[Trisquel-users] The FSF sponsors an Outreachy internship including Trisquel and other projects, applications are open until March 29!

2018-03-13 Thread Ruben Rodriguez
I'll borrow the description from www.outreachy.org: "Outreachy provides three-month internships for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech. Interns are paid a stipend of $5,500 and have a $500 travel stipend available to them. Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Quidam in the next Linux Action Show

2015-01-23 Thread rodriguez
Good to hear!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-31 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-21 06:03, wlqdq...@sharklasers.com wrote: [...] Then who is going to pay for the price of sending back the laptop if anything happens? And who is going to pay for a replacement during that time. Y'know, transatlantic postal packs don't

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-31 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-27 08:33, magicban...@gmail.com wrote: As it has already been said, you had better take an Intel processor but without the TXT or vPro technologies. Could someone properly document this on the Trisquel wiki or share relevant links so I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnome shell privacy issue : Auto answering voice and video calls

2013-12-17 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-16 12:18, dude...@gmx.com wrote: And yeah, if the Trisquel devs wanna shoot people in the foot with the bullshit that is Gnome Shell, that's their right of course. Let's all keep in mind the particular setup that leads to this is not

Re: [Trisquel-users] Concern about GNU/Linux becoming more proprietary

2013-12-17 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-16 18:59, x...@riseup.net wrote: After Valve annouced the release of SteamOS I have been pretty concerned about GNU/Linux becoming more reliant on proprietary software. [...] On Steam + Debian, this post recently was on Debian Planet:

Re: [Trisquel-users] freedom friendly netbook

2013-12-13 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-13 07:14, Andrew Roffey wrote: If you exclude the BIOS from your achievable freedom criteria for a lightweight laptop, you might want to check out this page for laptops: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/ Careful. Unless

Re: [Trisquel-users] freedom friendly netbook

2013-12-13 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-13 03:09, spi...@mykolab.com wrote: do you guys have any recommendations for a freedom friendly ultra portable laptop or netbook? i'd like something 11.6 or smaller, with all the hardware supported by free software. I am willing to put

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU Social / Status Net Trisquel group

2013-12-09 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-09 14:31, george.stand...@ncf.ca wrote: Thanks to Bob Jonkman, Trisquel now has a GNU Social / Status Net group at http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/trisquel https://www.joindiaspora.com/tags/trisquel also has interesting contributors (other

Re: [Trisquel-users] Your Android Phone Is Secretly Recording Everything You Do

2013-12-05 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-02 07:53, fernando.ne...@inbox.ru wrote: It, obviously, compromises the security of your whole systems and devices. http://gizmodo.com/5863849/your-android-phone-is-secretly-recording-everything-you-do Old story, but if you're

Re: [Trisquel-users] gluglug thinkpad x60 w/ coreboot mini review

2013-12-05 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-02 04:54, a...@member.fsf.org wrote: So I bought this liberated notebook about a month ago, and haven't been using anything else since. The man behind the configuration is Mr. Francis Rowe, and he has been nothing but extremely

Re: [Trisquel-users] gluglug thinkpad x60 w/ coreboot mini review

2013-12-05 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-12-02 04:54, a...@member.fsf.org wrote: So I bought this liberated notebook about a month ago, and haven't been using anything else since. T [..] It would also be useful to post your review in the Reviews tab at:

Re: [Trisquel-users] What are the things that Trisquel can do but Windows 7 can't?

2013-11-06 Thread rodriguez
The feature that Windows doesn't have and never will is that Trisquel has respect for the user and last but not least, is ethically and morally correct, end of story. The satisfaction that comes with it, is just overwhelming.

Re: [Trisquel-users] [OT] Eben Moglen: Snowden and the Future

2013-10-16 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-10-14 10:57, onp...@riseup.net wrote: I watched the first part via the recording. Parts 2, 3, and 4 are going to be spoken on October 30, November 13, and December 4. More information and the recording of part 1 is on this web site:

Re: [Trisquel-users] File system encryption in Trisquel?

2013-10-16 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-10-16 06:16, mikko.viinam...@students.turkuamk.fi wrote: Uhm, isn't there such an option during the install? Not, not in the Trisquel 6 graphical installer. That option was only introduced in Ubuntu 12.10, so it didn't make it into

Re: [Trisquel-users] A good Russian alternative to Skype?

