version that runs on Windows, but does
not do drive encryption.
Other than than, I'm not personally familiar with disk encryption
software so I can't offer much advice.
Andrew.
> After installing with kernel 3.5, it works flawlessely but after one
> reboot, the issue reappear.
Are you booting into the wrong kernel by any chance? Running the command
"uname -r" will give you the version that is currently running.
Andrew.
The FSF just made an announcement:
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-condemns-partnership-between-mozilla-and-adobe-to-support-digital-restrictions-management
Andrew.
illa protest for all the right reasons?
Andrew.
WF files and is barely
maintained, which is why producing a fully free replacement for Adobe
Flash is a high priority project:
https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/priority-projects/highpriorityprojects#Gnash
Andrew.
ser wasn't
yet available, and same for a lot of other packages.
http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/f/firefox/?C=M;O=D
When Trisquel 7 is ready you will be able to run these commands:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Andrew.
kete:
> Will 7.0 allow for full disk encryption?
The Ubiquity installer in recent versions of Ubuntu, including Ubuntu
14.04, does include the option to do full disk encryption.
Andrew.
> IMO I wouldn't use Tor because the end nodes can sniff up whatever they
want.
If you are browsing the internet anonymously then this is irrelevant, as end
nodes can't tell users apart. The end node can see the traffic, but not
identify the user on the other side of the Tor network.
> T
It is believed that there may be some software patent issues related to Mono,
so the general advice is to avoid using it where possible.
in a proprietary plugin. Unless, of course, the
decryption keys were leaked out on to the internet AACS-style and then a free
program could do the same thing (although doing that might be illegal in some
countries).
Andrew.
IIRC, EME support is not necessarily non-free. Of course, the purpose of EME
is to allow DRM integration, but this is not something technically defined by
EME itself, i.e. it is /possible/ for free EME plugins.
A better way to solve this issue might be to stop Trisquel web browsers from
run
I believe it will *eventually* be recommended that GnuPG users switch to
ECC keys in the coming years, rather than RSA/DSA/ElGamal.
A 15360-bit RSA key should have roughly the same strength as a 521-bit
ECC key.
ECC will be supported in GnuPG 2.2 (current release is 2.0.22).
Andrew.
Also a GUI program called pdfchain.
Andrew.
Three points:
1. The MPEG Layer 3 encoders and decoders used in Trisquel are free
software (at least from a copyright perspective).
2. There may be patent issues in the United States potentially up to the
year 2017* but not in other countries anymore. That's just because the
US has absurd patent
I hear a brain is quite secure these days (unless you get interrogated).
On Sat, 2014-04-12 at 14:39 +0200,
bm-2cwce5abrzcyn1hzwsb33z4btaxgamt...@bitmessage.ch wrote:
> KeePass2 should be avoided. It depends on Mono. Which is a huge beast with a
> huge potential for security holes.
> KeePass is
Freedom is not a matter of price, functionality or convenience. Freedom
is liberty above all.
--
Andrew Stephenson
http://users.tpg.com.au/aste9974
Sent from Trisquel GNU/Linux
https://trisquel.info
On Sat, 2014-04-12 at 10:17 +0200, mindfulpessim...@gmail.com wrote:
> My attitude is f
Hello.
--
Andrew Stephenson
http://users.tpg.com.au/aste9974
Sent from Trisquel GNU/Linux
peculation. At the moment I think the contribution is
fairly meaningless for the free software community.
Andrew.
Is it possible to build and run .NET applications using only free
software? It doesn't sound like it:
http://cdn-static.zdnet.com/i/r/story/70/00/028031/dotnetfoundation-620x496.png
Move along, nothing to see here...
Andrew.
unate that these
developers are testing their programs on a proprietary software which is
why I think Wine and the ReactOS projects could be good for free software.
Andrew.
d to.
On the other hand, I recall seeing at least one free Windows-compatible
program that was apparently developed and tested using only free
software (the website mentioned the program being tested only on
ReactOS), so I think it has potential to be useful for the free software
community. Unfortunately I can't remember which program did this!
Andrew.
Also congratulations and a big thanks to the devs for working on Trisquel!
quel tracker doesn't appear to be working, but you should be able to
find peers over DHT if you are using Transmission. Otherwise, you might
be able to find peers by adding extra trackers to the torrent (e.g.
http://openbittorrent.com).
Andrew.
can decrypt mail you send them. It also doesn't encrypt your email
headers (who/when/where) as some of the headers are required to deliver
the mail itself. Evolution has GPG support by default, and the Enigmail
addon can be installed in Trisquel for GPG support in Thunderbird.
