Re: [Trisquel-users] Best choice for video card

2019-06-26 Thread Christian Lange
That is an interesting question. can someone say something about this? Actually Iam running coreboot on my core2 and Atom system because libreboot has some bugs and perfornce problems. Am 18.06.19 um 16:23 schrieb forum3...@airmail.cc: My concern is about Intel Me disable completly   I dont

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best choice for video card

2019-05-23 Thread Christian Lange
Thanks for your help. I just ordered a 8400 GS, flashed the board with coreboot and Seabios and it works just fine out of the box. The external graphic works also early at bootup in Seabios. I did a quick test with trisquel live image and video playback at 1080p  is also working without lagging.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Best choice for video card

2019-05-22 Thread Christian Lange
Thanks for your reply, but as I said I want to build a libreboot/coreboot system based on the mentioned board, that can only rum core2 CPUs.

[Trisquel-users] Best choice for video card

2019-05-22 Thread Christian Lange
Hello, I want to build up a new system with coreboot or libreboot based on the Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L board. At the moment I am thinking about what is the best video card to choose. The onboard Intel video card is no option for me. I need higher resolution for my 27'' display that also has no sub

Re: [Trisquel-users] X220 vs T450

2019-04-10 Thread Christian Lange
Am 04.04.19 um 16:01 schrieb xliang9...@live.cn: Unfortunately, it is true that we have to stick with legacy computers to defend our freedom. That is only true, if you want a laptop computer. For desktops there is a modern solution with the Talos II Workstation Board and the upcoming Blackbird

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is there an amd gpu (deblobbed) which I can use?

2019-03-10 Thread Christian Lange
Am 01.03.19 um 16:25 schrieb calmst...@posteo.de: Is the g505s really that bad of a laptop? I am curious, is it easy to break, durability wise? But yeah, it does have an extremely fast processor.  I wonder if any other laptops have that amd processor that can be librebooted that are

[Trisquel-users] Will Trisquel support the Raptor Power 9 architecture

2019-02-18 Thread Christian Lange
I am very interested in the Blackbird board from Raptor Computing Systems, but a the moment there are just a few distributions that support the Power 9 architecture. Are there any plans for Trisquel to support Power 9 in the near future?

Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions

2018-01-01 Thread christian
This.

Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions

2017-12-21 Thread christian
Uruk and Hyperbola aren't?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Purism working on libre phone

2017-08-27 Thread christian
I tried.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 is not old

2017-08-16 Thread Christian Lange
Does USB 3.0 work without binary blobs? I have read the opposite.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The future of Libre Computing: Crowd Funding Campaign Starts Now

2016-08-22 Thread christian
Would it be possible to buy the pfy laptop housing kit a couple of weeks after the campaign ends? If so, from where?

Re: [Trisquel-users] The future of Libre Computing: Crowd Funding Campaign Starts Now

2016-07-07 Thread christian
I just donated. It looks promising!

[Trisquel-users] Free gradebook software?

2015-11-24 Thread christian
I'm going to start teaching undergraduate classes next semester and I'm wondering if there is a better option than the libreoffice spreadsheet. I've tried searching, but haven't had much luck, so I'm not too optimistic but figured I would ask here anyway. Thanks.

[Trisquel-users] Does replicant support 3G/4G on any devices?

2015-11-17 Thread christian
I have heard that the wifi requires proprietary firmware, however, I'm not aware if this same firmware is required for the 3G or 4G, or if support for that is different from support for wifi. Sorry for the dumb question. (Also, I tried posting this on the replicant forum like a week ago,

[Trisquel-users] Problem with VLC disconnecting from live streams

2015-10-10 Thread christian
I've tried checking the boxes for "Continuous stream" and "Auto re-connect" in the options, but I still find VLC disconnects me from http live streams somewhat frequently and I have to manually reload every time. Does anyone have any suggestions (for vlc options or other players I could

Re: [Trisquel-users] Secure XMPP/Jabber service, running over a free software server.

2015-09-27 Thread christian
Either I have no idea how to access it or this is only true for certain pods. I'm pretty sure the pod I'm on is up-to-date.

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF releases Privacy Badger for Firefox (Abrowser) to stop online tracking

2015-08-16 Thread christian
Given the direction in which Mozilla is heading, I would really like to see the EFF develop their own browser.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is this Librem13 fully free this time?