2013-10-09 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-10-08 14:26, fernando.ne...@inbox.ru wrote: I'm just leaving here this information so that those of you, who use video conferencing, can know of the existence of this (Free Software, using an open protocol) client, and for anyone who wants

Re: [Trisquel-users] Running Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG) in Trisquel

2013-10-02 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-10-01 17:04, lddi...@yahoo.com wrote: Install the following packages: seahorse seahorse-nautilus Restart nautilus from command line or logout + login: sudo killall nautilus Once installed you will have a new Password and keys application

Re: [Trisquel-users] I need recommendations for disk encryption software.

2013-10-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-09-29 02:14, 438...@muchomail.com wrote: To implement encrypted file containers, I used cryptkeeper at some point. I now only use LUKS partition/full disk encryption, it's available from the disk utility. Here is a tutorial to create

Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox OS's libre typefaces available

2013-10-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-09-29 16:55, darrenvenab...@shaw.ca wrote: [...] The typefaces don't come with a license file, but I opened it up in FontForge and the headers state that the fonts are free under the OFL. What's really nice about these fonts is they bear

Re: [Trisquel-users] I need recommendations for disk encryption software.

2013-10-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-10-01 12:16, gra...@openmailbox.org wrote: Is TrueCrypt nonfree? The TrueCrypt License has not been officially approved by the Open Source Initiative and is not considered free by several major Linux distributions (Arch Linux,[54]

[Trisquel-users] Anyone here using myKolab.com?

2013-09-20 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I was wondering if anyone here was using myKolab.com as their primary provider for email and collaboration (calendar, address book, calendar, file sharing) tool? I have been using it for close to a month now, with great results. I am actually

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel/GNU/Linux Blog

2013-09-10 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-09-08 06:24, Andrew R. wrote: Sorry, been busy with assignments/exams. I've setup a basic Planet instance if anyone's interested: http://planet-trisquel.org/ It's rather quiet at the moment. Anyone else got Trisquel-focused blog feeds?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where is there hardware (computers) which has no compatibility problem with free OS ?

2013-09-10 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-09-10 09:47, ashok.biol...@mailoo.org wrote: On the market, more and more computers have compatibility problems with free OS. Sometimes the wifi card must be changed. Even, sometimes you replace by a compatible wifi card on an other

[Trisquel-users] [OT] Privacy-Conscious Email Services

2013-08-29 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I thought this link would be interesting to readers here, given the frequent questions about email providers: http://prxbx.com/email/ The list is maintained by members of this forum/site, which I also recommend keeping up with:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel/GNU/Linux PLANET

2013-08-29 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-27 20:43, Andrew R. wrote: Just for reference, Trisquel does have an official Planet, but it looks a little bit empty. :-( https://trisquel.info/en/planet Why don't we contribute to this (already visible, available) resource instead?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : You might be using a google name server

2013-08-28 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-28 16:32, mtl...@member.fsf.org wrote: Sorry if this is a stupid question... To fix this problem, can I just remove the 8.8.8.8 line from /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail? Or must I replace it with something else? It was my

Re: [Trisquel-users] Logout Problem

2013-08-26 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-25 01:04, ngaw...@tharchin.net wrote: Most of the time after logout I return to the login screen the list of users is there. Sometimes though the login screen appears but the list of users does not and so I have to reboot to be able to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter for GNU / Linux (TPE-N150USB) not working :(

2013-08-24 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-24 16:58, m...@runbox.com wrote: Does anyone know how I can get the wifi adapter to work? If you have the same configuration, try plugging in the other (working) USB adapter. This will at least rule out (or confirm) a hardware problem.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replicant on Galaxy S2

2013-08-21 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-20 20:54, adel.af...@gmail.com wrote: I hope that this isn't too off topic. I'll understand if someone removes it. Replicant's forum doesn't seem active, so I thought I would ask here. I am very close to leaving this mailing list,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Domain Name Registration

2013-08-20 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-20 16:35, ch...@thinkpenguin.com wrote: Pamela Jones of Groklaw (recently shuttered, similar response as lavabit) suggested kolab for email: https://mykolab.com/ Interesting. Looks like a ver complete and functional package, includin

