[Trisquel-users] GPU question

2017-04-07 Thread lord_abinadi
Is the GTX 650 supported by Trisquel?

[Trisquel-users] Wire is Free Software now

2017-04-07 Thread albertoefg
I've wanted to tell you about wire for a couple months now. I am really happy :) https://wire.com/en/ Wire is software really similar to whatsapp or telegram. But is free now both client and server side. It also has encryption by default on client side. For messages, calls and

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

2017-04-07 Thread sublime4
No need to be sorry, I just appreciate the help in any way. It didn't quite work but it appears that it is close. I tried the two commands in order by opening a terminal inside the main folder as well as an attempt inside the backup folder inside the main folder and an attempt in one of the

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

2017-04-07 Thread sublime4
There wasn't an error message but after the Quick Search in the step by step Testdisk instructions it showed a pretty large list of partitions that weren't able to be recovered. I took a picture of it but the picture wasn't enough to capture the whole list. I can attach it if you think

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

2017-04-07 Thread greatgnu
On my old hardware Popcorn Time, which is basically peerflix with GUI + movie covers, runs like crap. I remember it running slowly even on a i5 quad core I owned in the past, but there it was acceptable, in fact I loved Popcorn time a lot back when it first came out. Peerflix will run fast

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2017-04-07 Thread greatgnu
>I agree with you, ps, why the quick necro? It should have been necroed more than a month later for true fun! :D

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

2017-04-07 Thread infinityfallen
The script is now at http://pastebin.ca/3792624. The site works without JS enabled, if necessary. To use it, copy the text in the paste (the code in the big box in the middle, without the line numbers) into a text editor, such as Gedit (not LibreOffice). Save the file as "gmsWord.sh" (no

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

2017-04-07 Thread mcz
After asking on #coreboot and #libreboot (no answers on #git) : First, I was told that if I have nothing like microcode.bin listed, then it "should" be fine. Like the person was not very sure of it. I still have no idea whether git clone is reliable enough. Else, I need to try and contact

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

2017-04-07 Thread infinityfallen
I'll post the source of the script, with modified instructions, below. That was my fault- for some odd reason, attachments to the forum don't seem to give permission. I should have thought about that BEFORE posting the file. I am extremely sorry.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Obsolete software in the Trisquel repos

2017-04-07 Thread lcerf
If an old piece of software is in the repository and does not give any work, it should be kept (although not it should be chosen for the default system since it is not a good medium-term choice). For instance, I do not know why PDFedit was removed. Sure it is based on Qt3, the last stable

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

2017-04-07 Thread lcerf
This forum is not a place to invite people to install and run proprietary software.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Obsolete software in the Trisquel repos

2017-04-07 Thread jason
"Why is this even in the Trisquel repos at all?" Because it's in Ubuntu's. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=Miro=names=all=all But if you notice it's not in later versions so won't be in Trisquel 8. Trisquel used to follow each Ubuntu release that came out every 6 months, and so

[Trisquel-users] Obsolete software in the Trisquel repos

2017-04-07 Thread strypey
I know I've complained about this before, but there are a lot of dead projects that need to be pruned out of the Trisquel repos. A good example is Miro, a BitTorrent client/ media player (like FrostWire or Tribler) that was developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation. The last version

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2017-04-07 Thread mappack
I tried GNU Ring a little while ago. Even though it is still in beta according to ring.cx, it works fine. Well, it did for me, at least. You should give it a go if you can.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2017-04-07 Thread calmstorm
I never got to say this before, but sweet necro!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2017-04-07 Thread strypey
"jitsi.meet sounds like a good idea until you realize you need a really fast connection (optic fibre is recommended)." My experience testing it (and Palava.tv) is that it definitely doesn't work without a fast PC, and fast internet. Now that I have some more powerful hardware, and fibre to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is software on Github GPL ? (ex. graphics driver)

2017-04-07 Thread calmstorm
It looks like the licenses on the license file are all open source approved at the least, meaning you get modify, study, change or distribute. So I think they are free software in that sense. I didn't look through it thoroughly though, but it is worth looking through if your interested.

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

2017-04-07 Thread strypey
As I said on the other thread Leah, I admire your bravery in admitting your mistakes, and making the effort the rebuild burned bridges. I'm sure everyone involved can learn valuable lessons about community development from this experience. Best of luck with Libreboot and your other projects

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre Game Development

2017-04-07 Thread strypey
Kia ora Davidpgil, first, congrats on your decision to get into libre game development! Always good to see more people get involved. As a gamer, a writer, and a person who dreams up lots of experimental projects and occasionally gets something to happen, it's an area I am getting quite

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

2017-04-07 Thread calmstorm
Why don't you switch to debian stretch then? it is stable enough for me. and it is very secure and has very up to date packages... I am just saying, complaining don't do nothing good. Show some love man, or just use debian stretch. It is so stable that I dare say I have had very few errors if

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

2017-04-07 Thread calmstorm
I personally like mate over gnome anyday. But LXQT and LXDE are my favorites. ps, still using stretch debian but like you guys if you used it, I have kept the nonfree area closed tight.

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

2017-04-07 Thread calmstorm
How about these ideas for trump: Make America Crazy Again! Make America Broke Again! Make America Break Again! and of course, MAKE AMERICA RAGE AGAIN! tehehehe...

