Hi,
I've read that for video editing (and/or 3D rendering), it's much better to
start at 16 GiB of ram instead.
8 is possible, but might be not enough for heavy duty editing.
For gaming, I suppose 8 Gib of ram is enough though.
Also you'd need a strong CPU chip. I mean the strongest, the
Hi,
I followed this tutorial:
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/virtualization-using-kvm
I tried both fixed and DHCP, but none works for me.
I'm stuck here,
sudo ifdown br0
It gives me:
ifdown: interface br0 not configured
Tried to searx it, and the only thing I barely understood was the file
Thanks, the .info is also a bit faster for me.
I also tried gnome-boxes but I had a kernel panic. Second one in a few days,
the first one for another reason,
but also related to some sort of activity overload.
It's probably related to my HDD space (need to free some).
I'll try again.
I've made several assumptions:
1/ I thought that some Mediagoblin instances are big enough to partly replace
Youtube. seems I was wrong. The generated traffic from opening the link could
be quite heavy indeed.
2/ I need some more time to really understand your answers in detail (thanks
Hi,
I thought it would be nice to have a way to automate several steps (maybe
with a script):
1/ download from youtube
2/ upload to a specified Mediagoblin instance
Is this doable?
It is better than a plain Youtube link
(even if slower, but so what. It's an incentive to share only the best
No one asked for that?
You should be the one concerned about bringing clarifications about your
statements.
Ad-hominem: means responding to arguments by attacking a person's character,
rather than addressing the content of their arguments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
Sure,
Thanks.
I understand now.
Holding alt does nothing when I try.
But, as I'm trying things as I write, alt+the first letter of a menu item in
Thunar opens the drop-down menu. That's cool.
Is it a way to make The whole trisquel work like VimFX?
If it is, I'm interested.
In that and other ways to go mouseless.
For now I
I'm not. My link suggests that Firefox is actually faster.
Freedom of speech isn't an easy task:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech#Limitations
Fortunately, calling people trolls and other names (ad-hominem indeed) and
not backing it up is what you often did these days, so I can't say I would
defend that.
But I can see why you're
That can make it free?
I don't understand:
installing that package does what exactly?
I have a hard time deciphering what you wrote.
What I get is that additional package makes
(or can make? what's the difference?) Fedora free.
And that when installed, it prevents the accidental installation of
Oh, I see why you say it's not exactly free, as it prevents the installation
of non-free software.
In a way, Libreboot isn't fully free because it doesn't support running
non-free OSs (useful to study them).
But I can live with that.
I see, thank you both for the clarification.
I personally don't care about installing non-free software,
it's just that I was told (and might have misunderstood)
that a free system can't prevent you from installing non-free software. If it
does, it's not free.
Sure you can reverse the effect
I think I got that mixed up with external installations, like from a PPA.
I mean if Fedora with that free package install
does prevent let's say a software from a PPA (that I've mistaken as fully
free),
then it's not free, is that right?
Digging a bit more, I see that BLAG (Fedora-based)uses that repo.
I'm not sure I understand what you say: I mean I understand that enabling
that libre repo from standard Fedora is supposed to work. I don't understand
the "will conflict" part, it seems to be saying the opposite, to me.
Beneath A Steel Sky: I'm not much of a gamer, but I need to finish this game.
I didn't know about Jupiter Broadcasting, could you tell me which podcast it
is?
Of course you have the freedom to do what you want, no one told you
otherwise.
But don't mistake this as freedom:
I play, but I make sure I don't get played in the process.
It's like in chess, you have poisoned
Chrome has a reputation of being faster.
It seems it's not really true:
http://internet-browser-review.toptenreviews.com/
Also you maybe might have too many plugins running.
You can't run a "close but open" linux distro.
It's not even open anymore, since parts are closed.
It's no different
Awesome, thank you Sir!
But isn't that the same as "completely remove" in Synaptic? I thought it was.
Anyway, I'll try it, thanks.
Yes, less lines of code, less potential trouble.
That's one of the reasons why I have a netinstall and a window manager.
For now I'm on Claws rather than Mutt, which felt hard to use (though I've
never tried it). But with more skills, I could switch at some point.
well, usually I have no problem with that.
