Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-02 Thread matt . ivie
Try using Zoneminder. It is in the repos and you can use capture cards with analog cams or IP cams that offer rtsp streams. I've run a few systems this way.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Openmailbox is out of service?

2017-02-07 Thread matt . ivie
At this rate, I don't see how they'll convince anyone to pay if they can't fix services that don't work. Hopefully they'll rectify that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Openmailbox is out of service?

2017-02-07 Thread matt . ivie
They run campaigns for funding every year, but it gets hard to justify funding them if they aren't responsive to problems like this for such extended periods of time.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not playing soundfiles - problem with libavcodec?

2017-01-09 Thread matt . ivie
I just saw these come through. Thanks to the dev(s) and maintainer(s) of Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] No Sound after installation

2017-01-06 Thread matt . ivie
Trysquelanonymous, are you saying that you use alsa mixer and your sound begins working? Or are you just saying that your alsamixer opens and allows you to make adjustments, but still without sound?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Openmailbox is out of service?

2017-01-05 Thread matt . ivie
Their forums seem to have an expired certificate that is causing problems as well. I noticed the error I was getting when trying to use their XMPP had something to do with a certificate but the client I used didn't give enough data to really go off of. Perhaps they have an IRC channel? If

Re: [Trisquel-users] DRM free iPod alternative

2017-01-05 Thread matt . ivie
I also have a 6th gen that I need to recondition and install rockbox on. I'm glad to hear that you have had success with that version of the iPod because I was not 100% sure I'd get that one working with Rockbox.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Dot matrix printer?

2017-01-05 Thread matt . ivie
I see what you mean, but I think the effort might still have merit. We don't need to have EVERY printer from openprinting.org input into h-node. We only need to add the ones that someone has experience with using under a Libre GNU/Linux distro.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hexoshi - New Metroid-like game I'm developing is being crowdfunded

2017-01-04 Thread matt . ivie
I like what you're doing here onpon4 and I wish you luck in this endeavour, as I think it could be a very good example of how Free Software game development can be done. I like the concept as well.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DRM free iPod alternative

2017-01-04 Thread matt . ivie
I successfully use an iPod Video 5th Gen (80Gb) with rockbox. It works really well and holds all of my music.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Dot matrix printer?

2017-01-04 Thread matt . ivie
In some cases DOT Matrix is a necessary evil. If you need to print on carbon-copy forms and have the print go through all copies this is the only way to efficiently achieve it. You could also use a type-writer or Bic...but I digress. The best thing I can suggest is looking at what new

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not playing soundfiles - problem with libavcodec?

2017-01-04 Thread matt . ivie
In abrowser, go into about:config and set 'media.libavcodec.allow-obsolete' to 'True'. Restart abrowser and it will no longer issue that warning. I suspect that upstream firefox disables older libavcodec implementations for a very good security reason, but I'm too busy to research that at

Re: [Trisquel-users] Home email server

2016-11-06 Thread matt
Supertramp/lloydsmart: thank you both so much for pointing out Mailinabox. I migrated my personal domain to it a month ago. My Mailinabox server scores 10/10 at mail-tester.com and received an "A+" security evaluation from a scan by Qualys SSL Labs. I couldn't be happier with it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] libreCMC Router

2016-09-28 Thread matt
Netgear WNDR3800 is officially supported and works great. Simultaneous dual band, GigE ports, tons of RAM. $20 USD off ebay all day long.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best free software friendly router

2016-09-07 Thread matt
They don't do a very good job at keeping linked to the latest version, so it only looks like nothing is going on. Timeline shows the 1.3.4 release announcement but didn't seem to make it to the release section yet. jxself has already posted the URL to 1.3.4 binaries. If you wanted more

[Trisquel-users] Libreboot 20160818

2016-08-18 Thread matt
A new stable version of Libreboot has been released today! https://libreboot.org/download/ Although none of the mirrors seem to have it yet.

