The internal mouse on my netbook freezes (only scrolling works but pointer no
longer moves) when CPU usage is high.
Lavabit also privides an XMPP account when you register an email account.
confirmed also!
I have a similar netbook and it works for me. I did what I wrote here when I
was using Trisquel:
http://h-node.org/notebooks/view/en/210/Eee-PC-1001PX
Does the command
sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
work?
In order to see if the command worked simply run
sudo hdparm -B /dev/sda
The output should be:
/dev/sda:
APM_level = 254
Jamendo probably uses a patent encumbered codec such as MP3 which is
supported in Midori (via external media frameworks) but not in Mozilla based
browser.
Is the package network-manager-openvpn-gnome installed?
In Evolution using GPG doesn't require a plugin and is pretty straightforward
(just select PGP encrypt in menu). Setting up GPG keys can be done via the
command line. Useful GPG commands can be found here:
http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/~lockhart/gpg/gpg-cs.html
Probably by running Compiz or a game that requires 3D acceleration such as
Neverputt.
I'm using an ASUS netbook (1001PX) and it's reasonably fast. It has a nice
Matte screen. You can get a cheap refurbished version of this netbook.
I mostly disable JavaScript (via NoScript) and Gnash/Lighstspark (I usually
use workarounds such as Viewtube, Linterna Magica, youtube-dl,
The netbook I'm using (1001PX) could be purchased with FreeDOS.
I tried compiling but ran into errors when making the toolchain. The log is
here:
http://wklej.org/id/1076192/
Bitcoin mining software is listed here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bitcoin#Mining
cgminer and cpuminer are free software.
I added --disable-werror to compilation of binutils in Makefile but toolchain
still fails to build:
http://wklej.org/id/1076358/
Can you SSH into the computer and post the output of dmesg?
ffmpeg is compiled without non-free AAC encoder.
By typing ffmpeg into terminal you can see what flags were enabled during
compilation.
Here is ffmpeg on my Parabola computer (on Trisquel I think libx264 isn't
available in ffmpeg due to software patents):
ffmpeg
ffmpeg version 1.2.1
Handbrake includes a proprietary AAC encoder. All the players include an AAC
decoder which is free software but do not include the proprietary decoder.
To rip a DVD using ffmpeg you need to first copy the VOB file to your
computer. Here you can find more details:
http://eng.anarchopedia.org/how_to_encode_video_to_OGG_Theora#ffmpeg
I use ffmpeg which supports free formats (Theora, VP8, Vorbis etc).
I run Trisquel with 1 GB of RAM in the desktop from 2005 using E17 and it's
quite snappy. On the netbook I also have 1 GB with Parabola and loading
software takes a few seconds (e.g. 10 seconds to load Evolution or Iceape and
longer to load bitcoin-qt), but the bottleneck is the Atom
Actually the golem.de player works with Lightspark:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/anyone-able-stream-video-without-flash
You can also use quvi directly with any player of your choosing, e.g. to use
SMPlayer:
quvi --exec smplayer %u URL
My iPod (5th generation iPod video) can be synchronized using Banshee
(including videos) but I just drag and drop using Rockbox.
I just noticed quvi supports playing back YouTube in WebM format and some
other sites via MPlayer. All one needs to do is install quvi (compilation
instructions for versions newer than those in the Trisquel repositories can
be found here:
Funny Or Die also works.
I'm using an Asus 1001PX netbook and everything works using Trisquel and it
even has a nice matte screen. The only downside is a wireless card that only
supports b and g, so it doesn't work that well if there is poor reception
(but connecting to home router is fine). The other downside is a
My laptop came officially with Free DOS (and unofficially with an
unauthorized version of XP).
Dailymotion works with Scriptish/Greasemonkey plus Linterna Magica plus Totem
plugin.
Vimeo videos should work in any browser that supports H.264 via HTML5 such as
Midori.
There is a hack to find media via Google. Just search for find mp3 google
and go through the results - you should find a method of searching
directories for mp3s inside Google. If you copy the search and replace mp3 by
other media types you can find movies too.
I just tested a RAR file and File Roller handled it fine in Trisquel (I also
installed unar and unrar-free).
You can update to the latest version by using this PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/minitube
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
Slightly off topic: it seems that in many cases JavaScript is used when it
isn't needed and thus the resources required to view websites grows. For
instance, many TV guides require JavaScript, and only few do not (such as the
Guardian website which works without JavaScript).Also 1-click
I learnt from looking at the link at h-node that Parabola also has a long
term release kernel so I switched to that. The LTS kernel should be the
default in my view.
Universe packages are free software that are not officially supported and
restricted packages are obviously non-free:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu
You can get a cheap netbook that is supported by Trisquel. You can find such
models using h-node and you can test Trisquel in a shop (that's what I did).