Andrew.
arielxgbarton:
> I have bought and now have a x200CA.
>
> Thank you Andrew for suggesting it.
>
> It works very well, everything that needs to work does.
Cool! Good to hear that it works for you.
Andrew.
planckmgf:
> From : http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1332
>
> What do you think?
I think that we should invite Ubuntu users to use Linux-libre.
Andrew.
at is to the
> specification.
>
> None of the shopping sites specify what chipset it is.
I'm not too sure, to be honest. I bought it expecting that I would have
to buy a USB WiFi adapter, and was surprised when it worked.
Andrew.
e games on it, but I don't think it would
work that well as a gaming laptop, besides running less
graphics-intensive games. Some reviews I found before I bought the
laptop said the laptop can get a little bit warm, although I haven't had
any such issues so far!
Andrew.
are apparently not
> under any pressure, don't you think ?
I don't entirely understand, can you rephrase this?
Andrew.
not own it.
I think the meaning of "safety" is vague and difficult to answer.
Andrew.
DNS, AFAIK. However, many
hosts will have many websites hosted on a single IP address (HTTP/1.1
introduced the 'host' header to deal with this) so entering an IP
address won't always work.
Regarding Tor Browser, DNS requests are sent through the Tor network to
maintain anonymity.
Andrew.
I think Stallman's speech usually goes under the "Free Software Awards"
program.
Andrew.
concerned about the revelations
and what impact they will have for free software users.
Andrew.
On 03/03/14 05:50, oshirowanen wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. Just tried the 32 and 64 bit ISO's, same
> problem on both. I can't seem to find the link about a planned new
> ISO though.
Here:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/601-ready-testing
Andrew.
s.
It's a very unfortunate situation. Microsoft's continued hostility to
open standards has gone a long way...
Andrew.
i.com:1337
Most BitTorrent clients should let you manually add these trackers in.
Andrew.
Sadly, I think forum users need to realise that this has got nothing to do
with "open government", "free sdoftware", "GNU/Linux" etc ... aqnd also that
the headline on the Register article is misleading.
Francis Maude is a leading Tory MP whos remit at the Cabinet Office is to
made so-calle
s fine now.
I just got a new laptop today and the touch screen and ethernet port
don't work by default. I'm guessing (hoping) that a kernel update will
fix that though, considering the hardware is probably fairly recent and
the default Trisquel 6 kernel is from 2011-2012.
Andrew.
Just to pick at this ... sorry and all that ...
Better to simply declare it public domain. Using the GPLv3 for a simple
(trivial) script is like cracking a nut with a steamroller. Wrong tool.
Specifically, using the GPLv3 means that this 22 line BASH script would have
to be distributed with
Why is it "absurd"? Your whole argument on this page seems to be from a
stance of dodgy semantics and argument for arguments sake.
I agree that "ethics" can be a moveable feast. We could come up with some
examples from the Roman arena to the temples of the Aztecs to show how the
"ethics" of
Also, here's the email correspondence between Duncan Campbell and
Microsoft from the year 2000 about the "NSA key":
http://cryptome.org/nsakey-ms-dc.htm
Andrew.
I've posted a bug report here:
https://trisquel.info/en/issues/10780
Andrew.
t%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337
Andrew.
rs aren't gods, so no need to be a slave. :-)
Andrew.
helpless, and their acceptance of proprietary software cascades
and makes more users helpless.
So to answer your question, I think proprietary software is unethical
because it is anti-social.
Andrew.
he free speech issue isn't so bad. We should defend
software freedom instead.
Andrew.
your Trisquel
partition first.
Sometimes the blinking underscore problem can be solved by pressing F7
(or another F- key), that was a bug I noticed in Linux 3.2 but appears
to be fixed in later versions. Could be a completely different problem
though.
Andrew.
On 18/12/13 16:19, oralfloss wrote:
> My point is that he compares unethical actions to other unethical
> actions, and finds little difference.
No, he compared the *response* to one unethical action to another.
Andrew.
ll me what strawman there is here.
Here:
> equally bad
Did RMS ever say or even suggest that proprietary software and murder
are equally bad? Please stop trolling,
Andrew.
are other ways to reach those ends? Not if those means are unethical and
there is a better way.
Of course not everyone accepts that proprietary software is bad. Not
everyone accepts that stealing is bad either. If you think that
proprietary software isn't bad, not sure why you'd be on this forum...
Andrew.
On 18/12/13 09:22, gramex wrote:
> So... MinGW is a free compiler for windows executables?
Yes, MinGW is free software. I believe it is based on an old version of
GCC adapted for Windows.
