Re: [Trisquel-users] TP-LINK TL-WN725N

2020-05-02 Thread xliang9550
I'm strongly against purchasing from "Respects Your Freedom" vendors. They are vampires taking advantage of inexperienced users to make money, just like any proprietary software/hardware vendor. For example, one minimalist libreboot X200 costs more than 400 USD, which is even more

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 with kernel 4.15.0-99 BusyBox error

2020-05-02 Thread jbar
You can chroot from a live session. Boot from a live CD and open a terminal. Then, assuming your root partition is /dev/sda1 $ sudo su # TARGET=/media/sda1 # mkdir -p $TARGET # mount /dev/sda1 $TARGET # mount --bind /dev $TARGET/dev # mount --bind /dev/pts $TARGET/dev/pts # mount --bind

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Synaptic need to be tweaked?

2020-05-02 Thread mason
>> Users who are uncomfortable using a terminal. > ... have no use for CLI-only programs No, plenty of users use some command line programs but would not be comfortable performing all package management via a terminal. Looking back on my own history of learning to use GNU/Linux, I was

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-05-02 Thread thomas
That's exactly what I did, and it worked. Thanks for sharing that method.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Best & Easiest Installation VPN ?

2020-05-02 Thread lcerf
install network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome openvpn resolvconf I do not know if all are required. Only installing "network-manager-openvpn-gnome" will actually install the other packages, as dependencies.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best & Easiest Installation VPN ?

2020-05-02 Thread kdd
install network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome openvpn resolvconf I do not know if all are required. https://account.protonvpn.com/signup get a protonvpn account. Or protonmail account. Log in on your protonvpn account. Select downloads -> gnulinux -> server configs Download

[Trisquel-users] Re : TP-LINK TL-WN725N

2020-05-02 Thread lcerf
Indeed. However, it is hard to know the chipset of the Wifi adapter you buy (manufacturers sometimes replace the Wifi chipset in a same model). One way is to buy second-hand from somebody who indicates that chipset. Another way is https://ryf.fsf.org/products?category=7

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best & Easiest Installation VPN

2020-05-02 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
On 02.05.20 12:00, trisquel-users-requ...@listas.trisquel.info wrote: > Beko: > > I know Mullvad requires a newer kernel than what Trisquel ships by default. > > In that case, perhaps it will work better on Etiona (Trisquel 9)? You could > try installing a dual boot of Etiona on your X60 and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best & Easiest Installation VPN ?

2020-05-02 Thread kdd
> use a free proton vpn I want to test proton vpn on debian 10. Would you write a tutorial? You do not install software other than packages in the repository? https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-cli I would rather avoid inatalling this piece of software. I do not know if this is one of those

Re: [Trisquel-users] TP-LINK TL-WN725N

2020-05-02 Thread kdd
if you want your hardware being able to work on free software, you have to investigate the hardware before buying it. And realize that even if it is said, that a piece of hardware is supported by linux, does not assure it will run on free software. Some linux software is non free software. If you

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best & Easiest Installation VPN ?

2020-05-02 Thread strypey
Beko: > I know Mullvad requires a newer kernel than what Trisquel ships by default. In that case, perhaps it will work better on Etiona (Trisquel 9)? You could try installing a dual boot of Etiona on your X60 and see how that works for you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Synaptic need to be tweaked?

2020-05-02 Thread bobandrew
@stripey: please cf. my answer to your previous post below, if you had missed it (I am presently writing directly on the forum, not through the mailing list), and in that case please ignore the remainder of this post. In case you had already read my answer but decided to go ahead anyway:

[Trisquel-users] Re : enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-05-02 Thread rfb
I just had the latest update of Enigmail (2.1.6.) done through the Trisquel repos. It fixed the issue. Enigmail is operational again.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Synaptic need to be tweaked?

2020-05-02 Thread strypey
Chaosmonk: > Users who are uncomfortable using a terminal. ... have no use for CLI-only programs and will be confused if they are installed. Hence Synaptic would be more useful to them if it did not offer to install them.