Note that a model might be listed as supported but might be sold with
different parts, so it is best to test it before buying.
Does it also work with kernels in Parabola and/or gNewSense?
ViewTube and Linterna Magica are Greasemonkey scripts.
Linterna Magica can be downloaded from here:
http://linterna-magica.nongnu.org/
ViewTube can be obatined from here:
https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/87011
Another nice script is LinkTube which provides direct links to embedded
YouTube
Some software contained in Debian recommends non-free software, for instance
Kopete includes a Skype buttons Mozilla plugin.
Jitsi 2.0 supports VP8:
https://jitsi.org/Development/Roadmap
Chris, perhaps you should get in touch with Rockbox developers so that the
player you are selling is advertised on the Rockbox homepage.
Some of the videos on the golem.de website use the .flv extension, e.g. this
one about the Neo Freerunner:
http://video4.golem.de/files/1/1/1559/neofreerunner_mw_on2.flv
To find the URL using Wireshark just search for frame contains .flv instead
of frame contains .mp4.
Regarding microphone/line out: most laptops have an internal microphone so
the external one isn't needed (my netbook 1001px has this connection and it
works for headphones. I use the internal microphone).
The latest version of Midori plays back YouTube fine using ViewTube or
Linterna Magica with Lightspark or Gnash. Just get the latest Midori and
WebKit via PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webkit-team
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:midori
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
You can also use regular SMPlayer to playback YouTube links which supports
WebM as default format in
options-preferences-performance
Lightspark only works with Pulseaudio I believe. Audio is very bad when using
Lightspark, so I disabled Pulseaudio and use Lightspark only to find video
links alongside Wireshark.
Free alternatives to Adobe Flash provide a way to view video and audio, but
they still require proprietary JavaScript and they use more resources than
viewing the stream in a media player such as MPlayer. I thought it would be a
good idea to liberate (live) Flash media streams that can be
No see here:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/thinkpenguin-laptop-photos#comment-24756
It is best to use JavaScript on/off toggler such as NoScript. Most websites
work fine without JavaScript other than reading comments or one-click
download sites (other than 180upload or billionuploads).
This has been discussed in the forums before...
You can see an older discussion here:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/will-trisquel-be-based-debain-future
Maybe you can post the site that he needs so we can test whether it works
with Gnash or Lightspark?
Can you upload a sample (you can create one for instance using FFmpeg) so
others can test to see that it isn't a graphics card issue?
You can also use SSH.
Netbooks usually do not have a good graphics card that supports video
decoding and thus plays video using CPU. Since the CPU is weak (e.g. Atom)
playback of high quality videos (e.g. 720P) isn't smooth. (720P video also
needs to be rescaled as the resolution is lower than that.)
Lightspark can be obtained via PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~sparkers/+archive/ppa
Note that there is in fact a newer version available (0.7.2) which one can
compile from source.
The video can be downloaded using this URL (and then viewed with e.g.
SMPlayer):
http://video.golem.de/files/1/1/10750/metrolastlight-sd.mp4
P.S. in order to find this URL I used Lightspark (version 0.7.2 which I
compiled myself on Parabola GNU/Linux) and Wireshark and searched in
This video can also be streamed in HTML5 if the browser supports H.264.
What's so special about Chromium based browsers compared to other WebKit
browsers such as Midori, Epiphany and Arora?
Other WebKit browsers also support H.264 (Midori, Epiphany etc).
THe video can be played back inside Abrowser using a media plugin such as
Totem, but it cannot be played as an HTML5 video (if it is infact provided as
such). WebKit browsers such as Midori do supports H.264 in HTML5 video.
It's buzz fixed but it doesn't include some of the additional fixes like
improved sound (bass rework).
If you get a buzz-fixed Freerunner then it should work fine as a daily phone,
at least with one of the official images (e.g. OM2009 works fine as a phone
if you regularly delete SMS messages). As an actual smartphone it is less
impressive, as setting up wireless, bluetooth and other stuff
The Intel card requires proprietary firmware and thus will not work with the
kernel provided in Trisquel.
SIP clients should work fine such as Linphone (has a Windows version also) or
Twinkle (doesn't support video and doesn't provide a Windows version).
The Windows and GNU/Linux versions aren't really the same. For instance, on
GNU/Linux you need to configure the sound system in the SIP client (e.g.
Alsa, OSS, Pulseaudio). Anyway, the reason I meantioned Twinkle is because
its interface has more options than Linphone, such as viewing missed
Twinkle and Linphone are easy to use with Ekiga and Linphone accounts. Jitsi
and QuteCom didn't work when I tried them.
Other browsers use external multimedia frameworks such as GStreamer. Mozilla
based browsers do not use external media frameworks, so in order to play back
MP3 format Mozilla would need a patent license.
Midori doesn't use Apple WebKit. It uses WebKitGTK+ (which is similar but
not the same).