Andrew.
should hopefully be whitelisted soon.
I personally don't like the whitelist approach, but on the other hand it
seems to be somewhat effective at keeping spam out (from what I've
noticed anyway).
Andrew.
The site needs to be updated to whitelist the latest TBB user. Can you
post your useragent?
(You should be able to find it by typing "about:" in the location bar).
Andrew.
age Mozilla uses Microsoft Visual Studio for its
official builds:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions/Windows_Prerequisites
The FAQ seems to acknowledge MinGW though:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Developer_Guide/Mozilla_build_FAQ
Andrew.
difficult.
You'd probably be better off compiling IceCat for Windows instead. I
recall someone wanting to do this months ago, but not sure if it ever
happened.
Andrew.
There is also GNUnet, which is similar but not compatible with TCP/IP
(although it will be able to tunnel TCP/IP traffic soon):
https://gnunet.org/
Andrew.
On 16/12/13 10:07, gramex wrote:
> VLC converts video?
Yes. Do File > Convert to convert video and audio. You might need to
create a new "profile" to get the settings you're looking for, or you
can use one of the default profiles.
Andrew.
On 16/12/13 09:01, gramex wrote:
> How do I convert a Theora video into MPEG2?
VLC will work, you may need to install libavcodec-extra-53.
Andrew.
On 15/12/13 00:22, dudeski wrote:
> The kernel doesn't suggest anything, the installer does.
The kernel does tell the user on bootup if a firmware blob is missing
and lists the file (which can presumably be used to find the blob).
Andrew.
t likely go nowhere
unless someone steps up to fix it.
Andrew.
hat are free software friendly, which might be
useful if you don't like ordering online. Again, if you can't find one,
maybe you could get a USB WiFi adapter from ThinkPenguin and then you
will get more of a choice.
Andrew.
ed source program that gives you the
> possibility to sell it
If you understood the values of software freedom then the concept of
proprietary (freedom-denying) software would be unacceptable.
Of course, free software can be sold as well. The difference is that the
freedom to share copies makes selling free software a little more difficult.
Andrew.
If there was a single distro that the NSA was interested in it would
probably be Tails. It was mentioned in their "IAT Tor" slideshow:
http://cryptome.org/2013/10/nsa-iat-tor.pdf
Andrew.
gain and there would be no need to do this.
I think RMS is just being pragmatic by using other people's mobile
phones when he needs to.
Andrew.
the user.
> So you believe one can be free without freedom of choice? Lol, that
> would basically make you a slave of other people decisions regarding
> free software.
If the software is free then any community of developers can make their
own decisions.
Andrew.
emails from new IPs until they are manually whitelisted, i.e. as an
administrator you have to contact them.
Receiving an email from the recipient first hasn't solved the issue in
my limited experience so far...
Andrew.
* As I understand it, Debian sometimes asks users if they want to enable
the non-free repo on installation.
Andrew.
e on TV viewers for over a decade:
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1041_3-5154219.html
Andrew.
right-click and then move one of
them. Then do ALT+Super+right-click and delete the duplicate one.
This happened to me before as well, it is rather annoying.
Andrew.
On 30/11/13 00:01, aaz...@mail.ru wrote:
>
>> Where do you read that?
>
> http://imm.io/1l8fL
That is not the petition page.
Andrew.
Hmm, I think this is a bug. For forum users:
http://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2013-November/029793.html
Indeed, but the petition makes it clear that freedom is not the motive, only
continued support for the software, so I think signing it is a bad idea.
ree media player which will never die as long as somebody is
interested in supporting it.
Andrew.
IMO there's a significant element of how recent the distros last
release was in the Distrowatch rankings. Which given the central
portion of their homepage is given over to recycling distros' release
announcements most recent first is unsurprising. Or to be more
direct, I consider it irrelev
ading about gNewSense on Distrowatch rather than Trisquel.
It's definitely good that users are reading about free distros anyway. :-)
Andrew.
Original Message
Subject: Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Tor/GPG/whatever in a Android device is
it worth?
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 19:25:11 +0100
From: mtjm@.** (Michał Masłowski)
To: User help and discussion
There are some specific issues that can be solved, other ones cannot
So... is there any way I can connect to ADSL using free
{soft,firm}ware?
Short of getting a big research grant to test all the ADSL routers
with GPL software in existence there is no way of answering that.