Re: [Trisquel-users] So Linux-Libre Kernel 4.7 fails to boot properly

2016-07-27 Thread matt
On the plus side, I wiped the disk and reinstalled my box precisely as I had it before, a default Trisquel 7 Mini installation and only adding the packages needed to compile libreCMC. This time instead of doing "apt-get install linux-libre64", I did "apt-get install linux-libre64-lts"

Re: [Trisquel-users] So Linux-Libre Kernel 4.7 fails to boot properly

2016-07-27 Thread matt
Did the kernel 4.7 upgrade on my playtime box and got the same problem. Error text and won't boot. Followed the instructions on jxself site on a fully up-to-date Trisquel 7 install previously running the 3.13 "linux-generic" default kernel. Error text during boot after the upgrade:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Will atheros ar5bhb92 work with free software?

2016-07-27 Thread matt
Hi, I have one of these in my Libreboot X200 and Trisquel 7 sees it just fine. It works on both 2.4 and 5Ghz bands. FWIW, the "BH" half-length card you link and the "BX" full-length card both work fine in Trisquel 7 on my wife's Libreboot T400.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Will Atheros 9285 Ar5b95 Ar9285 work with free software?

2016-07-10 Thread matt
Atheros AR5BXB92 is a full-length mini-PCIe card that uses AR9280 chipset, is 2x2:2 MIMO and has dual-band support for A/B/G/N. Can usually be found for around $15 USD. IMO worth the upgrade over the ar5b95 single band, single stream $5 cards. Atheros AR5BHB92 is the half-length variant

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-04 Thread matt
lemme guess... systemd

Re: [Trisquel-users] is it even possible to make virtualbox 4.1 work on my new kernel?

2016-05-02 Thread matt
Related virt-manager article here... https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/virtualization-using-kvm

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wifi for my x200

2016-04-29 Thread matt
The best wireless card I found for my Libreboot T400 is the Atheros AR5BXB92. It is full length mini PCIe, uses AR9280 chipset, is 2x2:2 and dual band a/b/g/n 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Works perfectly in Trisquel 7. Chip info here... https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros#AR9200.2FAR9500_series

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution IMAP+: no common encryption algorithm(s)

2016-04-27 Thread matt . ivie
I use evolution with IMAP and starttls with all of my services. From what you are describing it sounds more like a server configuration issue.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wifi for my x200

2016-04-26 Thread matt
If you are using X200 with the Lenovo bios, then yes it does have a "whitelist" and the Atheros card is likely not on it. After you get Libreboot flashed to your X200 you will no longer have this artificial restriction.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Bookmark Sync in Icecat or Abrowser

2016-04-26 Thread matt . ivie
I have had little luck, but have tried very little. I hear that you can sync bookmarks using owncloud. You might look into that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Windows and Ubuntu Might Become the Same Thing?

2016-04-22 Thread matt
And you are right to be concerned. A kernel contributor already demonstrated this by creating a "snaps" package that can steal data from X11 sessions... http://news.softpedia.com/news/developer-claims-that-canonical-s-new-snap-format-isn-t-secure-on-ubuntu-desktop-503287.shtml "According to

[Trisquel-users] Ubuntu 16.04 LTS released

2016-04-21 Thread matt
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is released. Looking forward to Trisquel 8!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to recognize and use a usb drive that failed on format

2016-04-15 Thread matt
Assuming your misbehaving usb drive shows up in lsblk as /dev/sdb (as per the screenshot), try doing the following to recover... WARNING: DOING THIS WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON YOUR USB DRIVE Zeroize the entire disk: # shred -f -v -n 0 -z /dev/sdb Create partition type and define a partition: #

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Ciphershed Free Software?

2016-04-15 Thread matt
Strongly recommend to just use LUKS / cryptsetup. Community developed, free and it's already baked into Trisquel. https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup

Re: [Trisquel-users] Remote reboot with encrypted disk and SSH security

2016-04-15 Thread matt
Here is a page with a good explanation of the different ciphers and hashes used in SSH, and makes suggestions on what to use and what to avoid when configuring your SSH server... https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Some info on the Open Pandora (PYRA Pandora) Game Console

2016-04-15 Thread matt . ivie
I don't doubt what you say onpon4, but may I inquire of where you confirmed it? I probably went looking in the wrong place and spoke with the wrong people to confirm there were no binary blobs. Is it in the source code of the distro they're running?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Some info on the Open Pandora (PYRA Pandora) Game Console

2016-04-15 Thread matt . ivie
Well damn. I guess that is off my list. Thabks for the link onpon4, it was very informative.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Some info on the Open Pandora (PYRA Pandora) Game Console

2016-04-15 Thread matt . ivie
Has anyone heard of the GCW Zero? Look it up. Ftom what the devs told me(I don't remember names) they say it has no blobs. I am thinking of getting one.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software friendly (Wireless) Gamepads

2016-04-15 Thread matt . ivie
I have a logitech f310 that works perfectly under trisquel. I think it is seen as an xbox gamepad. I am able to calibrate all the analog inputs also.

