AWESOME!
The payment options are so limited I noticed; so regrettably I'm unable to
buy one. I'd sure hate to buy the one I saw in the store, knowing what lurks
inside. :(
Sent. :)
Thanks to those who gave me the +.
I love Trisquel, and this community. :D
Here's the letter I'll be sending:
Dear FSF,
For the past year I've been an associate member, because I believe in being
able to run free. The program I chose was Trisquel, after testing it in a VM.
I was very happy.
During the past year, I went to the Trisquel forum, and the IRC channel.
Thanks.
Peace.
this is so sad, especially to someone who doesn't understand all this stuff,
to have to sift through a bunch of info to try to determine WHO'S telling the
truth! Knowing RMS has commented on the situation, it seems I should consider
his words, which I will read again.
I don't know if
Misty, if you read the comments by OnPon and others, you will see that TCT is
spreading FUD. Please don't participate in spreading FUD about bleeding edge
projects that are pushing us closer to 100% software freedom than ever
before.
OK Strypey, I will read them again, because I didn't
The letter is a good idea, and I hope something good comes of it, and I would
be very glad to write my own letter to the FSF. It seems to me Ruben needs to
give Trisquel the attention it deserves, or give it to someone else if he's
not willing to accept help with it, or delegate some of his
google made EIGHTY BILLION DOLLARS on our data! Please read this essay:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/free-isnt-freedom-epstein-essay
see how evil they are.
Hi PeaceGuy, welcome to Free Software, the forum, and Trisquel. :)
So sad to see this: "Nevertheless, their crowdfunding campaign and marketing
e-mails for the "EOMA68 Computing Devices" make the false claim that "it has
been a Libre Hardware and Software project right from the beginning".
Hello tct; Thank you for coming forward with this, "Well, the truth
I looked at the jonkman site, it's described as a microblogging service.
In fact I saw an anti-google group, looked tempting to join but I think the
last message is 3 months old; I'll peek at it again sometime.
>Also, there is an API with desktop and mobile clients, which is of course
JS-free
I'd like to check that out.
goo also did a sleight of hand with that, they changed the wording in another
part of their contract. When I was still on D I saw something about it, maybe
it was in that article in the link. Beware of anything goo does.
Thanks for the link. It looks like if I wanna use D, I have to deal with js.
LOL about that ps and pic. :)Comment
I can't get Privacy Badger to load in IceCat.
warrior, aye? hehheheh you. :D Yea maybe I reacted over the top, but I want
you to know I appreciate your honesty.
When I had winblows, I saw the hosts file, but haven't seen that anyplace
else.
I may have to go back to IceCat because their fonts are better for me. A few
days ago I
Oh ok. Thanks. I've been reading a few threads here about security, it seems
among the regulars who offer advice, you have answered many of them. I really
appreciate your advice.
If I get it through Synaptic, I hope I'll get the latest version. When I had
it, I don't remember what version
As you so eloquently put it, "Ill have to disagree with the incredibleness,
deficient and eloquent users."
Well then please explain to us poor deficient users HOW to access and change
those settings. What about modems? I know if I knew how to do it, I would.
The router I used to have had
OK so while I'm still using this old low memory machine, I will need a few
things, all as secure as possible, that I'd only use one at a time:
a chat program. I saw a message from SuperTramp about hexchat being better
than pidgin for better security and less bloatware. Though I like Pidgin,
thanks for explaining. I remember trying CSS and not getting it. :(
that's what I suspected. :(
thanks for explaining. Now I just have to pick one to try.
I had Ublock Origin on other browsers, but I'm not sure how to use it- but I
did play with it a little though. If I'm using Tor, I know they don't
recommend extra add-ons, so maybe I should go back to IceCat? but .onion is a
Tor thing, right? I'll go read some stuff at Tor's site.
