I don't believe in throwing out functional hardware just because certain
components will not work without non-free firmware. Ideally, one would
buy hardware that supported free software, (as I do) but in the vast
majority of cases this simply isn't going to happen. The cause of
software freedom
This is a libre software forum. Please stop recommending proprietary software
and distros containing proprietary software. Consider that proprietary
software (firmware included) is never a solution but a huge problem. Forums
like this and distros like Trisquel were made in the first place to
I see no problem in using any libre (100% libre) OS. I do see a problem when
someone recommends non-free distros on a Trisquel forum.
There are better solutions to this particular problem rather than
recommending elementary OS and similar nonsense. Did the OP try Trisquel 6
for instance?
I see no problem with recommending Debian with proprietary firmware to
people who have (alas) purchased devices incompatible with solely free
software. Ideally, all our devices would work with free software and
we'd all be running Trisquel, but that is simply not the case. The vast
majority of
I agree though, that here is no place to be advocating non-free software in
any way, shape, or form.
Then why the huge post if you agree that this forum is intended to be for
solutions/workarounds using only free software?
moxalt wrote:
I agree though, that here is no place to be advocating non-free software
in any way, shape, or form.
You started the same post with I see no problem with recommending
Debian with proprietary firmware to people who have (alas) purchased
devices incompatible with solely free
Hello there,
Well, I tried Trisquel 7 on a stick, the desktop didn't appear but this
screen does instead:
http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1434708192.jpg
However Trisquel 7 runs smoothly on a sandy bridge (Intel insider, yuk) Intel
graphics laptop.
I think I'd better stick
Hello Trisquel aficionados,
I was wondering if switching to Trisquel might be a good idea.
Having installed Wheezy Debian LXDE over a year ago on a friend's computer,
there seems to be a problem which may be linked to the graphics card. So I'd
like to know if your experience with such a