Re: [Trisquel-users] i'm going to buy a Nintendo 64 lads.

2015-08-31 Thread matt . ivie
What a strange place for this topic. There really is no way to enjoy N64 games in true freedom is there? One positive aspect of using an old used console is that you're not financially supporting the company that made it, as it is used. Secondly, you won't be breaking any laws by legally

Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 57 etc.

2015-08-20 Thread matt . ivie
Where did you hear that gcc no longer supports static linking? That seems a really dumb thing to do doesn't it? And isn't static linking something that pretty much every linker/compiler does?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Mozilla decides to sign all addons / extensions.

2015-08-20 Thread matt . ivie
It seems to me that Mozilla, as an organisation, just keeps getting worse and worse. I still really like Iceweasel, Icecat and abrowser and if someone is one a Windoze or Mac I suggest firefox to them over anything else. It is sad though that Mozilla keeps selling out.

Re: [Trisquel-users] FCC Rules might force Wifi router vendors to lockdown their firmware!

2015-08-07 Thread matt . ivie
The other problem with the logic that the FCC is using is that if they are to follow through with this to try and control the spectrum they now have to lock down firmware and drivers for WiFi cards on computers and everything else. Also, I can put a really high gain antenna or a signal

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-08-01 Thread matt . ivie
The recent update has fixed the problem for me as well. Thank you to the developers for working to get that fixed. Again, I stress that these types of problems are a HUGE deal. I really would have liked to see some better communication to the community as to how this problem was going to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Many applications can't connect to when OpenVPN is activated

2015-07-27 Thread matt . ivie
Are you using the gnome gui to configure your VPN?

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-07-25 Thread matt . ivie
Just as an experiment I recompiled abrowser from source from the Trisquel repositories. It took nine hours to complete but the end result was no different. I know that if I download the official Firefox 32-bit binary everything works just fine. This means that it must either be a change

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-07-24 Thread matt . ivie
Once you install abrowser 39 you can't downgrade back to 38. You can go to 33. The problem I have with Icecat is that it is so privacy and security oriented that it breaks sites. Normally that is not a major problem for me but there are a few that won't work at all because of the tight

Re: [Trisquel-users] Are all Atheros Wifi cards libre?

2015-07-23 Thread matt . ivie
It just kills me that hardware companies have to be so difficult. What do they REALLY gain from being this way about their code and hardware documentation?

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-07-22 Thread matt . ivie
I second this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-07-21 Thread matt . ivie
There have been bugs filed and many people are experiencing this problem. Due to the fact that this is the default browser for the system and it is the most friendly to most mainstream sites I don't know why this is taking so long for there to be an official response. Are any maintainers

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-07-19 Thread matt . ivie
One note: I am using Trisquel 7 32-bit. Can anyone confirm whether or not this is happening on a 64-bit machine?

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-07-19 Thread matt . ivie
Are you guys all using 64-bit or 32-bit Trisquel?

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-07-19 Thread matt . ivie
What is the quickest way to get this problem fixed? It seems like a major issue like this should be dealt with more quickly. Also, why is it that as soon as a new package version is available the old one is immediately removed from the repos? In a situation like this I'd like to downgrade

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 feedback (with hardware details)

2015-07-19 Thread matt . ivie
I have some hardware that had resolution issues when I moved from Trisquel 6 to Trisquel 7. If I remember right it was an ATI graphics card and in Trisquel 7 the driver module was blacklisted. I removed it from the blacklist and it worked much better.

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.

2015-07-18 Thread matt . ivie
I am experiencing the same issue with abrowser 39. Thanks for reporting the bug.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution

2015-04-14 Thread matt . ivie
If I enable this ppa are there going to be any repercussions? Am I going to end up with all the new gnome components and will this break my system?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Accidentally removed a panel icon and can't find it in order to add it back.

