I've been using Trisquel 7 64-bit (trisquel_7.0-20140708_amd64.iso,
3.13.0-30-generic) seriously for a day or two, and I've been having one or
two small problems, but I'll try to stick to one issue per topic.
The most serious is in gedit 3.10.4. If I do copy/paste operations using
Ctrl-C
Thanks. I couldn't find pluma but leafpad works fine. No problem with the
copy/paste, and the functionality is good enough for programming.
The ISP knows what address was assigned to a customer at a given time, at
least as long as they keep the logs.
If commercial organisations can identify users using a combination of data
then I'm sure a spy agency can, but such an agency is less likely to sell
your data. In fact they
I like the default desktop, at least after I've changed the background image
to one matching my screen resolution. It's clear, clean and simple. I don't
like Windows-like eye candy being added to cinnamon. It serves no useful
purpose.
Worked for me.
I've been having trouble logging in to a bank account too recently. I
couldn't even log in with Firefox. Eventually out of desperation (and knowing
that banks are fairly good at security and compensation) I tried
(cough)ie(cough) on a non-GNU/Linux workstation. Even that didn't work until
Perhaps by extremist forum they meant forum used by extremists,
presumably as a source of information about anti-surveillance measures. It
would be sad if concern by law-abiding citizens about snooping is considered
extreme behaviour. If it is, then it is probably thanks to the desire of so
Try getting an add-on from within Abrowser:
(1) Open the menu in the top-right corner;
(2) Click on Add-ons;
(3) Select Get Add-ons;
(4) Search for video download or youtube or something like that;
(5) Choose one you think might work (installation is automatic).
See if it works for you. If you
I burned the ISO to a DVD and installed it on my ASUS P9X79WS custom PC.
During installation I noted the following:
(1) Screen resolution 1920x1080 was detected and used automatically;
(2) The wired network connection was not detected;
(3) The DVD was automatically ejected after installtion;
(4)
It's 3.13.0-24-generic, and the kernel header files are OK too so I can
compile my device driver module now.
On the other hand I am getting some very serious keyboard and application
startup lag, but I'll need some time to investigate further. Synaptic always
starts by rebuilding indexes,
I have problems with the installed system. The live DVD appears to be fine,
and I haven't seen the sudo memory leaking error on it yet.
After reading this thread and the related one, I concluded that the problem
was to do with samba, which I don't use. I uninstalled everything to do with
samba despite warnings that this would uninstall Trisquel7, and that fixed my
problem with keyboard lag. Everything is nice and responsive
I see I'm not the first person to have this problem because someone got the
same error installing VirtualBox, but that post was locked. So here goes:
I'm trying to compile a device driver module that I wrote but the linux
header files keep looking for the asm include folder which has been
It's a recurring pattern. A business gets big and successful by giving users
what they want, then it starts telling them what they should have and looks
for ways to make more money. Then it enters a long slow decline as it
alienates more and more users who are motivated to look for
I'm not simply giving in, but if there has been a change of policy at Mozilla
(and money can have that effect) then I am not interested in their product
any more. I will simply downgrade as much as necessary to a free browser
rather than try to fight a losing battle along with the minority
I'm not going to fight it (they can do what they like) I'm just going to stop
using Firefox. It's been on my to do list since they started talking about
introducing ads, and alarm bells had been ringing already before that.
I know they won't care if they lose one user, but I don't care
This has very quickly become my favorite linux mag. I wasn't expecting much,
but it's packed full of all kinds of articles and tutorials (which I like a
lot).
If he says something right I'll give him credit for it, but the thing about
all commercial entreprises that are committed to protecting your privacy is
that they mean protecting it from anyone who doesn't pay them for your data.
Still, if he says something I agree with I'll give him as much
Yeah, and don't forget the $500,000 remuneration for the chairperson.
Someone's got to pay that.
Thank you, I'll try that. I'd rather do that than add a non-free repository
to my software sources.
Did you do a complete shutdown and reboot after installing the kernel? What
do you get now when you enter uname -r? It's just possible that GRUB isn't
using the new kernel that you just installed.