I'm guessing it's a bug then.
Rockbox includes a video player with support for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats
but you will need to transcode the videos beforehand.
The Doom Rockbox page links to a shareware version of Doom alongside Freedoom
so someone might be tricked into downloading a proprietary version of the
game (although this is also true for other software, e.g. Midori's Xfce page
explains how to setup Adobe Flash).
Abrowser only supports royalty free formats in HTML5 such as Vorbis, Opus,
Theora and VP8.
Chris, why don't you simply sell one of the digital audio players that are
supported by Rockbox with Rockbox preinstalled?
I'm guessing the code might recommend installing non-free games and/or
artwork.
Can you copy as root? Try copying files in Nautilus when running it as root
via sudo nautilus command. If you manage to copy you just need to change
the permission of the folder (which can also be done in the root session of
Nautilus).
Story on Slashdot:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/04/30/2251252/fsf-certifies-atheros-based-thinkpenguin-80211-n-usb-adapter
I just opened the link on ThinkPenguin's website:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb
There seems to be a typo. Trisquel 6.5 is supported but I have no idea when
it will be released :) I'm guessing the card should work out of the box on
nVidia did release a free software (but obfuscated) 2d only driver called
nv a few years ago.
If you don't mind command line then nzbget is decent.
You can get 3D acceleration on the Glamo chip used in the Neo Freerunner if
you write such a driver (the specs have been released but there probably
wasn't much interest to write a 3D driver):
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTAzMjU
Konquerer actually uses KHTML but can use QtWebKit too. Rekonq and Arora use
QtWebKit and Midori and Epiphany/Web use WebKit/GTK+ (Epiphany in the past
used Gecko). Chromium/Chrome uses its own version of WebKit.
The OGV works fine on my weak netbook (which cannot play back 720P videos
other than YouTube without dropping audio sync). You probably need a newer
video player (e.g. mplayer2 or VLC).
Here is Matthew Garrett's video from LibrePlanet about secure boot and
restricted boot available on his website:
http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/
http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/sb/mjg59_secure_restricted_boot.ogv
The question is whether the new GNOME supports graphics cards without 3D
acceleration or not. If it doesn't then the new version of Trisquel will need
to use a different Desktop.
I also use an Atom netbook and found browsing via Mozilla version 19 to be
much faster when disabling most JavaScript via NoScript and RequestPolicy
(LibreJS didn't work when I tried it - it was too CPU intensive).
For Youtube I use either SMPlayer or youtube-dl. youtube-dl can fetch the
I have a 5th generation iPod video that works great with Rockbox. Banshee
supports copying videos to the iPod that the original (proprietary) firmware
supports in case you want to watch movies on the iPod.
It didn't work for me when I tried it either a few months ago. noscript and
requestpolicy work great though (although they don't provide the same
functionality as librejs but they do prevent some scripts from running).
Upgrade from 4 to 6 via do-release upgrade -d on 2 machines terminated with
a python minimal error so I just installed from scratch. On another 5.5
machine running net install with Xfce this command led to a successful
upgrade.
Here is a video of the latest version of e17 (which I'm using on all my
computers including on the Neo Freerunner which runs the mobile version of
this on Debian) which looks much better in my opinion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHJuMuMXjlE
e17 would also work well if Trisquel wants to
The only definition I can think of is 'incomplete'. The only native
application, besides the environment itself, is their file manager.
e17 also has its own connection manager which uses connman (called econnman).
Xfce is a good choice if one is looking for a stable and basic desktop
environment which can also provide eye candy via compiz (but it isn't
integrated with Xfce's settings). If one also wants optional eye candy and a
lightweight desktop environment, perhaps enlightenment/e17 would fit
Have you tried PulseAudio Volume Control (is the package pavucontrol
installed)?
The multiverse repository isn't included in Trisquel at all since it contains
non-free software. Maybe you can request the repackaging of the free parts
(if they exist) of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse.
2. Try dconf editor
Compiling HandBrake from source requires running a script which downloads
other programmes such as FFmpeg and compiles them. HandBrake does not use
local versions of these programmes even if they exist. Some of these
programmes have freedom issues such as FFmpeg compiled with AAC support.
For underclocking the CPU you can use cpupower. By default the CPU is
underclocked when using the battery on Parabola, so increasing the CPU
frequency might be required for watching HD videos when using the battery.
Also replacing a hard drive by a solid state one should improve battery life
as it requires less power. It will also eliminate noises as there are no
moving parts.
Handbrake is partially non-free as it provides the proprietary FAAC encoder.
There is a free fork in Ubuntu's backport repositories (for 12.10) but only
for 32-bit systems.
If hard drive space isn't an issue an exact copy of the DVD into VOB format
(which is supported by your TV) would be the fastest. Here is the Arch Linux
guide:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dvdbackup
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