Re: [Trisquel-users] Domain Name Registration

2013-08-19 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-19 03:31, ngaw...@tharchin.net wrote: Can anyone suggest a good company to register a domain with or does it not really matter? Thanks. I deal directly with Tucows (OpenSRS). You may also want to ask whoever you choose if they accept

Re: [Trisquel-users] A libre Courier font saved my rush

2013-08-18 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-17 12:21, ejectm...@me.com wrote: Please don't link to sites that recommend or promote proprietary software. This site recommends a non-free app on its homepage. Where? - -- Fabián Rodríguez http://fsf.magicfab.ca -BEGIN PGP

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lavabit shut down due to U.S. government

2013-08-08 Thread rodriguez
This is unfortunate. Mailoo is base in France http://www.mailoo.org Can this be a good alternative.

Re: [Trisquel-users] [OT] just told my facebook friends that I'm leaving

2013-08-06 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-08-05 21:07, adel.af...@gmail.com wrote: I left facebook a year or two ago because I got uncomfortable with it tracking people. I've been back for a few months now; I decided to compromise to keep in touch with friends. But I regret

[Trisquel-users] [OT] An invitation to the LibrePlanet Activists team

2013-07-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, If anyone's interested, I'd like to invite you to join this mailing list: http://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss It's part of the LibrePlanet Activists group: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Activists

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Forums Hacked

2013-07-24 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-20 22:52, oralfl...@lavabit.com wrote: They claim that the passwords are encrypted, but as someone who is somewhat knowledgeable on SQL, I can say they likely used a one-way encryption method like SHA1 or MD5. This means that if you

Re: [Trisquel-users] The trap of proprietary software - no money no upgrade - Ubuntu forum hacked

2013-07-24 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-22 08:15, icarolo...@gmail.com wrote: Ask Ubuntu is proprietary also, uses Stack Overflow. Ask Fedora uses Askbot (free software). [0][1] Regarding Ask Ubuntu and how / when it started, here is a bit of history. At the time I was

Re: [Trisquel-users] GPL projects with non-free code - I don't get it

2013-07-12 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-12 07:47, Michał Masłowski wrote: What else such certification would do? tl;dr: the GPL (or other free licensing) is not enough to guarantee your freedom or privacy, it's only one of many criteri. This discussion reminds me of how

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel on Lenovo (beginner user)

2013-07-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-11 08:22, ron88...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I would like to know if my laptop is suitable for this distribution of Linux. I've read articles and watched some videos regarding FSF and free software and it would be nice to try something

Re: [Trisquel-users] Acer Aspire 7739

2013-07-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-10 04:00, gromo...@web.de wrote: Hi guys, I recently installed Trisquel-Mini on my Acer Aspire 7739 laptop and have to say that it really works very well. So far I haven't had any issues except for one: My laptop seems to get really

Re: [Trisquel-users] Update on ath9k_htc in Ubuntu's repos

2013-07-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-06-29 11:25, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711470 I don't know if they are going to respond to the bug request or if it is in the pipeline. Either way if Ubuntu does it and it moves into

Re: [Trisquel-users] Logitech Wireless Mouse/Keyboard FOSS-friendly

2013-07-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-11 23:55, nickjwal...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, in case anyone was wondering, Logitech wireless mouse/keyboard combos that use the Unifying receiver work right out of the box with Trisquel (and I assume other FOSS GNU/Linux distros). (You

Re: [Trisquel-users] Should Trisquel accept Litecoins?

2013-07-09 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-07 23:38, christ...@priest.com wrote: I've heard the bitcoin economy is pretty unstable and I've been wondering how well the alternatives have been designed. I'm pretty ignorant about economics unfortunately, but what are the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Kernels

2013-07-03 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-07-03 12:30, ll...@lloydsmart.com wrote: Hey, Just curious about something. Ever since Debian Squeeze, the Debian Linux kernel has been deblobbed - i.e. it contains only free software. Given this, what's the actual difference between the Debian kernel and Linux-Libre? And why

Re: [Trisquel-users] Information about Trisquel

2013-06-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-06-29 18:46, javipa...@hotmail.com wrote: Greetings, I'm a Slackware user who is interested in knowing some things about Trisquel. [..] Hello, and welcome here! In my point of view, Trisquel seems not to be anything else but Ubuntu with the nonfree programs purged from the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Alternatives to non-freedom-driendly webmail services

2013-06-21 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-06-20 13:01, chrisandmelissa31...@gmail.com wrote: My next question is about gmail. I am still using gmail and looking to change, simply because I am trying to break my google addiction. The PRISM break page listed two alternatives. The rise up is not attractive at all to me after I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Are most of you free software extremists?

