Em 2014-08-31 13:06, shiret...@web.de escreveu:
I want to stress the main point of my disagreement:
Once a user acknowledges she has fundamental freedoms that deserve to
be respected, she never goes back.
This statement is wrong. It's just not true for the average user.
The sacrifices she has
First, I'm sorry for reviving a topic, but this is really important.
I sent an email to Justin (actually, I sent two, but one was in Brazilian
Portuguese, so he didn't understand it). Here follows my email:
== Start of email sent ==
Hi Justin,
Sorry if my last email seemed hard to
First I would like to apologize for the long topic subject. Second, for those
who have my public key added to their keyrings, I'm thinking about changing
keys.
Well, to make it short: Which one is the most secure in each case?
– DSA for signing with El Gamal for encrypting, or RSA for both?
It all depends on one information: Which file system the hard drive uses.
Depending on the file system type, our approach will be different.
Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a terminal emulator.
Type the commands presented on the paragraph bellow (for every new line,
press Enter), except the
Hi, I have a quick question:
I was doing some video editing using OpenShot, and I noticed that OpenShot
suggests lots of coding libraries. One of the suggested libraries is libx264,
but when searching on the repositories, I could only find libx264-120.
Is libx264-120 the same as libx264?
I use something very simple: A TXT file. It can be opened with almost every
text editor, of not with all.
I usually keep temporary notes inside a file containing pending stuff like
contacts to be added, emails to be sent, medias to check out, software to
check out, or other
Thank you very much ssdclickofdeath. :D
This page from the FSF proves to be very useful.
Now that I think about it, I'm getting amused by the way how the meanings of
a word or phrase can change even inside subcultures of its main culture.
I'll try to use “cracker” instead of “black hat
Well,
This is, indeed, a really good subject.
This can be misunderstood as not-useful for the majority of the GNU+Linux
users but, let's pretend that Some User One has a GNU+Linux operating system,
and that Some User Two has any operating system and is in the same local
network as Some
Sorry, did I offend someone by accident?
Or am I misunderstanding your reply?
If I did so, sorry, but I didn't, and I still don't, mean to do so.
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
This is very good.
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
Due to the fact that you can't get past the login screen, these instructions
must be followed on a virtual terminal, just choose one of the six available
ones by pressing Ctrl + Alt + (F1 through F6).
After chosing a virtual terminal, it'll ask for your username and password.
After
I've recently read some news which say that the Linux kernel (non-free
kernel) version 3.14 will have support for the kexec() call which subverts
the UEFI Secure Boot.
The news article is in Brazilian Portuguese, it's under a free license, and
can be found here:
Interesting, the image shows correctly in gThumb, but not in Abrowser.
Perhaps either gThumb or Abrowser are or aren't loading some kind of metadata
which tells them in which orientation the image is supposed to be displayed.
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
I don't want to promote non-free software or anything, but before I actually
do it by mistake, you all have my sincere apologies.
Perhaps the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/) is a great alternative to
YouTube. It has a lot of functionalities which let you change every
information
This site, along with the manual pages, the documentations available on the
GNU project's site, and some examples on the Internet, helped me understand
somethings (not everything) related to Bash, Cat, Sed (I am still in doubt
about most of the things I've learned about Sed), regular
david said:
When situations start to get serious, or just delve into personal attacks, I
first try to contact the person individually to ask for a change of attitude,
and if that doesn't work as expected, more public measures are attempted
(probably the strongest one is right now about to
Note for Armworm and other users: I promise that I won't discuss this here
anymore.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Pocket Plus (GT-S5301B), which I won from my
biological father as a birthday gift.
It's a class M (Magical) smartphone [1], and in the last time I checked, it
isn't supported by
I agree with axgb.
Very simple, and yet so many people ignore it.
Without the GNU project, the GNU+Linux operating systems wouldn't be as
functional and famous as they are today. Just think about GNU Nano, GNU
Readline, GNU Bash, GNU Coreutils (arch, base64, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown,
As far as I know, by counterpart we mean the version of GNU+Linux Ubuntu used
as base to a GNU+Linux Trisquel version.