2015-04-13 Thread matt . ivie
If you know how to add stuff to the panel try adding either the Indicator Applet or the Indicator Applet Complete. I'm not certain which of the two you'd want but you can try either one and see which works for you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution

2015-04-13 Thread matt . ivie
I appreciate all the help that's been offered here and I don't mean to come off as a jerk. What I am looking for though, is whether or not someone can suggest a way to start fixing this problem? Evolution is a major package in Trisquel as it is a major piece of the gnome desktop. To simply

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution

2015-04-11 Thread matt . ivie
I know there are alternatives to Evolution. By and large I like the way Evolution functions. I have clicked on the empty trash option but nothing happens. It acts as if it is going to empty the trash but then it never does.

[Trisquel-users] Evolution

2015-04-11 Thread matt . ivie
I don't know how many people here actively use Evolution every day, but I do. I've noticed one thing about Evolution. That is that with every major release of Trisquel (and I'm assuming ubuntu) something important stops working. The two big issues I'm dealing with under Trisquel 7 are that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution

2015-04-11 Thread matt . ivie
It simply not working. I have two machines this is happening on.

[Trisquel-users] Evolution Mail is not emptying trash

2015-03-21 Thread matt . ivie
I've been using Evolution Mail for a long time and I've found that it periodically shows quirks in its usability. The current version that is in Belenos refuses to empty the trash folder when using IMAP and mapping the trash to an IMAP folder. I've never tried using POP3 to verify how that

Re: [Trisquel-users] red matrix

2015-02-09 Thread matt . ivie
This is compatible with Diaspora. The only thing I don't like about it is that the default interface is too cluttered. If you're looking for a social network that is distributed this one is usable and worth checking out.. I think it is actually more advanced than Diaspora based on what I've

Re: [Trisquel-users] Nvidia G98M (Quadro NVS 160M) in Belanos

2015-01-28 Thread matt . ivie
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98M [Quadro NVS 160M] (rev a1) I'm pretty sure this is soldered into the motherboard. Removal is not an option. Trust me though, if I had the choice this card would be long gone

Re: [Trisquel-users] Nvidia G98M (Quadro NVS 160M) in Belanos

2015-01-28 Thread matt . ivie
I did check the bios for a setting but there isn't one. I'm not seeing any way to use an alternate card. After looking at the differences in Toutatis and Belanos on this machine a little bit more I'm seeing that it seems to be gnome 3 giving me problems more than anything. I'm able to

[Trisquel-users] Nvidia G98M (Quadro NVS 160M) in Belanos

2015-01-27 Thread matt . ivie
I recently updated a machine from Toutatis(12.04) to Belanos(14.04) and since doing so I can't get a decent video mode. The only available video mode that fits the monitor now is 1024*768 where as before I had a much higher resolution, of which I can't remember, that was the correct aspect

Re: [Trisquel-users] Nvidia G98M (Quadro NVS 160M) in Belanos

2015-01-27 Thread matt . ivie
My thing is that I know it worked with Toutatis and it worked as expected. There must be something I can change or adjust to allow it to behave the way it did before.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless won't work :-(

2015-01-22 Thread matt . ivie
I ran into this on a Dell E6500 so I took out the WiFi card that was installed internally and bought an Atheros for about $15 on amazon. It installed in the same slot and was detected instantly. Look on H-node for supported chipsets and make sure you buy the right style card for your

Re: [Trisquel-users] My router is now running LibreCMC

2015-01-22 Thread matt . ivie
I bought a couple of LibreCMC routers from ThinkPenguin for use where I work. I plan on using them as access points. So far I really like them and they've been worth the price.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot get widescreen resolution and use multiple monitors in Trisquel 7, like I could in Trisquel 6

2014-12-09 Thread matt . ivie
I ran into a very similar problem on a laptop and I found that I had to remove the radeon drivers from the kernel module blacklist. Once I did that it loaded everything up the way it used to in Toutatis. Here's the thread I started about the issue:

Re: [Trisquel-users] ATI Mobility x300 on Trisquel 7

2014-12-04 Thread matt . ivie
That worked like a charm. Thank you for that link. I should have searched harder for an existing thread but I am really cut short on time. Thanks lembas!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Switch User menu item missing

2014-11-19 Thread matt . ivie
Where can you see the developer commits? Also, does he say why he took it out?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Error when logging in

2014-11-17 Thread matt . ivie
I looked under /var/crash and there was a file in there called _usr_lib_x86_64-linux-gnu_indicator-power_indicator-power-service.123.crash. Because of this I tried changing the preferences for the Power Settings in System Prefs. I changed it to Show battery status in the menu bar - Never

Re: [Trisquel-users] xscreensaver

2014-11-12 Thread matt . ivie
Hi titi What did you do to solve this?

[Trisquel-users] Possible Memory Leak?

2014-11-12 Thread matt . ivie
In Trisquel 7 when I use sudo I get this message: no talloc stackframe at ../source3/param/loadparm.c:4864, leaking memory Is anyone else seeing this?

[Trisquel-users] Error when logging in

2014-11-12 Thread matt . ivie
On just one of my many machines that I've upgraded to Trisquel 7 I'm getting an error message when I log in. I only get it if I use KDE or gnome-shell. It is a popup that comes up before gnome-shell even loads and it says: System Program Problem Detected Do you want to report the problem now?

[Trisquel-users] Default Privacy Settings in Abrowser

2014-10-20 Thread matt . ivie
As has been discuessed on other forum topics there is a file under /usr/lib/abrowser/browser/defaults/preferences/vendor-abrowser.js This file changes default settings in abrowser such as privacy and UI settings. It seems like many of the privacy settings that are altered using this file

Re: [Trisquel-users] Diaspora*

2014-09-09 Thread matt . ivie
AlucardX [at] diasp [dot] org

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where is abrowser 31 for 64bit?

2014-08-27 Thread matt . ivie
I think it's awesome that Legimet has made his PPA available but I don't understand why nobody wants to answer the question of why abrowser 31 for 64-bit Trisquel isn't in the repos. It seems a reasonable enough question considering that 32-bit Trisquel has it. Is this an error? Is this

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where is abrowser 31 for 64bit?

2014-08-11 Thread matt . ivie
So is there a reason that the 64-bit version hasn't been available in the repos? Did anyone ever figure this out?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not loading some websites properly

2014-08-07 Thread matt . ivie
I pulled out every single pref, reset abrowser and cleared all history, cookies, etc and that still didn't fix the problem I'm having. My problem is with my bank website and they're being assholes about it and won't tell me what they're specially generated error code means. This obviously

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser secure page problems

2014-08-07 Thread matt . ivie
Glad it helped BinaryDigit. After having fixed my problem trying to get to webmin I'm still fighting with my bank website.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not loading some websites properly

2014-08-07 Thread matt . ivie
I guess I could download the FF build for GNU/Linux. When I did so before it acted quite funny because of all the abrowser prefs already existing in my profile and so forth. I just decided not to fart around with that and isolate FF a bit from all the other prefs in my system.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not loading some websites properly

2014-08-07 Thread matt . ivie
Good point on both accounts. I should do that for the time being. None-the-less I am still trying to work out why these two most recent builds of abrowser have developed this problem.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not loading some websites properly

2014-08-07 Thread matt . ivie
I just gave that a try and it didn't fix the problem.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser secure page problems

2014-07-08 Thread matt . ivie
This didn't have any affect. Is there anything else unique to abrowser?

[Trisquel-users] Abrowser secure page problems

2014-07-07 Thread matt . ivie
I've recently done updates on my system and abrowser 30 was one of the updates. Since then I'm having problems trying to access an online bank account. The support group with the bank is of little help. The other secure page that doesn't seem to work anymore is the one for webmin. When I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser secure page problems

2014-07-07 Thread matt . ivie
I should have noted that I have tried that. Also of note is that this is happening on more than one computer. Most secure sites are working just fine. Firefox 29.0 did not have this problem at all. There must be a recent change that triggered this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser secure page problems