Here I can't download the file at all, nor can I access it online.
I had a 302 error, but it only happened when I tried to download the document
twice in a row (without success of course), so I don't think it's related at
all since it's a
The "downloaded successfully" isn't Abrowser related. Yes, I see how it's
clearer visually than with words,
but trust me, nothing special happens. If anything, nothing happens.
It's not even "downloaded successfully", it's just some sort of landing page,
with a "return to previous page" kind
Yes, the empty color cartridge is my "last resort" thing to try (when I'll
purchase it), I forgot to mention it that way.
I do have a "Color" tab, but inside I have "Color Model" with the following
options:
Grayscale
Inverted Grayscale
RGB Color (default option)
CMY Color
CMYK
KCMY
And in
Not really, unfortunately.
You'd need my personal login to access it.
But it's a legit website (government related).
I'll try again right now, with IceCat as well, so I can compare.
Visually, nothing in articular happens (check my step by step written
description above).
IceCat has LibreJS on by default, and it worked, so I doubt it's Javascript
related.
Specially since enabling/disabling NoScript on Abrowser didn't change a
thing.
Just to not let things hang, I'll save
Hi,
the issue is that any barely grey or colored area ends up being printed in
full black
regardless of the text/image in that area.
Here's what I tried up until now (and other helpful facts):
- tweaking options from the printing menu (like grayscale etc)
- getting familiar with CUPS
The only inconvenience I've encountered so far is an impossibility to
download a specific PDF file.
I tried disabling all my plugins, enabling all the js, and even turning my
VPN off.
I know that I previously modified stuff in about:config, so that might be a
likely cause.
So it's probably
Definitely.
Here's also a thread about this that might interest you.
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/post-your-computer
Ok, I can't even log in to my first account anymore, and the software itself
doesn't start anymore, only the multi-login window appears.
That does it, back to Skype...
I have no idea. I just downloaded Jitsi from synaptic.
Isn't that their client?
I'm completely lost, I don't understand a thing about where to register, and
why.
Pidgin has audio+video? I had no idea, thanks!
well, what's left is making it work :
I learned that XMPP is the only supported protocol for video+audio.
And that I should right-click on a contact to enable the audio+video.
Ticked the box at the bottom to create an account on the server.
Either that or compile from source I guess, for added safety.
Thanks for the info, I'll try it if Pidgin fails.
I'm not yet comfortable with compiling.
I'm no web design expert, so forgive my ignorance. can't the N°1 and 2
points be replaced by Wordpress or similar?
About offering the source code for a fee: I remember the guys at Ardour doing
that. But I wouldn't separate it from buying the program.
I think it's best to educate people to
I know, hence my reply to mYself.
I'd rather compile from source, and since I'm not yet fully comfortable with
that,
I tried Pidgin first. After finding a server address to write down, it
worked.
I have yet to make another account and try the audio+video.
So, I'm not giving up, I was just
No worries, thanks for letting me know.
If Tox is easier to setup, I'll try it as well, or get back to Jitsi.
I don't mind the time and effort on my part that much,
but I'm afraid my contacts do mind.
The obvious solution is that I need to test everything completely before
attempting to make others switch/create an account for them and configure
their clients.
Here I thought I got it working, but
I tried to create accounts on jitsi via XMPP (one for me, ad a few for my
contacts).
Let's be honest, having so much supported networks is cool, but it isn't
helpful at all. This program seriously needs a beginner guide.
I had to make some research to find out that XMPP is working fine is easy
I just finished reading a few articles about some truly disgusting stuff
about Reddit (
http://newrisingmedia.com/all/2013/5/22/reddit-racism-an-open-secret.html). I
see the voting system here is similar. While (to my knowledge) having none of
these consequences here, I think it's important
It happened to me as well, regardless of the update and upgrade.
I didn't fix it yet, but here's an answer:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/563245/avconv-warning-while-downloading-youtube-video
Same here, not that much into games,
but I love the graphics.
I tried to install the chess interface that's the default in Trisquel, but
since I couldn't find it without too much hassle, I tried other ones.