The base for GNU+Linux Trisquel 6.0 (Toutatis) is GNU+Linux Ubuntu 12.04
(Precise Pangolin).
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
Wow! This looks like a hot thread.
Well... Looks like I'll, anyway, contribute to it.
We do know that, without GNU+Linux distributions like Debian, Trisquel and
many others wouldn't exist. And without the FSF, Debian wouldn't exist.
Why did the FSF stop helping Debian? Simple, because
If you're talking about the process of making pages for the site by using a
site page editor (the so called WYSIWYG editors), then you might want to try
Amaya, Nvu/Kompozer., or even LibreOffice.
But I strongly advise you to be careful when using WYSIWYG editors, and to
test your pages
I have an account at Gobblin.se (which, of course, uses MediaGobblin), but I
use it mainly to upload temporary images.
In the case of sharing private contents, a Diaspora account or an e-mail
account would be two of your options.
You can also use Web Offer One File (WOOF) which is a script
Before I start in this conversation, I want you all to know that I'm not
defending any of the sides.
It sounds strange, but f.lux is absent in the Free Software Directory, both
as a normal entry and as a review entry.
There are two possibilities for this: Either no reviewer of the Free
Actually, you just touched a sensitive subject. Generally speaking, for a
free artwork to be compatible with a free software, it's recommended to
license it under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)
license.
It's not recommended to use the NonCommercial and NoDerivs
Now that's a good question.
I can't tell you for sure because I never did it, but perhaps you just have
to copy the keyrings and the trust databases from the .gpg folder, I mean,
considering that you don't need your GnuPG custom configurations (if to does
exist).
Best regards, ADFENO.
Note: This post only shows how to export private keys, which in your case, is
done on the old computer.
Export your OpenPGP private key through Seahorse
1. Right click on your own key.
2. Click on Properties.
3. Click on the Details tab.
4. Click on the icon near Export full key.
5.
Now that you mentioned it lembas.
One has to take in consideration the fact that some users, specially those
new to the GNU+Linux world, or just new to GNU+Linux Trisquel, or those
unsure about the hardware that they have, will most likely face problems
early when using GNOME Shell.
For
Looks like I have some good news.
It isn't a bug or anything, it's just related to the media itself, not the
brand, that means, Maxprint DVD-Rs aren't bad, but the DVD-Rs themselves can
indeed be.
I have a package with 50 Maxprint DVD-Rs, and until now, 8 of these are bad,
that means,
I guess that the sound card is either damaged or malfunctioning, but I don't
if this is really possible when speaking about notebooks and such.
We can't of course discard the existence of some sort of switch or button to
mute the sound card, or to deactivate it.
I never fixed notebooks, so
To partially solve this, I use two DNSs from the OpenNIC project.
My ISP does DNS poisoning, it redirects to it's search engine. But with the
OpenNIC DNSs in use, I'm not redirect to such search engine, as it just
displays the default browser's page about a non-existent address.
I know the
(Note: I always leave all multimedia-related extensions and plug-ins
disabled)
To watch videos uploaded on YouTube, I just replace /watch= with /embed/
and try to keep the URI clear, that is, just with the current video ID.
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
Well, to tell you the truth, things are really mixed around here.
The process of convincing people to use free software involves, as far as I
know, knowledge about the person you're trying to convince.
Generally speaking, I always tell others the difference between the terms
gratis, open
Sorry for getting myself in the middle of the conversation, but I do agree
with quantumgravity, specially considering the purpose of Wikipedia, which is
to be an encyclopedia, thus meaning that it should provide the most correct
information they receive to date.
Of course, errors must be
Hey! Can the angry ex-NSA White Hat hacker show us images about the steps
to find such vulnerability?
Sounds like another case of FUD.
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
I was just thinking with my t-shirt's buttons, how about Freedom Sweet
Freedom.