2013-06-18 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-06-18 15:07, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote: The recent post by Magic Banana post about him complaining about the term open source over free software for software licensed under the same freedom sharing license like the GPL really made me

Re: [Trisquel-users] Are most of you free software extremists?

2013-06-18 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-06-18 18:29, ejectm...@me.com wrote: I agree with icarolongo in comment number 1, with one exception. Almost every day, I have to use Windows when I work. I can't exactly install Trisquel on a computer that's not my own. I bet you could.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems spreading the word... and the idea of a little project

2013-06-14 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-06-14 07:46, mikko.viinam...@students.turkuamk.fi wrote: going cold turkey Can you please try and avoid such expressions here? Is this what you meant?: *Cold turkey* describes the actions of a person who abruptly gives up a habit or

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems spreading the word... and the idea of a little project

2013-06-14 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for sharing your concerns, it's very important that you do, specially here. On 2013-06-14 04:42, shiret...@web.de wrote: [...] So two questions: 1. how would you try to help this person in my situation You mention three major perception

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems spreading the word... and the idea of a little project

2013-06-14 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-06-14 11:37, mikko.viinam...@students.turkuamk.fi wrote: Can you please try and avoid such expressions here? Is this what you meant? What's the problem? Yes that is what I mean. Not everyone will understand such expressions. I for one had to look it up.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you get your movies?

2013-06-12 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-06-12 22:49, ch...@thinkpenguin.com wrote: It may make sense for us to investigate an analog option. I believe this would be useful for connecting DVD/VHS players, game consoles (older ones at least), and at least some cable boxes I believe (ones that are still outputting analog?).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is there any interest in privacy free software friendly services?

2013-06-08 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-06-08 00:02, ch...@thinkpenguin.com wrote: You only need to be better than the rest to make it worthwhile. I believe you already are better on several levels, or already there, at ThinkPenguin. If I were you I'd create such a service with

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ixquick/Startpage launching new privacy-aware email service.

2013-06-05 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Although I appreciate these discussions about privacy and other subjects somewhat connected to Trisquel, they are vastly off-topic here. There many more forums and mailing lists to talk about this. Could future off-topic messages be moved

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommened low end laptop

2013-06-04 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-05-30 12:16, danfun...@gmail.com wrote: Hello! I am a fan of open source and hope to go to college soon. I am looking for a laptop which is under $300 as my first computer. I would prefer one that uses as much free hardware as possible.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Its here: Final Thesis - H-node

2013-05-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-05-30 18:19, mattij.la...@kolumbus.fi wrote: I wrote you some time ago about my final thesis which was practically done back then and was waiting for an approval from my school. Well, I got a word today that it has been approved and can now be accessed from my school's thesis

Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox 23 Removes Disable Javascript from the Preferences Dialog

2013-05-16 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-05-16 21:35, Andrew Roffey wrote: It's a shame that they also removed the Images Exceptions section on the dialog box as well. I often use that to block the rare image ads that I see in my browser. I use Tor, so less images being

Re: [Trisquel-users] BIOS modification to eliminate mini PCIe whitelist

2013-05-15 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-05-15 13:37, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: [...] The problem with it is that it is a win32/64 program. I downloaded FreeDOS but it will not recognize my USB memory where I saved the BIOS mod. I had the same problem with an installation of Windows on Virtualbox. I have no option but to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Final Thesis: H-node

2013-05-12 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-05-11 19:42, mattij.la...@kolumbus.fi wrote: I am the sole author. I'm thinking of releasing it as CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 for my school's database and with GFDL for everyone else if there are people who are interested about it and would prefer a different license (FSF and FSFE, maybe?). I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Final Thesis: H-node

2013-05-10 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
restriction. Perhaps other can provide a better opinion here. I would definitely be interested in reading it, so please do share a link to it (and if possible, the source to the document). Cheers, Fabian Rodriguez Montreal, Canada - -- Fabián Rodríguez http://fsf.magicfab.ca -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [Trisquel-users] Final Thesis: H-node

