Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-21 Thread Caleb Herbert
Don't use the proprietary software on your computer. Use THEIR software on THEIR computers.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-18 Thread bob
It doesn't work in all cases unfortunately. I know for example that my employer and their clients are going to insist on non-free tools and technologies because of corporate IT policies they established two decades ago, and nothing I say or do is going to fix that! Sadly, in the real world

Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-17 Thread Caleb Herbert
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. They are very honest and understandable. > I'm a poor college student who is forced to use nonfree > software by my work and college. I have a windows laptop that I use for these > > occasions. Yeah, this makes sense, although I would not go as far as

Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-17 Thread masonhock
I've been using Trisquel 8 for weeks. It's basically ready with just a few things to wrap up. However, if you are unwilling to use it until the official release and want to use a similarly accessible distro in the meantime, Ubuntu would be a better temporary compromise than Mint. Ubuntu

Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-17 Thread foxmean
I'm curious why you use "Mint"? I've been thinking around what GNU/Linux distribution should use instead of GNU/Linux-libre because of firmware problem and I was found that "Fedora" is the best choice. According to FSF: https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html , Fedora

Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-17 Thread jamesbythesea
I can't speak for anyone besides myself, but I'd like to share my thoughts. Since internalizing Stallman's essays, I've experienced a lot of conflicting feelings about what course one should take. Please, don't let this project contribute to your anxiety! I think on some level, we're all

Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-16 Thread yuval . levental
Yes, that's what I meant. My deepest apologies.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-16 Thread aggeliszotis
What do you mean with (open-source) 0_o ? Maybe Free Software?

[Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-16 Thread yuval . levental
I decided to take a break because everyone would make threads about how Trisquel 8 might never come out, and that made me really nervous. I decided that it was affecting me too much. However, I have several other things going on in my life. I really want all software to be open-source in