2015-08-16 Thread christian
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3h7xd1/purism_librem_has_an_lpc_bus_and_a_spi_chip_this/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-topic, parabola gnu/linux-libre

2015-08-08 Thread christian
I'm going to use this as an opportunity to ask: has anyone else had trouble with the Parabola repositories in the past couple days? It seems to have stopped updating for me. If I do sudo pacman -Syu it says everything is up-to-date and if I do sudo pacman -Syyu it successfully redownloads

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-topic, parabola gnu/linux-libre

2015-08-08 Thread christian
Aaand just after I ask the repositories have successfully updated (except for libre for some reason - I'd guess that will be taken care of soon). A ton of updates coming through at once now. Thanks for the reply though.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin Penguin Pro 5 question

2015-08-03 Thread christian
Thanks to everyone who replied, I really appreciate it!

[Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin Penguin Pro 5 question

2015-08-02 Thread christian
I'm interested in buying a new desktop soon, and I'm leaning towards this guy. Basically, I'm so out of the loop with hardware that I'm just going to ask explicitly which upgrades make the most sense to get, I know the CEO is a regular here and is extremely reliable. I think it would be

Re: [Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin Penguin Pro 5 question

2015-08-02 Thread christian
Thank you!! Would you say the choice of processor would make a difference if I'm hoping for it to last 4-5 years?

Re: [Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin Penguin Pro 5 question

2015-08-02 Thread christian
I appreciate the advice, thank you!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is this Librem13 fully free this time?

2015-07-22 Thread christian
Somehow I suspect PureOS is essentially Trisquel rebranded for the sole purpose of decreasing the odds that the users will find the (well-deserved) bad press on these forums.

[Trisquel-users] Persistent Live USB only remember settings on Laptops, not Desktops

2015-04-13 Thread christian
Intention / Goal: * Create a Trisquel 7 Live USB where I can install and run additional software, run updates and edit settings which are saved between reboots and on different hardware. Problem: Whenever I ... * boot the Live USB from laptop computer: Everything works fine, and my

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-11 Thread christian
As you wish. I have a panel on the middle-left and another on the lower left, both are set to autohide. I uploaded a couple images to a mediagoblin site: https://b2aeaa58a57a200320db-8b65b95250e902c437b256b5abf3eac7.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/media_entries/3350/Screenshot_2015-03-11_17-31-12.png

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-11 Thread christian
Look into the different linux desktop environments. I'm using XFCE 4.12, which came out less than a week ago, it's great. (XFCE 4.10 comes with Trisquel and honestly isn't much different, you can try that out by opening synaptic (under settings) and installing xfce4 and xfce4-goodies

Re: [Trisquel-users] The truth about Purism

2015-02-23 Thread christian
Every time I hear about this it makes me angry. So many people donated to Purism's fundraiser, and they're getting jack shit in return. This will undoubtedly give those people much more hesitation about donating to libre projects that can actually deliver their promises.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Security Section for Package Installation

2015-02-05 Thread Christian Bryant
On 2015-02-04 22:46, t8mf4nu6l...@canaglie.net wrote: I think the whole categories based approach is somewhat lacking, a package can have multiple uses. I think what is needed is tags. Upstream has done some work with this. You won't find an argument from me there. In fact, I have always

[Trisquel-users] Security Section for Package Installation

2015-02-04 Thread Christian Bryant
Hello, Folks who use other non-free distros may be familiar already with security package options available under the headers below: * Information Gathering * Vulnerability Analysis * Wireless Attacks * Web Applications * Exploitation Tools * Forensics Tools * Stress Testing * Sniffing

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about thinkpenguin:

2015-02-03 Thread Christian Bryant
If you support FaiF, and you are a truly devoted Trisquel user, I strongly recommend moving to Think Penguin. Outside the Lemote, this is the best hardware for FSF/GNU/FaiF hackers, from ease of use to company support (and a pretty nifty community). - Ian --- http://gnulinuxlibre.org

Re: [Trisquel-users] New FSF-sponsored disto: GuixSD

2015-02-03 Thread Christian Bryant
On 2015-02-03 17:05, Infieles Agraviado wrote: Has anyone here used it yet? It's still in Alpha stage and not yet production-ready but has anyone here installed and tested it already? First, as a Trisquel user and fan, I am going to say that I am happy with Trisquel. That said, the

[Trisquel-users] trouble installing newest version of libreboot

2015-01-27 Thread christian
Hi guys, When I try to run sudo ./flash bin/x60/x60_usqwerty_txtmode.rom as suggested by the documentation, I get the following error. Any ideas? This coreboot image (LENOVO:ThinkPad X60) does not appear to be correct for the detected mainboard (Lenovo:ThinkPad X60 / X60s / X60t).