2013-05-10 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-05-10 17:43, em9...@lavabit.com wrote: As far as I know, there is nothing non-free about the CC-BY-SA license. But saying that something is under a Creative Commons license is ambiguous: there are several different Creative Commons

Re: [Trisquel-users] OpenOffice

2013-05-09 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-05-09 10:54, superbyel...@yahoo.com wrote: The other day I tried to get rid of LibreOffice and install OpenOffice being that I like the look and feel of OpenOffice better than LibreOffice. So I removed LibreOffice using Synaptic, but

[Trisquel-users] This will be of interest to Trisquel + OpenStreetMap contributors

2013-05-07 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi OpenStreetMap has launchad a new web editor (using HTML5, no more Flash!), meaning those of us using Trisquel can now contribute from the browser with a very nice interface, in an efficient way. All the details are here:

Re: [Trisquel-users] This will be of interest to Trisquel + OpenStreetMap contributors

2013-05-07 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-05-07 17:59, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: I was not able to use it on OSM but found JOSM and I am testing now: You were unable to use what? F. - -- Fabián Rodríguez http://trisquel.magicfab.ca -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF Certifies Atheros-Based ThinkPenguin 802.11 N USB Adapter

2013-05-02 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-05-02 03:22, ch...@thinkpenguin.com wrote: The reason for listing 6.5 is that I have a 'pre' release of 6.5. It's such an early version that not even Rubén, Jason, or any other people critical to the development of Trisquel have it yet. So I can say 6.5 works, but Trisquel 6 does not.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: TiVo solution

2013-05-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-05-01 03:09, holger.be...@gmail.com wrote: so in term of suggesting / promoting non-free devices you Silicon Dust devices are not better than using a TV adapter which relies on a firmware blob. I believe they are much better, yes. They give unlimited access to unencrypted streams in

Re: [Trisquel-users] TiVo solution

2013-04-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-04-30 05:29, Pascal Diogo Antunes wrote: I don't know TVHeadEnd. Thanks for your link. And for a TV tuner box, how can I be sure it will be free and safe? Which are the best? You have HDHomeRun box, what are others choices I have? TV tuner card are interested? You're very welcome.

Re: [Trisquel-users] TiVo solution

2013-04-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-04-30 05:31, holger.be...@gmail.com wrote: The cheapest PVR (= personal video recorder) I could imagine would be a cheap DVB-S2 receiver. At least for Europe and free to air satellite you usually pay below 50€ for a standard receiver which can record DVB-S2 (= HD stuff) to a USB hdd.

Re: [Trisquel-users] TiVo solution

2013-04-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-04-30 04:53, holger.be...@gmail.com wrote: to my best knowledge there is no such thing as a free solution for providing such functionality as a Tivo. At least most modern cards (DVB-T / DVB-S / DVB-S2 / DVB-C) rely on non-free firmware files. May be there is a small minority of cards

Re: [Trisquel-users] TiVo solution

2013-04-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-04-30 10:00, holger.be...@gmail.com wrote: Pascal, do not buy any evil USB / PCI / PCIe device which relies on bad closed firmware...stick to the less flexible solution functionality which a standard STB offers. Actually, I am fairly certain Chris @ ThinkPenguin found a solution for

Re: [Trisquel-users] TiVo solution

2013-04-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-04-30 10:02, holger.be...@gmail.com wrote: By the way: HDHomeRun seem to rely on firmware as well: From: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HDHomeRun ... Download firmware The latest firmware is available from the SiliconDust website. ... The question is though what license

[Trisquel-users] New Trisquel mirror in Montreal

2013-04-30 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
Hi I am in the process of requesting a new mirror for Trisquel in Montreal. Other than this: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/mirroring-trisquel ... what else is required? Thanks for any information. Cheers, Fabian -- Fabián Rodríguez http://trisquel.magicfab.ca signature.asc

Re: [Trisquel-users] TiVo solution

2013-04-29 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-04-29 12:03, Pascal Diogo Antunes wrote: Hi, I would to know what are the free solutions for the digital video recorder TiVo? Libere, Pascal Diogo Antunes. I use TVHeadEnd in a virtual machine, with two HD Homerun network digital dual-tuners. This summarized my setup but it's in

