Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread hd-scania
However, my dominant online language is sure to be British English, and I am living in Eastern but the Eastern memes know almost none to free software, I also feel the translations to the Eastern languages too strange like traditional Chinese (no Cantonese but only Taiwan variants) and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread onpon4
"British" is not a language. No, English is not your native language "if online". Your native language is Cantonese. I would suggest focusing any activist efforts there, where you (presumably) are comprehensible. Your English proficiency is not up to the task, I'm afraid. Are Cantonese and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread hd-scania
My native languages are British if online (I keep reading British in front of my GNU systems and an F-droid device) and Cantonese if offline, my offline environments are quite weak in British, I feel them strongly to be "Chinglish" (some USA English and some Cantonese, but none of British)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread onpon4
Since you have so much trouble with English, your first step is to get your English up to a level that is workable. It is not easy to learn or discuss complex philosophical issues while using a language you barely understand. If you don't mind me asking, what is your native language?

Re: [Trisquel-users] [Poll] Should Trisquel 9 be Based on Debian?

2017-11-06 Thread csh
I may have said it in a mean way, but I have been seeing so much fragmentation lately that nobody is getting any work done.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Virtualbox on Libreboot w/Trisquel?

2017-11-06 Thread csh
IDK if it's an SSD.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread hd-scania
You will be disappointed that I have been often being misled before an impulsive speaking, but I admit I should read more before speaking, and British is honestly my online dominant language but is not if offline, and my offline surrounding are fatally weak in British, even AmE (USA

Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread hd-scania
If here is for Trisquel troubleshooting, then when is for general discussions for our common software freedom? Drupal? Diaspora? GNUsocial? Joomla? Telegram (though nonfree servers)? I have been a member these all and I will be more active those communities than here.

Re: [Trisquel-users] apps

2017-11-06 Thread onpon4
> What would it take to reverse engineer all the major voice/ video chat apps (Skype, Hangouts, FaceTime, WhatsApp, WeChat, Telegram, Signal etc), so that free code client software could connect with them? I don't know the answer to that, but remember that the developers of these

Re: [Trisquel-users] heads - the libre privacy distro

2017-11-06 Thread calmstorm
Yep, it is better than tails at the very least. :) Although, its a pity it doesn't support arm. It would be perfect for eoma68 standard devices.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Virtualbox on Libreboot w/Trisquel?

2017-11-06 Thread calmstorm
AQEMU. done and done, it works well for me even using let's call it crappy Operating Systems... should I need to scratch that old gamer itch...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Virtualbox on Libreboot w/Trisquel?

2017-11-06 Thread calmstorm
Did you use an SSD? or a 1.4 dual core processor or faster? or combination of the two? just curious.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Virtualbox on Libreboot w/Trisquel?

2017-11-06 Thread calmstorm
virt-manager sucks, vmware = evil, virtualbox = sketchy but better then vmware... and then there's aqemu which I absolutely love. Aqemu is the easiest and best option. I only discovered this a week ago...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread calmstorm
Meh, this is all pointless, but regardless, let's all calm down and relax okay? But yeah, gd_scania it would seem you are way Off topic, it does happen, but this looks to me like it could become a flame war soon. so yeah... after posting this, I am going to leave this thread and I suggest

Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread dhood
I echo what Mason is saying regarding language barrier here. That said, most of what you are posting has nothing to do with Trisquel at all. This is certainly an issue generally with this forum, but I think it needs to be said that most of the posts here should be about Trisquel directly.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread masonhock
I believe that you are being sincere in your posts on this forum and genuinely care about software freedom. It also seems like English is not your first language, in which case miscommunications are very understandable. However, I agree with onpon4 that many of your posts make assumptions

[Trisquel-users] Sparse file issue w/KVM

2017-11-06 Thread davidh888
Hello, I've installed KVM and and everything is fine. I've been trying to create a VM with Whonix OS. I am having some issues with the file size when I run: tar -xvf ~/Whonix-Gateway-*.libvirt.xz and tar -xvf ~/Whonix-Workstation-*.libvirt.xz When I run these commands, it eventually

Re: [Trisquel-users] uruk gnu/linux 2.0 beta-2

2017-11-06 Thread strypey
OK, so I'm confused. I just downloaded a fresh copy of beta2 from SourceForge, checked the SHA256, and made a USB installer (see: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/problems-creating-usb-installed-using-trisquel-7). I installed it and got what appeared to be a Mate desktop. This was wierd,

[Trisquel-users] heads - the libre privacy distro

2017-11-06 Thread mjmhogg5
Hi Everyone ! Just wanted to know whether anyone of you has experience of using "heads". https://heads.dyne.org/ Seems to be similar to the "Tails" live-cd, only it's based on devuan. Thanks !

[Trisquel-users] Re : Deb DFSG: Just an open source and permissisve license like BSD?

2017-11-06 Thread lcerf
The Debian Free Software Guidelines is a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine whether a software license is a free software license, which in turn is used to determine the section of the repository a piece of software enters. It has *nothing* to do with the rights of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems creating USB installed using Trisquel 7

2017-11-06 Thread strypey
Disks on LMDE didn't work either. Ended up using a command from the wiki: "Terminal (dd of GNU Coreutils) $ sudo dd if=/path/to/image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M;sync Note that you want the device name (e.g. /dev/sdx) not the partition name (e.g. /dev/sdx1)."

Re: [Trisquel-users] apps

2017-11-06 Thread strypey
Recently, a friend was forced to buy a new handheld, with a more current version of Android, so she could use WeChat. Using WeChat was required by prospective employers in China for remote interviews. If she had refused to use WeChat because it forces her to own a personal surveillance

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?

2017-11-06 Thread strypey
Other platforms that free code software groups can use to collect and distribute donations include: * OpenCollective: https://github.com/OpenCollective/OpenCollective * BountySource Salt: https://github.com/bountysource I haven't looked deeply into the pros and cons of each of them, but AFAIK

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems creating USB installed using Trisquel 7

2017-11-06 Thread strypey
BTW the Aspire One is 32-bit, full specs on my user information page. Must get around to putting it into H-Node.

[Trisquel-users] Problems creating USB installed using Trisquel 7

2017-11-06 Thread strypey
I recently downloaded a fresh copy of Uruk-2.0-beta-2, and checked the SHA256. Then I tried to use a recently installed and fully updated Trisquel 7, running on my Aspire One, to make a USB installer. I tried it with both Disks (using 'restore image') and Startup Disk Creator, but neither