Re: [Trisquel-users] trouble installing newest version of libreboot

2015-01-27 Thread christian
Nevermind. For anyone else getting this error, it should be safe to edit the file flash and add :boardmismatch=force near at the appropriate place near the very end.

Re: [Trisquel-users] On hiding the down-voted posts... and everything below

2015-01-26 Thread christian
I'm skeptical that the voting is a good idea at all in the long run, hiding or none. I think it could be too easy to conflate upvoted posts as being endorsed by the Trisquel project - a casual observer may just assume the views of the community reflect those of the Trisquel project. Right

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 42 etc.

2014-12-31 Thread christian
I'm not much of a gamer anymore, mainly because I'm pretty damn busy as a grad student, but I want to say that I really appreciate the work that you guys do. Telling someone reliant on windows for games to switch away for ethical reasons is asking them to make a huge sacrifice, and whether

[Trisquel-users] trouble with exaile install

2014-11-14 Thread christian
Exaile shows up in add/remove programs, but stalls when you try to click the checkbox to install. Using synaptic, it looks like it's not in the repositories at all. There is a PPA on launchpad, but that version is pretty dated. Their website says they don't provide binaries, and that it

[Trisquel-users] trouble getting a fresh install on gluglug

2014-11-09 Thread christian
Hey guys, I followed the directions in the libreboot documentation for installation, and I get to the options to try without installing, etc, but when I hit enter to try without installing, install, or even install from text mode, it hangs. I know this isn't a lot of information to go on,

Re: [Trisquel-users] trouble getting a fresh install on gluglug

2014-11-09 Thread christian
I'm using the gluglug X60, it has intel graphics. Libreboot won't give me a list of options, it just lets me edit the boot commands directly.

Re: [Trisquel-users] trouble getting a fresh install on gluglug

2014-11-09 Thread christian
To Trisquel 7. I get to the Trisquel install menu, with the Trisquel logo, but when I hit enter on any of the install options, it hangs.

Re: [Trisquel-users] trouble getting a fresh install on gluglug

2014-11-09 Thread christian
Nevermind guys, it turned out to be ridiculously stupid. I was trying to install a 64-bit operating system on a 32-bit computer. Sorry for wasting everyone's time.

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE install bug

2014-11-04 Thread christian
Thank you very much, that worked like a charm. This bug has been around for years though, why hasn't it been fixed?

[Trisquel-users] XFCE install bug

2014-11-03 Thread christian
Hey guys, I tried using synaptic to add xfce4 and xfce4-goodies and I'm having problems, specifically with installing xfce4-session. The error is as follows: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/xfce4-session_4.10.1-3ubuntu5_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver.desktop',

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 and new homepage - gratz!!

2014-11-03 Thread christian
I'm curious, what is the reason for keeping Abrowser the default?

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread christian
And you're honestly saying that Thunderbird was in Trisquel by mistake for all that time, and the mistake was only realized when RMS sent an email about it? I have to agree, I even made a forum post asking why we weren't using icedove well over a year ago, and got exactly one response (I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Update Manager Not Working

2014-09-04 Thread christian
I have also experienced this issue for some updates in the past month or so, and have had to use apt-get dist-upgrade from the terminal and reboot when it happens.

[Trisquel-users] I know this is silly, but is there a GNU replacement for mspaint?

2014-08-22 Thread christian
terrible, but there's almost no learning curve, and for me the barbaric quality is kind of endearing. For example, here's something I made in mspaint over two years ago, the kind of thing I'm looking to do: https://gobblin.se/u/christian/m/math-categories/

Re: [Trisquel-users] I know this is silly, but is there a GNU replacement for mspaint?

2014-08-22 Thread christian
I am aware that GNU is an operating system, I just meant a replacement compatible with GNU, under the assumption that you guys weren't going to recommend anything nonfree. In any case, thanks to both of you!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 official release?

2014-08-15 Thread christian
Fedora is generally pretty good about free software, but they make an exception for drivers to ensure that their product works on all hardware.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wonderful news for Gluglug X60 owners

2014-06-29 Thread christian
Okay, so, I followed those instructions, it said VERIFIED, then I shut it down fully and waited about thirty seconds before trying to power it back on. The screen no longer turns on. I think I bricked it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wonderful news for Gluglug X60 owners

2014-06-29 Thread christian
Thank you so much!!! That was all it was. I'm really relieved.