In
interactivity- is that its main function? Before js, was there another way to
have interactivity?
how do you use a site like diaspora that has js and won't function without
it?
in NoScript, if something's temporarily allowed, then the bad stuff can get
in, too, I assume. If I want to not trust something lurking, often I can't
block it out unless I block the main site. So many sites use it, though it
seems very vulnerable.
I don't understand exactly what
I'm so sorry I had to leave. Here's the reasons: #1, they use javascript, I
always have to temporarily allow it. I did post a message about that and the
exact wording. Then I saw something called newrelic, that lurks there, I
could block that and usually the site would run ok, they have some
oh wow this stuff is so over my head. :(
Backups I know how to do, partitions and swap, no, but I know I won't learn
it by not trying. I will need to have instructions, including what to do it I
screw it up, how to get out of it, start over, whatever, commands for fixing
it, if my machine
I just quit diaspora, so I'll have to find a new place.
I need to understand this better so I can do that too, and re-read the
instructions to see if they answer my questions, if not, I'll be back here to
ask.
In Tor it's set to false.
oh dumb me thought it was an OS but it doesn't seem to be so far as I can see
but my brain may be in dense mode today.
I've come to a conclusion about this computer- as it's been sugested to me
before by at least one person, I need a better machine. Based on my needs,
the programs I tried aren't as good as the GNOME Shell, so I need more memory
to run it. Although my Mac has enough, it's not libre, but it'd
Hello everyone, and hello Chris, thank you for taking time to answer people's
questions. It's wonderful to see a company so passionate about free software
that someone from there will take the time to answer questions and explain
things to us.
I want to buy a libre computer and possibly a
Amazon corp? how horrible! the members of that forum need to know. I didn't
know how evil amazon is till recently.
OK and thank you. I got kmag from synaptic but when I'm feeling up to it,
I'll follow your instructions.
Thank you. I'd love to learn this stuff. When I'm feeling adventurous I may
try it.
That makes sense. Thanks. So if everyone did that it'd be better. :D
OK thanks for the info. If I went back to IceCat I wonder what the best way
to handle that is, to be effective. My logic says making it blank would tell
it, "no one tracks me." You say it's ineffective- how so?
There was a thread or 2 on this forum about browser tweaking, but I think
they
OK I'm gonna try Xfce4.
yes. I read many of them, but not all. Also I read some info at Tor, and why
they don't recommend plug-ins, which makes sense. It might be a good idea to
compare their prefs with yours. Considering how they set it up, I have to be
sure if it's ok to add any changes to it. From what I read of
Thank you for the info, I was reading some info at Tor earlier and I'll go to
the link you gave me.
I read some of your prefs, noticed some mention of windows and NT. That says
to me it's referring to your computer and OS, am I correct?
Oh, and speaking of javascript, you know Diaspora uses it, I'm sure.
Also, about add-ons for Tor- I read it's not recommended to put more than
what they
I looked for Xfce in synaptic, what I saw was Xfce 4, and one mention of Xfce
keyboard. There were many Xfce4's in the list, I have to find which one to
get. As much as I like Trisquel, I'm still uncertain about keeping it. One
feature I really like about Trisquel is the screenshot, to me
I checked fluxbox out, didn't like it much, removed it. It's good there's
many choices.
Thanks. :)
yea the threads get squeezed, only fix I know is to lower the zoom
Anyway how do I get your prefs file into the browser, I thought I knew how..
I have questions about verfying stuff, the signatures, to be sure I got what
I want from where it's supposed to be from- those things are soo
long it'd take me forever to compare them, is that the only way, no
matter how long it takes to read it?
When I get my preferred browser
Thank you. I noticed when I had Mini, I had 2 others that came in with it.
I think I understand what you're saying. Thanks. :)
Hello wonderful techies,
I want to try fluxbox, but before I do anything, I have questions. First, I
want to be sure if it will install beside Trisquel or over it. If I had
installed Trisquel Mini with the sudo apt-get command, would it have replaced
it? Magic Banana asked me if that was
Thank you arielenter. This is a bit overwhelming for me, so many
instructions, and I really appreciate it. I already got it so for now I will
keep it this way.
if there are 2, I wonder which one is the official one. Maybe I saw one of
them awhile ago; it didn't seem very active.