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ideas for Trisquel

2013-04-24 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-04-24 10:09, aliasb...@gmail.com wrote: [...] This is why I think that we - with we I am talking about me, but I am also giving some ideas for Trisquel itself [...] I'd strongly suggest you join the Dev meetings here:

Re: [Trisquel-users] graphics mode while booting

2013-04-15 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-04-14 15:01, gustavo...@lavabit.com wrote: You are welcome :-) My grub doesn's ignore it. Perhaps the version in Trisquel repos is not ready for your videoboard? Don't forget to: sudo update-grub F. - -- Fabián Rodríguez

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Watch LibrePlanet live this weekend

2013-03-29 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-03-29 07:14, holger.be...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know about you, but playing back the original ogg resulted in a horrible playback experiences for me. Neither Firefox, nor Chromium or VLC were able to skip through the video without loss

Re: [Trisquel-users] Watch LibrePlanet live this weekend

2013-03-28 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-03-27 16:39, Andrew Roffey wrote: On 28/03/13 00:16, Darksoul71 wrote: Is there any ETA when the videos of the sessions will be published ? I am currious to see RMS and Ruben's speech. I'm not sure where, but I read somewhere that the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Watch LibrePlanet live this weekend

2013-03-28 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-03-28 08:38, holger.be...@gmail.com wrote: I was aware of this and think we all can read The question still remains: Is there any ETA ? Hey, you're welcome! F. - -- Fabián Rodríguez http://fsf.magicfab.ca -BEGIN PGP

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Issues in Trisquel? Buy a Pre-Installed Trisquel Computer.

2013-03-27 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-03-27 05:46, holger.be...@gmail.com wrote: @m971668: [...] Not everyone can afford to buy a new system from thinkpenguin for example. [...] Example: I just recently set up an old AMD Sempron with 2GB DDR RAM, 80GB HD and a GeForce 5700

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel mug - where can I get it?

2013-03-21 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-03-21 06:08, poenik...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: I've seen pictures of the Trisquel mug on this site, but the organisations selling Trisquel gear only sell T-shirts and shopping bags. Where and how can I buy the mug?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Brightness

2013-03-20 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I had another Samsung, different problem, but similar problem. I remember trying some other value for acpi_vendor at boot. Check this: http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Samsung/Samsung%20N150 Cheers, Fabian - -- Fabián Rodríguez

Re: [Trisquel-users] lightdm on Trisquel 6

2013-03-20 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-03-20 21:40, Benjamin Rochefort wrote: But if you prefer lightdm it is easy to install and change the settings. I'd love to know how. Every theme I tried is quite ugly compared to the Unity theme, which is not trivial to just use as a

Re: [Trisquel-users] On the conversion of a Macbook Pro

2013-03-18 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-03-16 13:38, atilio.bar...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Is it possible to convert a Macbook Pro to run Trisquel? Reading elsewhere I gather that there are still a fill issues with wireless and video card drivers that could make that hard or

[Trisquel-users] Enabling Gnome 3 in Trisquel 6 - now works

2013-03-17 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I asked this a few months ago, while using Trisquel 6 beta Gnome 3 was broken. I am happy to report this isn't the case anymore :) I had to reinstall Trisquel 6 on my home PC, after a hard disk failure, and after the initial install I had to add

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6 Officially Out; yes- really this time!

2013-03-12 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 13-03-12 12:46 AM, ch...@thinkpenguin.com a écrit : Thought I'd start a new topic given the official announcement has been released. I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned it yet. It has been available for many hours now. I have not had a

Re: [Trisquel-users] After version 6, Trisquel is moving to LTS only releases.

2013-03-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-on-how Cheers, Fabian - -- Fabian Rodriguez http://trisquel.magicfab.ca -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlE93RIACgkQfUcTXFrypNVgWwCdHLsKXH7sfc

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethical dillema about Trisquel GNU/LINUX. In need of the community response.