For now I settled with the eboard interface (and GnuChess and Stockfish as
engines)
It's hard to understand the exact connection between a document and the work
that can be made with it.
Even if it's under a NC license, The work made by it can be licensed as
completely free software. At least it should be possible.
But since you mention it, there's probably some legal aspect
oh I meant the NC clause.
The idea that preventing someone else to sell my manual,
while anyone totally being able to modify, redestribute (non-commercially),
etc.
If I understand what you wrote previously, this is unethical because it's
used to produce a work.
Why is that exactly?
Same here.
I'm comparing the current GNOME Flashback
with GNOME shell but with a classic menu added.
The whisker menu could be a good addition indeed.
Sure, It would improve the classic feel,
though Trisquel as is does already a good job at that.
But if doable, I don't think it's wasted time.
You know what people say about first impressions.
But the difference with GNOME Shell with a classic menu is that the latter is
less configurable,
Actually, the lack
of customisation was one of the things I liked about it, because what happens
whenever I'm offered something with more customisation, I spend hours
configuring and reconfiguring it
Exactly. Even with my minimal config I still spend way too much time on it...
About your
Thanks for the link.
About the economic argument (which is the heart of the matter):
If you want to obtain additional protection against large scale exploitation,
use a Share-Alike license.
This applies doubly to governments and educational or scientific
institutions: content which is of high
Oh, got it (at last).
Thanks, for the audio links also.
The audio is very long, and goes through the history of copyright, DRM etc.
What's the argument that applies here, in a nutshell?
Software can be malware, but a book can't.
It's just not the same category to me.
(You seem to differentiate text books and manuals from say, a novel or a
comic, but
I see, thanks quantumgravity.
Telegram is fine, though I'd love a setting that uses the encrypted
communication by default.
I mean if we can encrypt, why use the unencrypted version?
I once turned down an offer to write a book on Python programming because of
this principle and the publisher's unwillingness to make the book available
under a libre culture license.
The funny thing is that these proprietary books end up on the web anyway.
A semi-libre option might have been
I can't find text Secure, but SMS secure is suggested. I suppose it's one and
the same.
So it's not actually SMS, but the same as What'sapp then?
I see there's an encryption option, just like Telegram.
But there's no warning on F-droid, unlike with Telegram (about that server
thing).
For the record, randall Munroe's XKCD uses this:
Creative Commons Nocommercial, any version (#CC-BY-NC)
This license does not qualify as free, because there are restrictions on
charging money for copies. We recommend you do not use this license.
And I quite like it, so I won't personally
From a practical point of view, if a free alternative doesn't exist yet,
it might be possible to run a Trisquel instance inside KVM which would run
the game in Wine or something like that.
The point here is to sandbox the game so that any kind of data leak would
theoretically lead nowhere.
You can try Terminator for a terminal. If I wasn't using a tiling window
manager, I'd use that. You can split terminals the way you want to.
Also, there should be a snapping program that should exist for assigning a
window on one side of the screen and another on the other (or up or down). I
I recently learned that I should regularly get-upgrade after get-update, and
it upgraded Abrowser.
No crash whatsoever, but I can't get true fullscreen.
In that screenshot, you can see that the bar is still in sight (it should be
hidden) and also, there are the minimize/fullscreen/close icons
EDIT:
It seems it's not as foolproof as I thought.
Not only there's that 3D thing, but also it seems sometimes the keyboard
layout get randomly switched in some cases.
These are not horrible bugs, but it doesn't make GNOME3 as fullproof as it is
supposed to be (why then bare possible but
you talked about dconf also.
I like it.
Maybe I would have emphasized the words freedom, privacy and market-freedom,
in bold or something. Same for Trisquel GNU/Linux. These are the selling
points.
Also, maybe borrowing from comparative advertising would help rive the point
faster and harder. In most people's minds,
Argh, that's too bad.
Gnome 3 does look more modern, and with the classic menu, still remains
familiar. Its strong point to me is it's reliability. I know I managed to
break Trisquel's current desktop bar, though it was an isolated case (but it
still not a good feeling).