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
The ideas about Planets and blogs are very interesting.
As for the Wordpress blogs, I also have an account on wordpress.com, and I
also contribute to two collaborative Wordpress blogs, and also have a
personal blog.
I am indeed interested, but since I am attending high school (and will
I can't tell you for sure, but I've seen this behavior with other programs,
perhaps it's a behavior related to GTK+, which for me, is a quick way to set
shortcuts, however, it can annoy the user depending on which key you set the
shortcut (in this case, it's set to the letter D).
To remove
You're welcome.
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
Of course, by Igor, we (me and Muhammed) mean Cyberhawk.
GNU+Linux Ubuntu has some (if not little) popularity in Japan, thanks to
ASCII Media Works and projects like the Ubunchu! Japanese comics.
I can't hide it, I actually help the Ubunchu! comics project by translating
it from English to Brazilian Portuguese, although I don't like the license
I've never created an account for me on Facebook, mostly because I tend to
step back if something is suddenly created and begins to be popular
worldwide. It's some sort of self protection which I have.
Well, I did created an account one year ago, but I didn't like it since the
first days,
I think that the future versions of GNU+Linux Trisquel could have a modified
resolv.conf file which would set the nameserver value to one from the OpenNIC
project.
Better yet (but perhaps expensive), one could contribute to the OpenNIC
project by setting up a DNS which complains to such
Just like quantumgravity said, I can't afford this amount of money, specially
because I don't have a monthly income, and speaking of numbers, 1 USD equals
to 2,20 BRL, which means I'll need to donate more than 40 BRL in order to
donate 20 USD, this would be easy if I had a monthly income,
You're welcome.
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
NixiePixel is the nickname of a lady (respectful meaning) which is quite
popular in the open source software and in the shared culture scenarios. She
has an official site [1].
Some people say that she is also popular in the free software and culture
scenarios but, as far as I know, not
Sorry... Uh... Perhaps your email client was configured to automaticly
encrypt your messages. I sent test emails to my mother's email address, and
she read all of them in another computer with no problems,
I even sent an email to a Russian, and she also read it with no problems.
Best
Note: Please read this comment carefully. Take long pauses after the dots,
separating the following phrases from those which came before.
I guess this is a problem similar to the one I had.
When you're asked to select your language and then select Try Trisquel
without installing and many
You can use Riseup.net.
Besides getting a XMPP account, you get an email address. I can't confirm if
it has voice or video calls because I haven't tested these functionalities
yet. Also, Riseup.net respects your privacy.
The registration process can be done using two ways:
- Asking for
(This comment assumes that all your multimedia-related browser plug-ins are
disabled).
For me, since I use Abrowser, some YouTube videos won't display with the
HTML5 player when used in the pages of some videos. However, some months ago,
I discovered a way to watch these problematic
Indeed, I plan to keep it in Brazilian Portuguese (which will be noted to be
the original work). There will also be an English translation. Both the
original and the translated versions should be available for download, as
well as the future translations.
I'm also thinking about making a
Indeed, we can do so.
My user guide is pretty incomplete, mostly because I wanted something quick
for operating system tasks. It does makes reference to other software such as
Brasero, GIMP, Inkscape, and LibreOffice, but these references don't go far
from explaining to the user what these
Great idea!
I can take some parts of my user guide and place them in the manuals which
already exist (I just said so, but haven't checked the absence or presence of
content between the two). Afterwards, I can upload the user guide somewhere
(I'm thinking about uploading it here, but I
I feel comfortable using GNU+Linux Trisquel. It does everything I want to do
for a daily use, or for a more complex use like audio and video editing,
graphic design, and something even cooler than the last: graphic design with
CMYK colors, using Scribus (also a free software).
For those
For conversion between formats, I use Sound Converter for audio (also to
extract audio from video files), WinFF (which depends on FFMPEG, but acts as
a user-friendly front-end for this one) for video.
