set

Re: [Trisquel-users] Asus KFSN 4-DRE at the end of november 2016

2017-04-06 Thread mcz
I found a way on the web: I had to install the -dev version of libfreetype6. Then I had to install unifont. Then I had another error, where the first solution was to try make clean, then try make again. Didn't work, but I'm getting closer! I'll do it again so I can paste the error here.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Asus KFSN 4-DRE at the end of november 2016

2017-04-06 Thread mcz
But I'd miss having the pictures/posters of what I might want to watch :( Otherwise, these two seem worth trying. Do you really see a lot of difference? Sometimes, my laptop crashes while streaming (vlc and Popcorn-Time).

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Trisquel 8 alpha images

2017-04-06 Thread enduzzer
I just bought TP-Link's TL-WN722N which works with Trisquel and Parabola out of the box. According to Terminal lsusb: "Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n chip"

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot no longer opposes the Trisquel project

2017-04-06 Thread info
Yes, the Libreboot website no longer mentions Trisquel at all, even negatively. I look forward to the new Trisquel release. While I myself personally use Debian nowadays for a variety of reasons, and probably will stay that way, I'm glad that the Trisquel project is still alive and

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Trisquel 8 alpha images

2017-04-06 Thread dahunt
I like it, too; using it on two of my boxes. Having trouble getting it to detect and use USB wifi radio, that's perhaps, worth a call to Think Penguin.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Canonical is killing Unity 8, will ship GNOME as default

2017-04-06 Thread tirifto
GNOME does not do that. Perhaps it would be possible to implement with an extension, but I'm not aware of any one like that. However, GNOME does have a menu on the top bar, but that one typically has but a few options and must be specially supported by the application. It's mostly utilized

Re: [Trisquel-users] Canonical is killing Unity 8, will ship GNOME as default

2017-04-06 Thread leoo
Unity moves the menubar to the top bar/panel, MacOS style, when a window is maximized / full screened. Does GNOME 3 do that?

Re: [Trisquel-users] There is No Sound After I Installed Trisquel! How do I Restart the Sound Service?

2017-04-06 Thread bsinning
I had the same problem (no sound after installation) in the past but then i updated the kernel and the sound was working fine after this update! https://jxself.org/linux-libre/ Just follow this little tutorial and "maybe" this update will solve the sound problem! Best regards

[Trisquel-users] Re : There is No Sound After I Installed Trisquel! How do I Restart the Sound Service?

2017-04-06 Thread pinmaritim
As you have a fresh install, have you done a system update with your update manager or with Synaptic Package Manager ? (btw, the sound card is reconized, https://h-node.org/soundcards/view/en/121/Intel-Corporation-NM10-ICH7-Family-High-Definition-Audio-Controller--rev-02- check your settings

Re: [Trisquel-users] There is No Sound After I Installed Trisquel! How do I Restart the Sound Service?

2017-04-06 Thread dangerousasmilk
Like This? /lib/modules/3.13.0-39-lowlatency/kernel/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/snd-pdaudiocf.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-39-lowlatency/kernel/sound/pcmcia/vx/snd-vxpocket.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-39-lowlatency/kernel/sound/core/snd-hwdep.ko

Re: [Trisquel-users] Canonical is killing Unity 8, will ship GNOME as default

2017-04-06 Thread enduzzer
I'm afraid we ain't seen nothing yet. Shuttleworth, I bet, is going enterprise. He's not interested in the desktop anymore because there's no profit there and he's tired of losing money. There's going to be a closed license Ubuntu Enterprise Edition.

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Trisquel 8 alpha images

2017-04-06 Thread mjmhogg5
Just installed it, been running it a bit and I must say: If this is the alpha release, the final one is going to be super duper awesome !! Thanks to everyone involved !!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Monitor turns green after 60 seconds on tty6

2017-04-06 Thread Maxime Devos
> What is the email reader that you're using? I am using mutt 1.5.21. > Trisquel is composed of many parts, perhaps we need steps to reproduce > (that is: tell us how to come to such problem). :) Firstly, I have found the solution myself, by having found the configuration file where the delay

[Trisquel-users] Re : There is No Sound After I Installed Trisquel! How do I Restart the Sound Service?

2017-04-06 Thread pinmaritim
Hi ;-) What does alsa mixer show you when type in a terminal < code> $ alsamixer you will have a window like here : https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/pas-de-son#comment-111841 if your sound is muted read the instructions https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/Alsamixer to see what soundcard you have $