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

2017-04-07 Thread 43453
for windows try https://www.diskinternals.com/download/

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

2017-04-07 Thread strypey
According to that article on OMGBuntu the Snaps project will continue for now. As Shuttleworth says in his blog, ultimately its the industry and the community who will decide, whether containered desktop apps are what we want, and if so, which format we want to use. Hopefully we will make

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

2017-04-07 Thread lcerf
First of all, thank you for the expression effort. I didn't think I had any deleted partitions or files either but after running Testdisk, the program was unable to recover some partitions and files so perhaps there is some corruption. What do you by "unable to recover some partitions and

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

2017-04-07 Thread sublime4
Hello, I apologize for the huge block of text. I agree it is a bit indigestible. I've just been getting impatient with all of the problems I'm having as they seem endless. And with my class coming up soon and when I could be doing other things that are a little more important like

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wich is your favorite libre game?

2017-04-07 Thread mcz
Wow, this is fascinating: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/wiki/History.md Too bad the game works only with intel CPUs though. But the article above is awesome, thanks :D !!!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wich is your favorite libre game?

2017-04-07 Thread mcz
Forgot to add the newly discovered TripleA. It's kind of like Risk, but more complex. Actually more Like Axis & Allies or something like that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot issues an "Open Letter to the Free Software Community"

2017-04-07 Thread agullo
I am so relieved that things have been straightened out, and Rowe has taken back the accusations towards John Sullivan and Rubén Rodríguez. Now we can start to rebuild back the trust amongst us. P. S. I had to read the Open Letter on my smartphone (Orange ISP) because on my laptop (R ISP)

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

2017-04-07 Thread jadedml
The way I see it, enterprise editions are bad because they're proprietary-- but at least profits are funnelled into the development of libre software. If Canonical just kept developing convergence etc and died, that's one source of funding gone. Besides, a lot of people and enterprises use

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

2017-04-07 Thread mcz
So your CPU handles it allright? Because with Popcorn-Time, it's fast enough. But I definitely can't put it on fullscreen (on external screen).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is software on Github GPL ? (ex. graphics driver)

2017-04-07 Thread mjmhogg5
Thank you strypey for your thoughts on the matter, I have much to read up on. Like you say, I normally do play it safe and just use libre trisquel repo's. Anyway, in this case it seems a mix of several homebaked licenses all in one. Oh well, off to play with xorg.conf :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware: cheap Intel config?

2017-04-07 Thread vitacell
GMA4500mhd it is very stable, but do not expect nice 3d performance. Realtek PCI card? what card? LAN CPI card? Wifi PCI card? Already classic integrated Ethernet card problems are fixed. x5460 is better, or much better:

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

2017-04-07 Thread sublime4
Yes the page jumps occur even after a page loads. Sometimes I can't even finish an article without having to pull it up on my phone because it will pull up to the top after scrolling back to my spot within seconds.

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

2017-04-07 Thread strypey
"Puppy looks like XP" It's been a while since you say a computer running XP isn't it ;P

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot issues an "Open Letter to the Free Software Community"

2017-04-07 Thread strypey
Reading the notes from Alyssa and Leah actually brought tears to me cry. It is incredibly brave of her to acknowledge her very public mistakes, admit their negative consequences, apologise to John, Reuben, Timothy, and Damien, by name, to the GNU maintainers, and most importantly to the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wich is your favorite libre game?

2017-04-07 Thread eliotime3000
RedEclipse and Minetest.

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

2017-04-07 Thread mkl80
That is very good news we all need libreboot. kisses and hugs for all of you

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is software on Github GPL ? (ex. graphics driver)

2017-04-07 Thread strypey
"Or is everything on Github automatically GPL ?" Absolutely not. Not all the code that GITHub uses to host GITHub is free code. Anyone can put code on GITHub. It is a dog's breakfast of proprietary, no license, free code under a wide range of licenses approved by the FSF and/or OSI, and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is software on Github GPL ? (ex. graphics driver)

2017-04-07 Thread mjmhogg5
Thank you onpon4 for checking and the thorough reply. That's very kind of you ! Now to read and digest.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is software on Github GPL ? (ex. graphics driver)

2017-04-07 Thread onpon4
No license means no license. However, this is not contingent on there being a file called "LICENSE". That's a setup invented and suggested by GitHub and is not a legal requirement. In fact, the project you linked does have a file showing you what the license is:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2017-04-07 Thread gnula
On the subject of Skype, jitsi.meet sounds like a good idea until you realize you need a really fast connection (optic fibre is recommended). However, some Skype-Windows users have told me there’s no fluid stream either with Skype. But it’s Skype, so who would dare to complaint or even

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware: cheap Intel config?

2017-04-07 Thread gnula
About the Gigabyte G41M-ES2L mobo, I like the fact it’s an onboard intel GPU. I see that Nvidia cards becomes legacy quite fast, and finally even nouveau will soon stop supporting them. Maybe I’m a bit pessimistic but as I have a good socket 775 mobo without an onboard GPU, I’m dependent on

[Trisquel-users] Is software on Github GPL ? (ex. graphics driver)

2017-04-07 Thread mjmhogg5
Hi All ! My laptop has an old SiS 671/771 card, and for those of you who are interested, it's always been a nightmare to use under linux. The only distro that runs it out-of-the-box is PCLinuxOS, which I was using for a very long time, before the Libre Bug bit me :) Anyway, the Question

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wich is your favorite libre game?

2017-04-07 Thread tomlukeywood
Probably Micropolis or 0ad