I don't know if this is exactly what you mean, but regarding saving
multimedia from a
With Gnash, for example, you just have to configure it so that it saves the
stream in some accessible place, run the stream completely once (even if you
start the video again, or if it stops playing to be loaded, what matters is
the stream, which is loaded until it's end), and then you have
Well, I haven't joined any local group of such subjects yet. You know what? I
haven't even joined a local group of any subject.
I would like to join/make a local group about free software (as you already
know, which is different from open source software in philosophy) and free
culture
I'm pretty sure that almost everyone agrees with kernelKurtz and mostly with
Dave_Hunt. I'm not here to put rocks in Trisquel's development path but, as
long as the other desktop environments don't have full accessibility, I think
it's wise to continue with GNOME, the fallback version if
I've been using Riseup.net mail service for three years. According to the
official site [1], they support users' privacy and such matters.
There are two ways to register, the first is by using two codes from two
different, and trusted, Riseup.net users; and the second is by stating why
you
The success of this attack (if I may call it this way) depends on the
absence of privacy and security measures in the target side, and also on his
decision to share, or not, personal information over the Internet.
Frankly, my computer is not that secure, mostly because I'm not that
Aw... Some funny quotes for my collection... Hahaha! I laugh out loud!
Hahaha!
I would like to kindly ask permission from the authors (Darksoul71 and
roboq6) to keep the 82nd, 83rd, 85th and 86th posts. If the posts' authors
wish, I can also modify the quotes as they wish (to remove IP
Just now I have noticed that this posts are numbered by order of appearance
in the thread, not by order of publication.
So... To make this clear, I want to ask permission for the use of the
following quote:
Darksoul71: roboq6,
Darksoul71: 1st: IIRC there is no way to delete postings here,
Just a quick quote:
Hey, our system is GNU+Linux or GNU/Linux, not just Linux. - One of my
uncles, the first Linux user of my family. :D
Oops! I mean... The first GNU+Linux user... :D
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
Before you go any further in this post, remember that all attachments here
are a result of my system being ran without the nomodeset kernel parameter
so, in short, with the default kernal parameters.
Notes:
- I tried to preserve the content of the log files, but I had to edit the
syslog
This topic actually helped me to clarify my thoughts about emulators. I
appreciate all the viewpoints.
I want to say that I like the 5th and 6th generation consoles (except for
Xbox), and I also like some from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th generations as well.
In my case, I do have a list of
Finally!!!
Sorry for the delay. To make things short: after you all suggesting me to
remove libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental, I did better than that, I installed the
system again, but not the package mentioned. And for those without time the
answer is yes, it fixes the problem, no more random
Perhaps you're talking about the invitation codes. If so, I have two news for
you, one bad and one good.
The good news is that I do have a Riseup.net account.
The bad news is that I can't simply give you the code, please don't
misunderstand me, but instead, read the following quote from
My maximum system uptime so far is about five days (ended yesterday, January
20th, because I had to turn off the electricity due to a strong rain).
Before, the maximum, as far as I know, was three days, which ended with the
kernel bug.
For this last record, I haven't made resource
Sorry, for the delay. I just want to say that I decided to reinstall Trisquel
5.5. This time I didn't install the libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental package.
So far, I had no problems, but I'm trying to see if I can find some kind of
trigger that can be used as reference to further tests.
Note
Sorry for bothering so soon but I don't know how those suggested parameters
could help. I don't want to be rude, but I'm an intermediary command line
user, I know how to get log information here and there, but I don't like to
bother messing up with module parameters. Nothing personal, or
Sorry lembas,
I didn't mean to be so rude or aggressive.
Three years ago, when I first started using GNU+Linux, I decided to
experience with Ubuntu. The installation was completed normally, the problem
was the Internet. For some reason, I couldn't get the standard Ethernet
module to load
I've successfully updated the kernel when you suggested. For me, it fixes the
issue, I can confirm this.
The Minetest game is working fine.
Since I've installed libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental, which adds extra 3D
acceleration I should also add that according to glxinfo, my renderer is now
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