SoC manfuacturers are crap, to give you an idea there's probably over
a thousand diffe
Last I heard the BDFL's official position was Trisquel only supports
GFSD bugs and what is on the various CDs. Personally, when I
[rarely] look at Issues I add triaging bugs in the Trisquelized
packages (trisquel at the end of the package name) to that so users
don't get the run around / ping-
Which were 'to be able to get along without any software that is not
free.' (RMS, The GNU Manifesto)
You're quite right that the SNES is no worse than a DVD player, or
the digital radio playing here in the room I'm in now. But that
doesn't stop the software in it violating our software freedo
Since all my points were predicated on you putting your pages on
trisquel.info I think our discussion is at a close.
I would have said that unless you distribute it, it is custom code
(as most software is) and none of our business. Not having the
source to custom code is fairly common through software life cycle
management failures. Foolishness in short.
If it's easy enough to recreate then it's a only few
better idea.
Andrew.
n edit /etc/fstab so that it will automatically mount on boot.
Look up the man page or do an internet search for info on how to edit it.
Andrew.
I mistook your id for one in an earlier discussion. Further I had
mentally carried over the discussion of emulators and misread your
earlier post.
The two exceptions to all free software I'm aware of are:
The FSF documents on BIOSes say when they were fixed in ROM and
realitively simple the
Trisquel 6.0 install inherited an upstream bug that _might_ cause
this problem. Have a look at /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch and
change any @MULTIARCH@ to i386 . After that do a
sudo apt-get update
and try again.
3.8), although I currently
have no idea what desktop Trisquel will use for the next release.
Andrew.
On 09/11/13 08:43, adel.afzal wrote:
> Could you guys recommend one? I know about openstreetmaps but I'd
> prefer something that isn't a service.
GNOME Maps will come as a preview with GNOME 3.10, but I think Ubuntu
14.04 might be shipping GNOME 3.8.
Andrew.
Not to me in either Trisquel or Trisquel mini when I last did it some
months ago. Colors reversing is the sort of thing that happens when
you get a mismatch between RGB and CYMK colour model selections. So
if e.g. you're seeing it in photos you've embedded you might check
which color model yo
I'm *guessing* (albeit in an informed way), but I've read / seen
Rubén saying on the Internet somewhere he intended to make things
like a newer kernel and X available for Trisquel 6.0 delta releases.
I've also seen him say 6.0.1 delivers the Ubuntu 12.04.2
improvements, so we might see whateve
Personally I'd go for a Inkscape / GIMP / Scribus combination because
I have some knowledge of those tools. However, Digikam is fine for
KDE users or if you're not familiar with GIMP. If you've never done
DTP then you might use LibreOffice for layout if you're already
familiar with it.
Of c
On 07/11/13 10:36, gramex wrote:
> How do I disable Plymouth so I can see the loading text?
You can disable it in GRUB - I found these instructions online:
http://www.techytalk.info/disable-plymouth-show-grub-menu-ubuntu-linux/
Andrew.
If they're autosave files you can turn them off by setting the
Auto-save Interval to 0 in Edit -> Preferences -> General .
You can also turn off log files in the same place if that's what they
are.
Of course, turn them back on when you get around to using real
financial data. Losing financi
6.0.1 is mainly a maintenance update to the install CD. It isn't a
full new release so there isn't a new repo to upgrade to. Just
having a 6.0 system with current maintenance means you already have
nearly all of the changes in the current 6.0.1 beta CD.
In short when it is finally released it
Bad news I'm afraid. Because of the age of Gnomenu I pulled the
source to check the Gnome 2 applet status suspicion I mentioned
earlier. Sadly it is a Gnome 2 Applet, this is very likely the
reason it doesn't show in Trisquel's [Gnome 3 Fallback] Add To Panel
chooser.
You're right in your o
"Oh, gosh, no. On Windows there's no such thing as a broken
package..."
Let W$ = Windows
Let M$ = Microsoft
On the contrary on a W$ system just about every package is broken.
Firstly, with native code programs other than the function bundled
with bare W$ itself very little code is shared betw
package dependencies. But these typically
cause issues in non-standard installations.
Andrew.
On 06/11/13 11:28, gaming4jc2 wrote:
> 2) Trisquel let's you run unix applications; Windows 7 has non-free
> cygwin but it's just not the same.
cygwin is free software!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin
Andrew.
"What are xmodmap and xev and how do I use them?"
For a simple example see
http://askubuntu.com/questions/24916/how-do-i-remap-certain-keys
xmodmap and xev are standard X command line programs. To learn about
them open a Terminal window and issue the commands
man xmodmap
man xev
In summary
Better package management.
uilt yet. It's
derived from Debian, so maybe a free version could be derived from
gNewSense instead. Although gNewSense is lagging a little behind Debian
releases, which might make things more difficult.
Andrew.
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