Re: [Trisquel-users] AMD: It's Time To Open Up the GPU

2016-02-07 Thread dguthrie
I had the same problem with video drivers. I think it may arise from it detecting an older version of Nouveau (for me) or the Intel one. Or it could just be detecting the drivers wrongly. At any rate, I can't use the highest graphics level. Level 4 worked reasonably well for the simpler

Re: [Trisquel-users] Debian and gNewSense

2016-02-07 Thread dguthrie
I don't use it so I took lack of updates to be lack of development. How up-to-date are the packages?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Debian and gNewSense

2016-02-07 Thread dguthrie
Debian main is totally free. The objection of the FSF is that it recommends nonfree firmware in the installer, in some cases (but not all). Usually it is just for things like WiFi, Bluetooth and occasionally graphics. You should be aware of these but there is nothing really wrong with using

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about libreboot T400 and X200 laptops

2016-02-07 Thread dguthrie
They are refurbished Lenovo laptops, which have been reverse-engineered to run Libreboot and have had a new WiFi chip installed. It is a question of compromise. We would love new hardware, if it did not have backdoors and proprietary BIOS we can't change. The hardware is old, but Trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need help modifying a script

2016-02-07 Thread dguthrie
A program already exists for this purpose; it is called youtube-dl, and is in Trisquel's repositories. It can also download videos from other websites. It is not as simple as a script that finds where Youtube stores the file for the video. You should look at the youtube-dl source code if you

Re: [Trisquel-users] SCALE 14x – Anybody going to the 14th Annual Southern California [GNU]Linux Expo? We'll (ThinkPenguin) be there!

2016-02-07 Thread dguthrie
Why don't you organise your own meetings? You could just have an informal meeting regularly to discuss issues with like-minded people.

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