[Trisquel-users] Use Dillo, Startpage, and VLC to play streaming multimedia

2014-04-30 Thread cya
Many posts in the forum deal with online security, browsers, addons, multimedia, etc. I offer a few suggestions that should help find music, videos, and information while maintaining privacy. Dillo Web Browser(1): The fast and lightweight Dillo web browser was designed with default settings

Re: [Trisquel-users] OpenSSL security issues

2014-04-08 Thread cya
Thank you, ivaylo. Notified our IT guy. We're about to migrate 30+ websites, so you saved us grief down the road! OpenSSL 1.0.1e here - it must be gone ASAP!!! :) This quote from http://heartbleed.com/ is a major wake-up! What leaks in practice? We have tested some of our own services

Re: [Trisquel-users] linux mint menu, in gnome2/mate desktop

2014-04-08 Thread cya
Hey, GNUser - been a while. Whisker Menu is included with Debian 8 Jessie and it's now my favorite menu, although I seldom use a menu. It will be used on 'Freedom 101' desktop machines coming out later this year. If you need backport info for wheezy, give a shout.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I add articles and blog posts to Trisquel blog?

2014-01-03 Thread cya
@antiesnob The Trisquel Blog is the first actual text body on the Home page, and is located below the three different banner headers. The last article was submitted March, 2013. Directly below that, and still on the left side, is the Planet feed (it is blank on my screen) that should

[Trisquel-users] How do I add articles and blog posts to Trisquel blog?

2014-01-01 Thread cya
There are many good Trisquel articles and reviews gathered during 2013, but we cannot find a way to share them to the Trisquel blog. Also, where should desktop wallpapers be shared? Thanks and Happy New Year!

Re: [Trisquel-users] New User Problems

2014-01-01 Thread cya
Use System Restore in safemode with command prompt to roll back your Windows XP system, undoing all changes. Restart and press F8... Choose Windows XP Safe Mode with Command Prompt At the Command Prompt, type C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe -- then press Enter... Follow the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Mouse and External Hard Drive that RYF

2014-01-01 Thread cya
You can use Gparted to erase, reformat, and partition the external HDD however you choose. Yes, most have code that sends user info to the manufacturer every time you access it - just like products from Ubuntu, Google, AOL, Bing, Apple, Windows, and others do. Erasing and reformating will

Re: [Trisquel-users] Mouse and External Hard Drive that RYF

2014-01-01 Thread cya
It is installed just like on USB flash drives ... Yes, you are correct, it must be connected to a computer with internet access before anything is sent. Most PC and cell phone users have no clue on how to set up firewalls, routers, modems, or computer ports.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How can I disable the 'Recent Documents' menu?

2013-12-30 Thread cya
Those using Gnome and/or any of the Ubuntu-based distros should learn about zeitgeist, apport, scopes, lens, geoglue, whoopsie, and the uses of Gnome Activity Journal. Surely, Trisquel has removed these? :-) As Spinoza said, installing the missing “Privacy” app is a good first step:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Migration from Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) to Trisquel 6.0 (Toutatis)

2013-12-30 Thread cya
Neither the name nor the penguin mascot were choices made by Linus. He wanted to call the system Freax by combining free, freak, and the letter X - a polite hat-tip to the system lineage. Just think, you could be begging to be called gnu freaks today. Oh wait, we already are! :-) Ari

Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation

2013-12-21 Thread cya
Probably would be better to actually start a Trisquel OS technical support forum; and allow this way-out-there-in-la-la-land bashing party to be moved into a back room, hidden from public view. :-) Too many of the discussions are becoming laughable, and business people have begun to drop

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with File Browser

2013-12-11 Thread cya
There has been a bug in Nautilus-share for over a year. I replaced it with PCmanFM, which is faster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCMan_File_Manager

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I set up a mail server?

2013-12-11 Thread cya
LinuxHomeNetworking.com has simple, useful tutorials on all topics. How to configure mail servers - http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch21_:_Configuring_Linux_Mail_Servers You may prefer Postfix rather than SendMail, for reasons discussed in this Mail Server

Re: [Trisquel-users] linux mint menu, in gnome2/mate desktop

2013-12-05 Thread cya
I've used them all for several years and so far my favorite workstation uses modified Xfce with a few goodies from LXDE on Debian stable with all traces of ubuntu, gnome, canonical, zeitgeist, bluetooth, trackers, and other trash removed. SLIM is my DM of choice with LightDM a distant

[Trisquel-users] Nomination time for the 16th Annual Free Software Awards

2013-10-13 Thread cya
Which developer, group, or company should receive this year's award from the Free Software Foundation? Please share your choice and reason why in the forum. https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-opens-nominations-for-the-16th-annual-free-software-awards Personally, I would like

Re: [Trisquel-users] Geopublisher - quickly create digital multimedia atlases and publish them

2013-10-13 Thread cya
Looks like a good project to me... http://en.geopublishing.org/Licenses