[Trisquel-users] X60 wireless issue

2014-06-28 Thread christian
Hey guys, I haven't been able to connect to wireless for a few weeks. I tried emailing Francis Rowe a couple weeks ago but he never replied. When I click on the network icon in the taskbar all options except the VPN are greyed out and it says Wireless is disabled by hardware switch,

Re: [Trisquel-users] X60 wireless issue

2014-06-28 Thread christian
Thank you!! I'm glad it was so simple.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wonderful news for Gluglug X60 owners

2014-06-28 Thread christian
Stupid question, but how do I flash? The instructions start with Build dependencies (works on apt-get distros): $ sudo ./builddeb but I get sudo: ./builddeb: command not found when I try that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE 4.10

2014-04-02 Thread christian
Thank you BugRep! That worked like a charm.

[Trisquel-users] XFCE 4.10

2014-04-01 Thread christian
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/xfce In this (now locked) thread, BugRep kindly provided a script for fixing the error that obstructs installing XFCE 4.10. Unfortunately, the error remains, but the script no longer works for 6.0.1. Could someone provide me with an up-to-date workaround

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can someone walk me through how to increase the size of the root partition at install?

2014-03-24 Thread christian
Sorry, I should have specified that I had figured out that step - it's actually setting up the custom partitioning that I'm having trouble with.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can someone walk me through how to increase the size of the root partition at install?

2014-03-24 Thread christian
Thank you!!

[Trisquel-users] Can someone walk me through how to increase the size of the root partition at install?

2014-03-23 Thread christian
I'd rather have it be ~25-30gb than the default which is around half that. Unfortunately I have no idea what I'm doing when I look at the installer options.

[Trisquel-users] How do I get VLC up-to-date?

2013-10-04 Thread christian
I've tried adding the PPA from here: https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc but it's not doing anything for me. Is there an easy way for someone without technical knowledge to get VLC up-to-date?

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I get VLC up-to-date?

2013-10-04 Thread christian
Thank you!!

Re: [Trisquel-users] dist-upgrade error

2013-09-13 Thread christian
Oh, it says it's 97% full, I didn't realize root had it's own partition seperate from the rest of the OS. Is there an easy fix for this? Can I expand the partition?

[Trisquel-users] dist-upgrade error

2013-09-12 Thread christian
Hey guys, I'm trying to update sage, which is free mathematics software I have from a ppa. I'm getting the following error from dist-upgrade, which I haven't seen before: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sagemath-upstream-binary_5.11ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack): failed in

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-09-02 Thread christian
Seems to have gotten it. Thank you very much!

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-09-01 Thread christian
How does one run a script exactly?

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-08-30 Thread christian
Bumping

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-08-30 Thread christian
Bumping again because my post got knocked way down by the spammer.

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-08-29 Thread christian
I need to revive this thread - there's now an update for trisquel-desktop-common-data which I can't install after modifying the file. Does anyone know how I can get the update?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Alternative desktop

2013-08-10 Thread christian
Note that the XFCE in the repos is antiquated and looks it. You have to go through some real work to get an up-to-date XFCE.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lavabit shut down due to U.S. government

2013-08-08 Thread christian
This makes me angry, and I don't know where to find an alternate email account.

Re: [Trisquel-users] An alternative to skype that respects your freedom

2013-08-07 Thread christian
I'm extremely optimistic about Tox, but it hasn't been released yet. http://tox.im/ What are the freedom issues with Jitsi?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why comes Abrowser without Noscript / Librejs?

2013-08-03 Thread christian
Hey guys, this prompted me to install librejs, but some of the sites I like to browse (math.stackexchange.com, reddit, 4chan) have trouble with it in various ways. Is there any big list of valid exceptions for librejs?

[Trisquel-users] How do I install jitsi?

2013-07-24 Thread christian
Sorry for the dumb question, but I really have no clue how to install things without a repository. I downloaded the .deb file, but I don't know what to do with the thing.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I install jitsi?

2013-07-24 Thread christian
Thank you! I did not have gdebi installed.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Should Trisquel accept Litecoins?

2013-07-07 Thread christian
I've heard the bitcoin economy is pretty unstable and I've been wondering how well the alternatives have been designed. I'm pretty ignorant about economics unfortunately, but what are the advantages of litecoin over bitcoin?

[Trisquel-users] Why does Trisquel have thunderbird in the repositories, as opposed to icedove?