Something I noticed about kmag, I had it running and tried to open Synaptic,
but it wouldn't load till I restarted and ran it without kmag running.
Considering my computer's low disk space and RAM, that's why.
I'd like to tweak it like arielenter says, but I need more guidance on it
first.
you know I've been consistent on my rants about goo. :)
Wow I am so glad to see friends from D. You've been so helpful to me, thank
you so much. I wish I had your tech skills. Thanks for all you share. :D
I was looking at that about a year ago, would love to afford it.
Something I noticed about kmag, I had it running and tried to open Synaptic,
but it wouldn't load till I restarted and ran it without kmag running.
Considering my computer's low disk space and RAM, that's why.
I'd like to tweak it like arielenter says, but I need more guidance on it
first.
Oh how I miss that, but my machine's memory isn't as much as I thought, as
you may know, you were in my thread about removing Trisquel, you explained
something technical to me there, which I really appreciate.
When I convert my mac, I will be able to use GNOME Shell on it :)
> You only need to copy your prefs.js to keep your modifications when you
migrate to another FF browser, there is no need to manually change everything
in about:config every time.
I'm not sure how to do that, though I have an idea. I guess I should get Tor
first, I'd also want to delete
I really like GNOME Shell, I'll use it when I convert my Mac.
It's great to see another person from Diaspora, it's a wonderful place. I
learned a lot about the FSF from there. :D
Joined: 03/22/2016
It looks like I will have to use it. I saw your post and your code for
customizing it. That may be very helpful to me but I need to know where to
put the code after installing the program.
Thank you for explaining that. Yes I admit I worry too much but I'd rather be
safe than sorry, till I'm sure it's ok to go there. I really miss that place,
so I will go back there soon. Thank you very much for all your help. :)
yeah, I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. It would've been interesting to see
what the logs say about it though.
I removed Trisquel Mini so I can try something else.
only half? I thought it was more.:(
Hi arielenter, thank you for your suggestion. yes, before I got the GNOME
Shell, I tried that and I had some trouble using it but I appreciate your
idea. I may have to use it again if there's nothing else.Too bad I don't have
as much memory as I did, the GNOME Shell was wonderful for
You're probably right. :(
She's doing a lot of damage to the Trans community; perhaps even moreso than
to those she's accusing. When someone from any group does something, it
reflects on the group as a whole. It’s hard enough for them, now they have
this embarrassment. I know some
When the screen scrambled, it was when I had GNOME Shell, which has been
removed as the likely suspect, a month ago, but I'm sure an old log would say
something about the incident.
I hope it'd be ok to use the terminal I like from Accessories.
You have been very kind and patient with me, it
I'm never using the "real terminal" again because I couldn't get out of it. I
tried and had to force my machine to restart. Nope, not doing that again. I
looked up commands, strange, I could get out of the other Terminals. So I
hope I can continue using the one I found that I like, though
I didn't find anything called LightDM.
how many high-level languages are there? are Bash and Python in that
category? Often I see many programming code names like those, so I imagine
they're part of that whole group.
It didn't explain anything. I went to the documents, found some logs, have to
find which one might show any info about the screen prob.
LOL! I like Terminal, it's not as scary as it was when I first tried it so
long ago. :)
Hi Mangy Dog, Thanks for explaining! This is fascinating stuff! I wish we
could remove all those proprietary blobs and replace every one with something
Free. I wish I was a programmer. Many years ago someone tried explaining what
binary is. He made it seem so simple. This stuff is so over my
please tell us what that is?
Wow that is noticeable difference. I see I have some studying to do, so I can
put together something that my poor old machine can handle, till I can
convert my Mac. I'll look at all the suggestions again and compare them. You
have all been so wonderful. :D
I got an error message, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented. (???)
unknown.
The (EE) is in red.