I know this is frustrating, but it's worth it when you finally get high
resolution - it makes
This does look rather complicated. I just followed the instructions in this
thread to update the (blob-free) kernel and that solved the problem:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/screen-resolution
(See the post by malberts giving the 5 exact commands. This is for a 64-bit
system by the way,
uname -r will confirm whether or not you are running a kernel with version
3.11 or later. If you are then you probably don't need to update the kernel
(I am on 3.12.7 though). If not, then you need to put sudo before each
command to give you admininstrator permissions.
Why would he risk losing sales to foreign countries when he could have denied
it was true?
They were on the list (or at least some of the officials were), but nearer
the bottom of the list than the top. I'm more concerned about malware and
attacks on infrastructure etc.
By not answering, he did answer, assuming these reports are true. Now rogue
states and criminal crackers know there's something worth looking for. Great.
Thanks, that's the one for me. Moving on :)
Thank you for the fix.
Mozilla should have no problem getting its money according to this thread:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/piracy-industries-created-theft
Mozilla is probably trying to become less dependent on Google for its income
(said to be 90%). I block ads anyway with a clear conscience because I'm
never going to click on them and they are an attack vector for malware. I
wish Mozilla luck in finding alternative sources of revenue, but I
Does anyone have a link to the online journal that was started by the group
of writers that quit Linux Format at the end of the year? I can't find any
links to it now.
Thank you very much.
Does anyone know if ConsoleKit is needed? Its description reads like it could
be a keylogger, but when I try to uninstall it I am warned that many things
(including Trisquel) will be removed. Its description is:
ConsoleKit is a system daemon for tracking what users are logged
into the system
Thank you for your helpful answer.
I think it's the job of the interviewer to ask all the questions that other
people might ask him. RMS was ready for everything.
I don't think there is anything easier for getting started with device driver
programming except maybe Essential Linux Device Drivers published by Prentice
Hall, but it isn't free. This book has more-complete examples included, and
also has more information about user space device drivers.
So did I. Thanks, I've been trying to figure that out for ages!
Looks good, but I'm not using Mate so I haven't tried it.
Thank you.
Thank you for those two links.
Is there any reason why the version in the repo is still v1.0.9?
Yes, I understand that this option causes the browser to check every site you
visit against a database on a Google server, so it is a matter of privacy. I
always disable it as a routine precaution.
I hope it will be possible to include this in free Linux kernels, because I
am afraid it will be more difficult in the future to find motherboards that
let me disable Secure Boot.
Good things are coming from South America these days :)
The source code still exists as text files, so as long as they are
distributed with the GPL the software remains free, I believe.
I came across an advert by chance on the gNewSense site and ordered one
before I even saw this thread. I am very grateful for all the helpful
information that has been posted here.
I am already able to build my own desktop, which is free except for the
firmware, but a laptop was still
gNewSense will be my safe haven of last resort, but I'm not tech-savvy enough
yet to be able to use it as my main distro, and I don't want my email address
visible on the mailing list (because of spam etc.) It didn't have a forum
when I last visited either, so Trisquel is my current distro
A userspace driver is one that runs in user space rather than kernel space
and has to be compiled as a loadable module of the kernel. The userspace
driver is much easier to develop and will not crash the kernel, but I want to
be able to write kernel drivers for one or two reasons. I need to
I tried the command you gave me in a separate Trisquel installation, and it
gave me the source files I wanted (I had to install dpkg-dev first.) Then I
copied the folder to /usr/src with root privileges, and everything looks fine
now. I think I can take it from there. Thank you very much for
I don't know what the solution is, but I think the problem is that the local
domain fritz.box hasn't been defined anywhere. Some distros ask for this when
you install them, so maybe they put it in a configuration file somewhere and
Trisquel doesn't.
According to Linux Bible the command search fritz.box in your resolve.conf
file should achieve exactly what you want. Perhaps the second search entry
in the file is replacing the first (you can have two domain names in one
search command, separated by spaces).
Go to System Settings, then Startup Applications (in the Personal section).
That is the single most useful post on Linux security that I have ever seen
(I have printed it for reference!) Where can I get this HTTPS Everywhere for
Abrowser? I couldn't see it in the repo.
Hi, I'm new to Trisquel and this forum. I moved from Windows to Linux Mint a
few months ago, and finally got around to trying out the Trisquel distro that
was on a free cover disc.
I had a problem with the screen resolution (I couldn't change it) which made
using the system difficult, and
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