2013-07-02 Thread christian
My understanding was that the reason firefox was rebranded to Abroswer was that the links to non-free extensions were considered an implicit endorsement of non-free software. I do trust that Trisquel would use icedove or another rebrand if the fsf was not okay with thunderbird, but could

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where to wach video clips in html5 - youtube similar site

2013-07-02 Thread christian
It's not a feature yet, but I actually asked the creators about that on Diaspora recently, they say it's actively being developed this summer.

[Trisquel-users] Abrowser add-ons

2013-07-01 Thread christian
The following add-ons NO LONGER EXIST (or are flat-out spam): https://trisquel.info/en/browser/addons/shoes-sale https://trisquel.info/en/browser/addons/aardvark https://trisquel.info/en/browser/addons/add-art https://trisquel.info/en/browser/addons/aeon

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser add-ons

2013-07-01 Thread christian
I can't get it to work, and according to the homepage, it's dead: http://karmatics.com/aardvark/ About the old Aardvark Firefox extension: For now anyway, the Firefox extension is retired.

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-06-29 Thread christian
That worked! Thank you SO much for the explicit walkthroughs! I'm really not good with the terminal, but you made this pretty easy on me. I really appreciate it! I'll come back to this thread if I notice anything funny in the next couple days, but right now it looks like it's working

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Mac Workstations - I wish they were free software friendly

2013-06-28 Thread christian
This made me laugh.

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-06-28 Thread christian
Wow, thank you! I actually kind of have it working via those ppas, but I took a ridiculously naive route and I expect I'll find kinks because of that. By naive, I mean moreso than you probably think - I tried installing it and synaptic showed a list of the packages it was trying to install

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-06-28 Thread christian
Okay, I'm going to try doing your suggestion, how do I build the deb file and install it?

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-06-28 Thread christian
WALLPAPER=/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png COLOR_NORMAL=light-gray/black COLOR_HIGHLIGHT=white/black All the images in that /usr/share/images/desktop-base/ folder seem to be Debian-related.

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-06-28 Thread christian
Okaynow what? I tried reinstalling the xfce4 package, didn't make any change. I tried installing xubuntu-desktop and got an error. christian@christianity:~$ sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop [sudo] password for christian: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-06-28 Thread christian
Okay, my system is pretty screwed up now. If I try to do dist-upgrade or install anything at all, I get E: /var/cache/apt/archives/trisquel-desktop-common-data_6.0-5_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver.desktop', which is also in package xfce4-session

[Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-06-27 Thread christian
Sorry for the dumb question, but how do I go about installing XFCE? Do I need a PPA for it, or is there a package available in the repos? I'd like to try it out.

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE

2013-06-27 Thread christian
I actually really like this one, but looking through the screenshots it seems I have XFCE 4.0. How do I upgrade to the nicer-looking 4.10?

Re: [Trisquel-users] reverting from triskel

2013-06-23 Thread christian
I think I overlooked this comment. If I can still log into a gnome session when triskel is installed, could I just change the default login to be gnome rather than KDE?

[Trisquel-users] reverting from triskel

2013-06-22 Thread christian
I'm curious about trying KDE, but I'm not sure it's worth trying if I can't revert back to how it is now. How easy is it to remove KDE after you've installed the triskel package?

Re: [Trisquel-users] reverting from triskel

2013-06-22 Thread christian
Thanks, this is why I asked. I guess there's no way to backup the current state of my computer and restore it later without hiccups? Also, what is the difference between triskel and triskel-recommended?

Re: [Trisquel-users] reverting from triskel

2013-06-22 Thread christian
Could you elaborate on this? I don't know anything about it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] reverting from triskel

2013-06-22 Thread christian
So would this allow for an easy removal of triskel or no?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Adding YaCy to the repositories?

2013-06-21 Thread christian
Thank you Magic Banana!! Next question: Your peer cannot be reached from outside (which is not fatal, but would be good for the YaCy network); please open your firewall for this port and/or set a virtual server option in your router to allow connections on this port. How do I fix this

Re: [Trisquel-users] Removing Dektop Icons

2013-06-21 Thread christian
Open System Settings, then Advanced Settings and choose Desktop.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Removing Dektop Icons

2013-06-21 Thread christian
No idea, sorry.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem installing KDE

2013-06-21 Thread christian
How easy is it to revert back to the default after installing the triskel package? I haven't used KDE much and I'm curious about it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Two Questions

2013-06-20 Thread christian
I'm don't really know about DDG, but I'm curious to find out. As for email, you can try https://lavabit.com/. I don't have an account myself, so I can't really testify on it, but it looks promising.

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