2014-07-07 Thread matt . ivie
I ran across this as well. I suppose that it could be webmin, but something has changed in abrowser. Version 29 worked fine and still does. 30 is the issue. I would just go back to 29 but eventually whatever is causing this should be known or dealt with. If it's a bug we can have it fixed.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser secure page problems

2014-07-07 Thread matt . ivie
I figured out a setting in Abrowser that by changing allows access into webmin again. Still no luck on my banking site. If you go into about:config and change network.http.sendRefererHeader to a value of 2 it allows webmin. I'll try to dig into what the differences there are in the mint

Re: [Trisquel-users] On the NSA targeting readers of Linux Journal as extremists

2014-07-07 Thread matt . ivie
Looks like it's available from project Gutenberg too. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/101

Re: [Trisquel-users] prboom-plus and freedoom 0.8

2014-07-07 Thread matt . ivie
It sounds like /usr/local/games is not in your path. You could either put /usr/local/games in your path or you could install to a directory that is in your path already.

Re: [Trisquel-users] prboom-plus and freedoom 0.8

2014-07-07 Thread matt . ivie
It should

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser secure page problems

2014-07-07 Thread matt . ivie
When I download the official build of Mozilla Firefox(64-bit) for GNU/Linux and run it I am able to login to my bank web site. I am still not able to under windows and I'm not able to in Abrowser. There has to be something specific to the Abrowser build of Firefox that is making it not work.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox 29 (Australis)

2014-05-12 Thread matt . ivie
I don't really have an problems with the new interface, it's quite usable. I didn't really see much wrong with the old interface either though. Not enough to warrant a redesign that didn't enhance the experience in any major way. I suppose a lot of people guenuinely don't like the new

Re: [Trisquel-users] Photo Print sites that don't use flash

2013-12-22 Thread matt . ivie
Well I found one site that doesn't seem to ever ask for flash player so I've decided to go ahead and use it. It seems like a decent site but to avoid promoting sites that have nothing to do with free software or Trisquel I'm not going to post the URL. If anyone wants to know then just PM me.

[Trisquel-users] Photo Print sites that don't use flash

2013-12-18 Thread matt . ivie
I've recently come up against a problem with trying to get photos printed by online printers(as in entities that make prints for you, not mechanical printers that are somehow accessible online). Every single site I've looked at so far requires the use of Flash Player. Not Flash v7 but the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software alternatives to popular Wingdows software

2013-12-04 Thread matt . ivie
Scribus is great for print layout. It will do labels very nicely.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't run virtual machine in virtualbox

2013-11-30 Thread matt . ivie
There is another thread on this issue. Myself and a few other people ran into this a while ago. Thanks a ton to Chris(of Think Penguin) for posting this: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/intstalling-virtualbox-trisquel-6-howto-solved-if-you-need-it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replicant ?

2013-11-30 Thread matt . ivie
I second that. I have a Nexus S and it works well. My only complaint is the lack of free firmware for some of the devices but it still has mobile data and makes phone calls, which are the two things I needed most. Like Armworm said, installation is easy. I've tried to root other phones

Re: [Trisquel-users] GUI for 7 Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-30 Thread matt . ivie
I've also looked into using Enlightenment 17. They have a specific layout for small touch screen devices and for the most part it works pretty well. What's more is that it seems like you could modify it further without too much trouble. Also Enlightenment is known for its eye candy. Eye

Re: [Trisquel-users] GUI for 7 Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-28 Thread matt . ivie
I'm looking into lxlauncher as that looks like it would be a good place to start. Thank you for that suggestion axgb. Also, what do you think about using Sugar? It looks like it's very friendly for touch screens. c107, I totally understand the consequences of being tracked when using GPS.

Re: [Trisquel-users] GUI for 7 Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-28 Thread matt . ivie
I'd primarily use an on-screen keyboard but would sometimes use a small external keyboard. Overall I'd like to stay with a 100% free software solution so I'd rule out the Rasberry Pi. I'm looking into lxlauncher but it doesn't look very customizable. I want to make the tabs taller and

[Trisquel-users] GUI for 7 Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-27 Thread matt . ivie
I'm very interested in building a PC that I can install in my vehicle and I want it to have the option of using GPS Routing and Navigation, Web Browsing, videos, music and maybe a few other goodies. My biggest problem is that most software that is geared toward this purpose is built to run

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