2013-02-12 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 13-02-12 09:02 PM, r...@ronbravo.com wrote: My suggestion was just based on the feedback and experience I have had with people as I tried to educate about Free Software and other available Operating Systems. In the end, they wanted a completely functional computer regardless of the ethical

[Trisquel-users] Adding Trisquel to the [GNU/]Linux distribution chooser

2013-02-10 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
Hi, I recently came across this which I had tried a few years ago: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true I think it's a pretty good resource, but Trisquel is missing :) I write a short note about this using this feedback form: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/feedback.php

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethical dillema about Trisquel GNU'LINUX. In need of the community response.

2013-02-09 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 13-02-08 10:24 PM, ch...@thinkpenguin.com a écrit : Besides the USB G adapter option there is also a mini pci card option most likely. You can replace the card inside the laptop. It looks like it should be an easy thing to do. There appears to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethical dillema about Trisquel GNU'LINUX. In need of the community response.

2013-02-09 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 13-02-09 12:37 PM, r...@ronbravo.com a écrit : Most here may not agree with my response but I would suggest, for someone who is new to the GNU Linux environment, to get them a distro that will give them the least problems when it comes to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethical dillema about Trisquel GNU'LINUX. In need of the community response.

2013-02-09 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 13-02-09 01:48 PM, davidvarg...@mac.com a écrit : Dammit, I just order a card for myself, I wish I could bought him one...I got no more money to spare, until the end of the month. I have an idea: I will try to persuade him to purchase a new

Re: [Trisquel-users] [off-topic] donation needed to improve accessibility

2013-02-05 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 13-02-05 03:45 PM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: On 13-02-05 12:43 AM, Dave Hunt wrote: [...] The accessibility features, found in Sonar, are part of the standard GNOME feature set. In the typical out-of-the-box GNOME setup, they're not enabled by default. [... Actually, if it's based

Re: [Trisquel-users] [off-topic] donation needed to improve accessibility

2013-02-04 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 13-02-04 04:02 PM, ch...@thinkpenguin.com a écrit : I thought I'd point people to a new project that aims to create a distribution focused on improving access to GNU/Linux and free software for peoples with various disabilities:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why does Trisquel still default to XFS for home?

2013-02-03 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 13-02-03 11:36 AM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote: I was loading up the latest Trisquel 6 test ISO in a virtual machine the other day did a 10 GB image just to play around with and see how the status of it is. There are actually two things I noticed by lettig Trisquel handle my partitioning

[Trisquel-users] Fwd: [tdf-discuss] http://www.LinuxQuestions.org 2012 Annual Poll - 72 hours to vote!

2013-02-02 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, There is also a Desktop distribution category, unfortunately Trisquel is not there :( https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2012-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-awards-104/desktop-distribution-of-the-year-4175441843/ I posted about that,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Free as in Trisquel or as in Fedora ?

2013-02-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 13-01-30 06:40 AM, magicban...@gmail.com a écrit : It should be part of FSF's work, shouldn't it? Debian is working towards that goal. Developers interested in helping or anyone wanting to follow progress should be looking at this mailing list:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : TrueCrypt

2013-02-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 13-02-01 06:38 PM, magicban...@gmail.com wrote: These exerpts chosen by a Gentoo user (in 2011) are pretty scary too. Although it does not seem to be based on the last version of the license (the numbering of the clauses differ), they still seem to be present. It does not seem the FSF has

Re: [Trisquel-users] TrueCrypt

2013-02-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 13-02-01 07:48 PM, ejectm...@me.com wrote: It's outdated, and doesn't reflect version 3.0 of the License. If you have any references I'd be glad to correct the wikipedia entry - unless you get to it first :) F. -- Fabián Rodríguez http://trisquel.magicfab.ca

Re: [Trisquel-users] TrueCrypt

2013-02-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 13-02-01 07:48 PM, ejectm...@me.com wrote: It's outdated, and doesn't reflect version 3.0 of the License. This was also discussed in the Debian project: http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/Re-TrueCrypt-license-is-now-at-v3-0-tt2846821.html#none In a nutshell, not, not free. F. -- Fabián

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Free as in Trisquel or as in Fedora ?

2013-01-31 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 13-01-31 06:34 PM, magicban...@gmail.com wrote: What about players supporting the ROCKbox firmware (under the GPL)? I would choose such a player if I needed one. It does not seem to be anywhere as risky as CyanogenMod (for smartphones). The Sansa Clip+ works great and is easy to Rockbox. I

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