Re: [Trisquel-users] How swap Caps lock with Control for Emacs

2020-06-24 Thread Red Starfish
On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 23:01:38 +0200 Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: > ... > I know you asked for Emacs specifically, but I want to mention this, in > case you could make use of it system wide: > > I use the following in my ~/.profile file: > . > setxkbmap -layout de -option ctrl:nocaps >

Re: [Trisquel-users] Package non-free trisquel 9

2020-06-24 Thread mason
> I do not know why fonts-ubuntu and fonts-ubuntu-console are in the non-free section of Debian. Apparently when packaging these fonts Debian concluded that the Ubuntu Font License is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. The packaging discussion is [here][1], and the

[Trisquel-users] Re : Which CPU does work with Trisquel?

2020-06-24 Thread lcerf
Unfortunately, with AMD, the problem is not only to have "fancy" graphics but also to have a reasonable resolution. On the contrary, Intel graphical chipsets perfectly work. That is why I would choose Intel. As for the blobs in the two brands, they look equally bad to me (but I have

[Trisquel-users] Re : Permissions on a new USB flash drive

2020-06-24 Thread lcerf
After years of accumulating scan results, my HDD is filled up to within 2GB of its 1TB capacity, so operations of most kinds are excruciatingly slow. It really does not like editing 2GB text files in LeafPad. Nobody should ever do that: learn sed, awk, etc. Also, compressing text files is

Re: [Trisquel-users] Permissions on a new USB flash drive

2020-06-24 Thread amenex
boba provided some historical experience of successs ... Actually, GParted performed the necessary operations to remove the original msdos/ext4 and replace it with gpt/ext4 in about five minutes; then I used sudo chmod -R 755 Thumb256B as before, but still its permissions are staying the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which CPU does work with Trisquel?

2020-06-24 Thread publiclewdness
Well the gaming system does and doesn't, the GPU doesn't so far. I'm hoping if I can get the latest Linux libre kernel installed it may help with that but i'm not holding my breath. As for GPUs to recommend with an AMD CPU I would say the Nvidia GT 710 or 730 as they are cheap and work

[Trisquel-users] Re : Package non-free trisquel 9

2020-06-24 Thread lcerf
Those packages look free: https://ubuntu.com/legal/font-licence https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/intel-vaapi-driver/master/COPYING I do not know why fonts-ubuntu and fonts-ubuntu-console are in the non-free section of Debian. Does anybody here knows? i965-va-driver is in Debian's

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which CPU does work with Trisquel?

2020-06-24 Thread edwardtfht8
Thanks very much for the answers. Glad to hear that a gaming computer works with free software. Unfortunately I have no physical access to free hardware such as System76 and related. Even weak hardware I now use is non-free. I just deemed ADM Ryzen a less of two evils in this regard, but I

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread bobandrew
Daydreaming.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Permissions on a new USB flash drive

2020-06-24 Thread bobandrew
Just today I erased a small (4GB) thumb drive which had some live system on it, in order to use it for file transfer purposes instead. I could not copy+paste anything on it because of write protection until I formatted it as GPT instead of MBR (which is the default option in the Discs

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel-users Digest, Vol 132, Issue 35

2020-06-24 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
I seem to not have read your last paragraph. So you already knew. Nevermind then! One more note though: You can make use of Guix package manager on foreign distro to get some newer free software than usually available on Trisquel 8. On 6/24/20 9:30 PM,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which CPU does work with Trisquel?

2020-06-24 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
Hi Edward! I think I'll have to be a party pooper for a bit. There is no CPU without unfree parts or requiring unfree parts, which has comparable to the CPUs you mentioned performance. At least that is what I read. The reason is, that the manufacturers and developers of newer CPUs put in unfree

Re: [Trisquel-users] How swap Caps lock with Control for Emacs

2020-06-24 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
Hi! I know you asked for Emacs specifically, but I want to mention this, in case you could make use of it system wide: I use the following in my ~/.profile file: # # SWAP KEYS # # setxkbmap -layout de -option ctrl:nocaps setxkbmap -layout de -option ctrl:swapcaps I

[Trisquel-users] Permissions on a new USB flash drive

2020-06-24 Thread amenex
After years of accumulating scan results, my HDD is filled up to within 2GB of its 1TB capacity, so operations of most kinds are excruciatingly slow. It really does not like editing 2GB text files in LeafPad. I acquired a new SanDisk 256GB drive, removed its partition table, and formatted the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Friendly Way To View Nvidia GPU Usage and VRAM

2020-06-24 Thread publiclewdness
I tried that on both my Trisquel desktop and laptop and when I put it into terminal nothing happens. No errors but also nothing displayed on the screen and nothing on screen.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which CPU does work with Trisquel?

2020-06-24 Thread publiclewdness
I have a Ryzen 2600X on a Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming motherboard that I can say boots into Trisquel 8.0 and 9.0 and the ethernet works. I haven't really tested it much further as my GPU in that system doesn't work with Trisquel (AMD 5700 XT). This testing was doen on stock kernels so

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread bobandrew
Wrong photo again. Here is François Perrin:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Clientes do Banco do Brasil: reclamem do software proprietário de novo de novo!

2020-06-24 Thread gutexborin
Acho um absurdo esses bancos. Os apps da Caixa econômica federal e Banco do Brasil são tão invasivos. Pedem acesso a localização, contatos, armazenamento e a sua alma e um tantão mais. A alternativa que uso é usar uma máquina virtual, mas não é nada prático, alem de ser lento em

[Trisquel-users] Which CPU does work with Trisquel?

2020-06-24 Thread edwardtfht8
Hello. First of all, thanks all developers here for Trisquel 9. GREAT system with a lot of potential. I successfully built from source new golang version 1.14, newest version of Codelite (fantastic!!! recommended). And a lot of other wonderful things. Java works really great. I going to

[Trisquel-users] Package non-free trisquel 9

2020-06-24 Thread gutexborin
Hello, I installed the vrms package directly from debian, since trisquel didn't have it in the archives. This package checks for other non-free packages. I'm not sure if it is effective or not. The point is that it has 4 non-free packages in trisquel 9. That's the output: Non-free

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread bobandrew
...and might now as well be moved to the Troll Lounge.

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread msuzuqi
I attached a wrong photo. It was my uncle. This guy.

[Trisquel-users] Clientes do Banco do Brasil: reclamem do software proprietário de novo de novo!

2020-06-24 Thread lcerf
Mais uma thread para convidar os clientes do Banco do Brasil a reclamar na nova pesquisa de opinião do BB do software proprietário para um acesso remoto às suas contas. Ver https://trisquel.info/forum/clientes-do-banco-do-brasil-reclamem-do-software-propriet%C3%A1rio e

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread bobandrew
If systemd does not even get in the way of rebootless kernel upgrades, then this thread might have already come to its conclusion.

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread msuzuqi
I don't know his name.

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread jason
"We still do not have to reboot after non-kernel upgrades" And maybe not even after kernel upgrades either. Rebootless kernel upgrades are available from Canonical, Red Hat, and others.

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread andyprough
>I think he means François Perrin. I was thinking it was either Brad Pitt or Prince William of England, but your theory makes more sense.

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-06-24 Thread bobandrew
I think he means François Perrin. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068655/