As for the
I tried a few, now I have these:
https-everywhere
html5 video everywhere
Noscript for some rare js exceptions
Request Policy for redirections
Random agent spoofer for html5 and making tracking harder
self-destructing cookies
ublock origin
And only youtube-dl since the others rely on some
Gnome might not be a good desktop option for you, but it's still a good
desktop option, and a smart idea. Even if I don't use it, I think it should
be Trisquel's default, and here's why:
I learned recently that Gnome is interesting BECAUSE it's not highly
configurable (at first glance at
Wow that's awesome, you made the game engine?? That's a compelling reason
indeed.
As for the storyline/characters, as stated it could be much more interesting
(to me). same for the graphics, they look amateurish (though most of the maps
look quite good).
For a first run, this is not so
Ah, so it won't be freely available, BUT there won't be restrictions
regarding redistribution, right?
Thank you, didn't see that one.
So it's distributing free software for a fee.
But not limiting it for obvious reasons here.
While proprietary software is limited in order to sell more.
But there's the potential for abuse, and the limit to fully use it.
What comes to mind is how to actually
I see, so same should be about CentOS. It's the same source code, but it's
not exactly the same team in charge.
an FAQ about Free software/Free culture values would be a nice addition in
Trisquel's documentation.
It's funny how my main spontaneous objections to free software are about
This is something I'm going to keep an eye on because it's an interesting
case of living from creative work with free software. For example, will the
game be available for free as well?
I really like the way you thought about the gameplay/story.
I suggest that you could go even further than
For a classic-style desktop, it looks great (and functional)!
I can't remember why I switched to i3wm specifically instead of another
tiling wm, but getting rid of icons (and window decorations) was one of my
reasons to swich from classic WMs and DEs. Automatically putting 2 windows
side
Good idea, Freedo (and I'd add GNU).
There could be an oiled leak level where Freedo would have to get clean from
that and would look like Tux in the mean time.
Or where freedo would be some super-sayajin power up.
Problem is, Tux is much easier to notice on most backgrounds.
But it's doable.
True, it could be an oil transport system. That's kind of dirty though. Even
as a statement against pollution, it's a bit weird. But doable.
As for the secondary character, even if there's no rules, it makes more sense
to me to be a GNU/Tux or GNU/Freedo duo. Just like GNU/Linux.
Yeah, the
I'm not sure I understand:
So it's a game sold and licensed as free software.
But neither the game nor the source code will be available at no cost, right?
so essentially, you're relying on the buyers to respect some kind of
non-redistribution clause?
IF that's the case, wouldn't that be
that's even better.
I really want to try it.
Btw, speaking of useability:
my printer used to not work properly either on windows or mac. On my Trisquel
Netinstall, I just plugged it in with not much hope, and not only it printed,
but it printed without the previous issues!
So that was cool
I see. Gnome3 classic is really the most suited because activities can still
be accessed from the classic menu (1 more click, but it becomes a
secondary/last resort tool, so it's fine). Sure there is also Mate/Cinammon,
supposed to be lightweight/oldschool/more flexible, but if they're not
Thanks!
To me, it depends on what kind of user we're talking about.
GNU/Linux is reliable, but not so much (in comparison) if you don't know what
you're doing.
The downside of its flexibility is that it's a bit easier to break. Other
than that, it's know to be as solid/reliable as it gets.
My
Interesting, really. I just watched a video introduction.
Provided The activities menu is replaced by a classic menu (at least the
shape of it is more familiar),
it looks really good and practical. And since it's harder to customize/break,
it's even better. Not for my personal use, but I
It's not that GNU/Linux isn't rock solid, it's that it's less automated, less
dumbed down, more in the way between the user and the work. Flexibility is a
double-edged sword.
The multiplicity of hardware support (sometimes without free drivers) is not
a problem that proprietary OSs have to
For once, that's a good point.
Guys, don't feed it ;)
Linux voted as the most vulnerable OS? No, it's about the kernel, and even
that is a wrong representation.
Here's an interesting quote: The reason why only Linux Kernel and Apple OS X
are listed at the top is because the number of vulnerabilities that
specifically apply to other Linux
No problem, I definitely need to work on better organizing and communicating
my thoughts.
I managed to bind the volume keys, but not the mute key.
The volume is indicated as being muted, so that's the first hurdle.