Disk Self Test is complete, Disk is OK. Now onto the next thing. I'm in
Trisquel there so I can do the next suggestion. Report coming soon. Thanks.
:)
Wow Strypey, you have thought this out well with the levels. That and the
usability rating idea make a lot of sense to me. It would be nice if you
could present these suggestions to the FSF for consideration.
What is a blob? It'd be interesting to know how these things got their name.
OK and thanks. I started the self test, this will take awhile it looks like.
It seems to me a good idea to look at the specs for these programs everyone's
suggesting, to see how much memory they require before installing, Due to the
lack of RAM, then I can decide which OS I want. I'd like to try the others to
see if I like than better than Trisquel Mini, for my poor
Hmmm, considering my RAM problem, I really need to do some homework on all of
this.
Hi, I'm on my other machine, the memtest is still going on my old one, but at
the bottom of the screen a message says it's complete, there's no errors, yet
at the top, it's still testing. Is it starting over? I don't know when the
message of being complete came up, sometime this morning.
OK, thanks for the info.
I tried to get it from the Terminal, that's how I saw the warnig. I know how
to get it the way you explained it, if I remember right, I set it up that way
awhile ago. Why does Terminal send that warning?
you said, "You could even go "half-full cli" and find a cli replacement for
many of your GUI applications." I'd like to understand more about that. You
also mentioned Xfce. I'd like to try it, but I should remove something first.
Since my Trisquel is still functional without the GNOME shell,
I like Tor and I've used it with that identity feature.
Yes I am very serious about this, if it takes awhile, that's ok. Tonight
I'll set up that memtest and hope for the best.
What do you know about Tails? I've read it's very good.
And, Yeah, us caring people are seen as a threat.
Thanks
A message from Terminal has a warning saying The following packages cannot be
authenticated! memtest86+
OH wow- Thank you very much! I really appreciate that.This is exactly what I
need.
I have used Tor a few times, though I know there's concerns about it. Some
sites blocked me for using it, and others who use it have complained about
that too.. There are tunnels, I tried them, tried
OK. I'll check it out and see what happens and report the results as soon as
possible. Thank you for explaining all this.
about the browser, I'm concerned about being able to block trackers and I
need to have my security settings, plus have some add-ons, all are for those
purposes. I like IcaCat for that. It took me months to get it tweaked. I
wouldn't mind doing that again if I knew what to do ahead of time so
if I understood this better I'd try it, though I really appreciate the
advice. Maybe one day I'll have learned enough to do it with confidence. :)
how do I replace the RAM? The scrambling happened a lot. If this involves
opening up my machine, I'd have to send it to a repair place. I never
intended it to be online or be my main computer, but for now I want it to be
stable enough till I can convert my Mac, or get something that's more
Very interesting. I have to read this a few times to be sure I understand it
as it relates to my situation. I really appreciate the explanations you've
given. It'll take some time for all this to sink in. This has been a wonderfl
adventure for me. Thank you again.. :)
hi, thank you for your suggestion. For now I'm not sure what I will do, I may
try a few different programs to see which one I like, if I can be sure I'm
not adding to what I have, so I'd have to decide what to remove first.
What I'm trying to see is if Trisquel and GNOME are 2 separate
programs(Desktops) but when I look at their dependencies they seem to need
components from each other. Being new to how all this works, perhaps I'm not
comprehending what a package is. I know it's not a program, so my next
I'm gonna look up some stuff on here to se if I can find the info before
asking more questions. Thanks again for all your help. :)
oh ok. I'll look at tht again. this is a good experience for me when I can
see the different ways of getting the same info. I'm very glad to be
learning. :D
ok, thanks. usually I would run IceCat and one other program. what about the
scrambled screen? What about GNOME shell?
Under File Systems, I put this into a text editor and wrote it out since I
can't do screenshot, so I could ask why does it say this:
Device DirectoryType Total Free
AvailableUsed
/def/sda1 / ext4 19.5GB14.1 GB
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