Congratulations! I've also just recently got myself a liberated X200
notebook. Besides being fully libre, it's just a really convenient machine
when used with a docking station.
Besides using the Intel integrated graphics, you can also use certain Nvidia
models.
Funny enough, AMD is more cooperative than Nvidia when it comes to developing
the free software drivers, but they make them highly dependent on non-free
firmware.
Nvidia on the other hand, does not want
I'm agreeing with the basic point, that the internet should be more
decentralized than it is today. The massive power some of the companies are
getting is a threat for the original ideas behind internet - mainly equal
access for all users to the information provided by the servers.
Maybe I
Thanks! I used to try and look for a solution, which would work crossplatform
on a Windows and a GNU/Linux machine. Basically, I failed because I wasn't
able to find a program that would run on both platforms. My friend is not too
eager to use something else but skype and I have no access to
I feel like I am lagging behind everyone else, because I never really had a
facebook account. What is so good about being on diaspora, or mastodon for
that matter? None of my friends is there, so chatting with them there would
not be an option, since we already keep in touch otherwise.
> That's because the X200 is a reasonably fast machine. Still. After all
these years.
So true, I'm amazed at how fast it is. I have a desktop machine, with a
higher-end Core2Quad (each core is about the same speed as on the Core2Duo of
my X200), which recently got an upgrade in the form of
> I don't think suspend works with Libreboot.
I would not have cared about or used suspend, it just automatically suspended
when the lid was closed. Which I like doing when the thing is on the dock.
After the reinstall, it seems to work most of the time atm, using linux
4.4.0-140-generic.
Experiencing the same issue here, the debugger is a selectable tab inside the
developer tools frame, but it stays empty no matter what site abrowser is
displaying
Don't just go and add foreign repositories to your system. There is a reason
why all distributions use their own repository. It will only create problems
later on if you do so. The "I have to reinstall the whole system to fix it"
kind of problems. Not necessarily, but possible.
You can
Hello alejandro_blue,
this is a very specific topic, GIS is something I personally never dealt
with... But managing databases sounds like a very "tame" thing, it sounds
like there would be lot's of great options with free libre software.
A quick look at wikipedia reveals, there are many
You're welcome yair! I don't recommend debian testing over any other version,
I'm not that much into debian to recommend one over the other. On the neomutt
website, the developers have posted a link to the packaged version, which is
inside debian testing repository. So, if I were bound on
It can be done, but it might involve reinstalling Trisquel.
Please show us what your hard drive looks like. What we need here, is the
output of the following commands:
sudo fdisk -l
and
df -h
I'm using KDE, but the options seem to be the same. I chose "blank screen"
and that's what it does, but after a short moment (half a minute?) the
moon-shaped LED turns on, which probably means suspend.
That's also how I think suspend should work, I would not want to leave a
computer
> From bad to worse -> in such case, in order to install, during installation
you are giving it sudo privileges, ay ay ay a, what's next, drinking
coca-cola? :'(
*Hides his coke behind the back* that's a root beer, I swear! *Awkward pause*
Look, behind you! A three-headed monkey!
;-)
So right now, after reinstall, suspend seems to work a bit better. Kernel is
4.4.0-140-generic. When I try suspending from the main menu (using KDE), the
same problem occurs.
But when closing the lid the notebook goes to suspend after a short period of
inactivity and wakes up immediately
Thanks for clarification jxself, totally missed those things!
It is possible that you are missing the correct driver for your disc drive.
Please show us the output of
uname -a
> Compiling is the first way, the first option and also the last. :)
why that? If all you get after compiling yourself is a runnable binary
version, why not download the same runnable binary version instead and save
oneself the trouble of compilation? Self-compiled programs don't show up
I think it would be an interesting idea for distributing Trisquel in general.
Selling nice-looking branded flash drives pre-loaded with Trisquel seems like
the best idea.
Thanks for all the input!
I just recently managed to re-install Trisquel, with no encryption and an 8GB
swap in addition to my 8GB RAM. That ought to be more than enough for me.
During installation I choose linux-generic, so maybe suspending and/or
hibernating will work now, checking it
Compiling from source can be cumbersome and you should use it as the last
resort, when everything else fails. When compiling from source you will
usually run into a lot of errors, because you don't have all the dependencies
installed. It can be a pain in the neck to find all the right
That's interesting, did you customize some configuration files? Are you using
a certain version of libreboot?
libreboot cannot do sleep or hibernate in general, at least not reliably.
Vikings recommends disabling those options as far as possible to avoid any
issues.
Of course, seeing how far free BIOS replacements have come, I think sleep and
hibernate will eventually be available too.
I had difficulties booting the netinstall iso on my librebooted X200. This is
how it worked for me:
1. Put the netinstall iso on a USB drive instead of burning a CD
2. In the built-in grub choose the option that says "external" instead of
"USB"
When choosing the option that says "USB" I
With 4GB of RAM I'd suggest having a swap partition. Just in case, who knows
how many applications will be running at some point all at once.
So, if the computer supports using MBR, this is my suggested partition
scheme:
/ ext4 60GB
/swap 2xRAM size = 8GB
Sleep and hibernate don't work, sad but true. Have to keep the lid open even
when the X200 sits on the dock, which really looks stupid on my table
(otherwise the machine boots normally, only to end up in sleep mode right
after login, even though I disabled sleep and hibernate as far as I can
My goal was initially to have different partitions for / and /home, and
install with the KDE environment. I did check "no operating system" when
ordering, but somehow I got a X200 with Trisuqel 8 installed. I actually have
a spare SSD laying around, which I definitely can practice on.
But
thank you for the detailed answer! I think I might try a re-install in the
future. The worst that can happen is, I'll have to re-format all the drives
and lose all data, right?
Hello everyone!
I just received my first librebooted machine, the X200 Thinkpad. Thank you
vikings!
It has Trisquel 8 installed, with full disk encryption, ready to go. I'm
enjoying the great keyboard on this thing right now as I type. Feels great to
finally own this!
Since this is the
What you have to find out is, which GPU is on your Lenovo T400. AFAIR it is
the 4500MHD. Please find out the exact name, I'm not sure which one it is.
Now, look into which OpenGL version that specific GPU supports.
I believe the 4500MHD supports OpenGL 2.0 and nothing above, but don't quote
I've been trying to follow the instructions by jxself to create a VM with
Trisquel 7. Wanted to try out the netinstall .iso. This failed however: "the
installer failed to download a file from the mirror. This may be a problem
with your network, or with the mirror."
It gave me the option to
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