I've read about xev, but the mute key isn't recognised.
Then I tried xmodmap -pke, which gave me this (supposedly unassigned key):
keycode 121 = XF86AudioMute NoSymbol
Ah I see, thanks for the clarification. I made a couple of assumptions here.
So the software heritage can be turned proprietary by anyone if it's not free
software (copyleft) but under a permissive free software license.
and the copyleft author can change his mind. That's surprising (but it's
I wouldn't say a bigger problem (since it's it less used than Windows), but a
problem nonetheless:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/malware-apple.html
Also the users are snooty because it's the main marketing claim. Many buy it
just for that. Some do so more for professional reasons though
Then there’s the difference in licensing that Linux and the BSD family
use. While both use open source licenses, Linux uses the GPL which favors
users by forcing developers to release any of their modifications to
GPL-licensed software as open source and with the same license.
The BSD
Hi, Welcome,
maybe it's some security feature that's in the BIOS.
I looked for the error message, here's something I found:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/399768/encrypted-disk-wont-unlock-anymore-not-authorized-to-perform-operation-udisks
Also, how do you know that the keyboard has issues
Agreed.
I'll add that in order to make people break free from it,
I think one of the most important aspects for gaining wider use is top-notch
useability (or idiot-proofability).
People do not want to have to fix their computer, ever.
Everything is just plug and play and works.
Apple controls
I have trisquel-base-data, but not trisquel-base. There is some alsa stuff
inside (or as dependecies).
Thanks again David.
I see. Archive opening is ok, I see that I have cron installed for example.
By default I have some of them.
Maybe they were installed with other software.
I guess I have two choices: either install trisquel-base and risk to add a
few stuff I won't use, or pick the
Oh yeah, Parabola, I forgot about it!
That would be a good learning project, on a virtual machine for example.
I installed alsa-base and alsa-base-utils,
and it didn't work.
I tried then trisquel-base.
It suggested posfix configuration during the install.
I don't want it so I close the window.
I searxed more about mute key and X200.
I tried several variants of the grub modification above.
But I have no luck, it doesn't work for me.
What I don't understand though is that keycode 121 = XF86AudioMute NoSymbol
XF86AudioMute
It means that the mute command is assigned to the key
I installed, rebooted and uninstalled again (because xev still doesn't
recognize the mute key).
there was some fail message at the start of the uninstall, but no postfix.
What I did was probably too brutal, but for now my system seems ok.
I know there is also a trisquel-recommended package
Sorry, bad wording on my part. Let me clarify: I meant that following the
quote on licensing AND the alleged security extras that OpenBSD seems to be
known for (from the URLs), then follows the rest of my answer.
Great idea, thanks again.
It worked, but not completely.
When I sudo synaptic, it works.
From dmenu (it's a menu, as the name says), I can open synaptic-pkexec
instead of plain, non sudo synaptic.
a prompt pops up, but then it's synaptic without the the Trisquel theme.
Maybe it will be ok
Thanks, I'll definitely check these out.
If so, provided I disagree with the agenda, I might be leaning towards
open-source instead of free software.
Thanks for the clarification. They're definitely necessary.
I probably mixed up my feelings with imprecise information (my bad), hence my
previous comments.
It's just that I'm kind of put off by some comments that are not related to
computing and privacy, but to somehow extending the idea
I have to admit that i'm naïvely assuming that a malicious company would be
out of business because of their actions being public. Recent history tells
me otherwise.
My reasoning was that if they have a malicious product, they're out of
business because of the justified bad press. Yeah
Of course he cares about both privacy and security, but from the user's point
of view.
Using GNU/Linux over Windows for more privacy is a no-brainer. Windows
blatantly stated that they will do whatever they want with your data with
Windows 10.
For security, same thing.
After all, most
I understand and agree. That's what I call historical reasons in my
previous post. And I stated my point there, for what it's worth. I didn't
know about the reasons of this conversation with cooloutac though.
Either way, you said it best (quoting you): So we're really on the same
side: For
Sure, here they are.
Abrowser looks mostly fine (maybe the navigation bar is off).
With Synaptic, Claws and Thunar (and others), someting is missing.
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